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"AN EDUCATION": MORE COM THAN ROM

“An Education” is a rom-com with a twist, a slice of real life from the neglected end of the Sixties, served up by two fine writers, with the novelist Nick Hornby adapting a memoir by Lynn Barber, the demon interviewer of Fleet Street. Oddly for a true ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Nick Hornby,  Lone Scherfig,  Alfred Molina,  Emma Thompson,  Rosamund Pike

BACH TO THE FUTURE

In the great muddy field of British summer festivals, the Manchester International Festival stands out like a dry tent. The reason is simple: every event is an event, presenting either new work or bold new pairings. For his second biennial line-up, the ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  3 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Zaha Hadid,  Rufus Wainwright,  Steve Reich,  Damon Albarn,  Guy Garvey

Shame on MCC members too snobbish to go to Twenty20 cricket

A thrilling game of cricket took place at Lord's on Sunday evening. It was England v India in the World Twenty20 - the hosts against the holders, the nation that nurtured the game against its current superpower. Both sides were fervently supported, ...

From TIM DE LISLE, Times Online,  15 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Kevin Pietersen,  James Foster,  Yuvraj Singh

THE PLAYLIST: ISLAND RECORDS

From INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Spring 2009 In 2009, with the music business reeling, it’s hard to remember a time when people were fans not just of bands but of record companies. A generation ago, you knew that if an LP was on Stiff, it would be ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  1 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Chris Blackwell

ON THE COVER: WHAT'S ICONIC (AND WHAT'S NOT)

The word “iconic”, writes Jonathan Meades in the new issue of Intelligent Life, "is today’s expression of humankind’s perennial bent towards aggrandisement.” Tim de Lisle, editor of the magazine, announces the new issue ... Special to MORE ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  12 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Zaha Hadid,  James Murdoch,  Anthony Horowitz,  Andrew Sullivan,  Johann Hari

BYRNE AND ENO: TWICE IN A LIFETIME

David Byrne (far right) and Brian Eno (right) have had one of the stranger collaborations in pop history. For three years from 1978, they put their formidable heads together on four albums that were fizzingly innovative and lastingly influential—three ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  10 Mar 2009
Related Topics: David Byrne,  Brian Eno,  John Cale,  Jah Wobble,  Robert Fripp

ON THE COVER: MASS INTELLIGENCE

"You don't publish a magazine called Intelligent Life if you think the world is getting dumber", writes Tim de Lisle, the editor, in the latest issue of Intelligent Life magazine. He explains the thinking behind the cover story  ... From INTELLIGENT ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  3 Dec 2008
Related Topics: The Economist,  Paris Hilton,  Douglas Coupland

WHY WE ARE CELEBRATING MUSEUMS

AUTHORS ON MUSEUMS | September 29th 2008 Museums are not the groan-filled dungeons of our youth, writes Tim de Lisle, editor of Intelligent Life. He goes on to explain a new series in the magazine, "Authors on Museums", inaugurated by Julian Barnes .. ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  29 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Julian Barnes,  Olafur Eliasson,  Rachel Whiteread

AN OLYMPIC GAME

When the Beijing Olympics finally get under way, on August 8th, the medals table will be everywhere. And it will have a distinct whiff of the cold war, with the major powers dominating--some even say that China will come top for the first time. But ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  6 Aug 2008
Related Topics: The Economist,  United Nations

LET US HEAR FROM YOU

This may sound odd coming from a website, but we're hoping you'll send us a letter. Maybe even by post. Intelligent Life magazine has just launched a letters page. At first we didn't have one, for two reasons: we were quarterly, so the turnaround was ...

From TIM DE LISLE, More Intelligent Life,  8 Jul 2008

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