every child you see with mangled legs being hopelessly carried, every person you see lit on fire, all the dust covered faces, they were a whole universe. to themselves and everybody they knew. lives as complex, joyful and difficult as yours. it kills me. i’ll never get numb to it
I really want to read (write?) something good on the prevalence of this kind of 'art': exculpatory, highly therapised, dogmatic, labile, jargonistic but fragile; all about message not form; 'radical' in a diffuse and vapid way; never difficult; never, ever, in any way surprising.
Nah man the Prime Minister elect has said “in this room right here beats the heart of our democracy” and there’s a bloke in an Elmo suit stood 2 yards from him
Unfortunately, a tabloid newspaper has got hold of a music video I recorded in Islington North with an iconic grime artist I've admired for years.
They are planning to publish a heavily edited clip, so I'm releasing the full version myself. Watch here: tinyurl.com/yeymfb96
There’s a bombshell poll showing we can win in the North East.
National media is covering polling in West Mids and Tees Valley? Why aren't they talking about the North East? Perhaps it doesn’t fit their narrative of Westminster party politics. Red vs Blue.
The people of the North East don’t like being told what to think. We’ve always had an independent streak. This election is about the future of our region, it’s not about tribal politics.