Published by The i paper (30th June, 2025)
Arts / Music
Britain’s music is being silenced by ministerial failure
Published by The Times (20th July, 2022) Britain does not have many world-leading industries but our music business is most definitely one, relentlessly churning out hits and stars […]
Arts / Music / North Korea / South Korea / World
15 years in a slave labour camp – just for listening to pop music in North Korea
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th July, 2021) Three years ago, North Korea’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Kim Jong Un clapped along to songs at a concert by famous pop […]
Arts / Covid19 / Music
Musicians deserve a helping hand
Published by The i paper (25th January, 2021) Seventeen years ago, I spent a day in Pimlico with Paul Weller. We met by the Tate Gallery at a time of […]
Arts / Music
Whitney’s back from the dead. But is her hologram tour a joyful tribute or ghoulish exploitation?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th February, 2020) Whitney Houston will soon be back on stage. Tickets are being sold for what is billed as the first […]
Africa / Arts / Immigration / Music / Policy
Britain is open for business? Not for African artists
Published by The Guardian (27th July, 2018) Moonchild Sanely oozes star quality. When musicians from Africa Express – the organisation I co-founded – went to South Africa earlier […]