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The Proms! the Proms! How I love the Proms when they come to the Royal Albert Hall every summer. 70+ concerts in 50 odd days and every...

This incredible sunset right after the premiere of Tom Adès‘ and Tal Rosner‘s “in 7 Days”. It was a like a Blakean smash of light over...

Whisked off to Toronto last week to talk to W Networks about a possible new show out there in the Land of the Freer. I’d forgotten how...

I was lucky enough to attend two big rallies recently against the Trump administration and our government’s unquestioning toadying up to...

Talking this afternoon over a hamburger freshly cooked on the barbeque with Jez and Tom who both were at University with me, it struck us...

I’m watching – through the glories of the BBC’s new iPlayer – a show that seemed to completely escape me for its first series. It’s...

Became compulsively fascinated by the Regent Street lights yesterday. Might have been champagne. Might have been the slyly festive Sufjan...

When I younger – perhaps 11 or 12 – I had mildly autistic fascination for composers and books on music. I was encyclopedic in my...

Went with Rachel to a wonderfully underground (in all senses of the word) art exhibit in the bowels of Shoreditch Town Hall. The winner –...

I have a billion things to do – not least get up at 5am tomorrow morning but I cannot sleep until I’ve vented a little of my rage at the...

This majestical roof fretted with golden fire

Wow… after a long gestation, the website is finally born. Burning Turban comes to life. It started as an idea I had 2 years ago while I...

Herz aus Glas. Perhaps one of the most fabulous, under-the-skin brilliant movies I’ve seen in a while. It’s ancient of course – from the...