The Double Afterlife of Maali Almeida
How Shehan Karunatilaka’s Chats with the Dead became Booker Prize winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
The Amis Effect: A Fan Piece
Martin Amis was someone I thought of as a kind of elder sibling, hero, avatar, even scapegoat.
The Guitarists’ Guitarists’ Guitarist
“The sound that flowed out of the cans was like nothing I’d ever heard before. I thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world.” Richard Simon pays tribute to his hero, the late great Jeff Beck.
#NFThankyou! Working on the Blockchain Gang
Richard Simon on the machine in art, computerised poetry, and trying to earn a living in the Catch-22 NFT market.
Aragalaya Blues
State of the Nation: unfulfilled promises and un-fuel-filled petrol pumps in Sri Lanka.