I spotted a small story about Amadou and Mariam in the Observer today. They are touring as part of the African Soul Rebels package. Last year this featured Daara J, Rachid Taha and Tinariwen and I am still kicking myself for missing that one. This year the package is Amadou & Mariam, Saoud Massi and […]
Entries from January 8th, 2006
African soul rebels in Brighton
January 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on African soul rebels in Brighton · Music
Tags: Brighton·Concerts·World music
Another Berliner
January 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Another Berliner · Life
From today The Observer is published in the same Berliner format as the Guardian has since about September. They didn’t make as much of a song and dance about it as the Guardian did, nor has the reading public been making as much fuss about it. It all looks pretty good to me. The size […]
Tags: Design·Newspapers
Moving Mountains
January 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Moving Mountains · Life
Last night, in an insomniac state, I was watching an interview on BBC News 24 on a programme called Hard Talk. The subject was Claire Bertschinger who was a Red Cross nurse in Ethiopia in 1984. It was her feeding station which was visited by a BBC news crew which resulted in the Michael Buerk […]
