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Energised by war: the 'London' and 'New York Reviews'
FIXATED on the exploits of the tabloid press, the media pages of Britain's broadsheets seldom report on the 'higher journalism'--or even deign to notice ......(Continue Reading) THE BOOKS INTERVIEW: Norman Mailer: Alarm calls for American dreamers
In 1948, Norman Mailer (who this week received the London Award 2002 of The Orange Word season) voted for the third-party candidate in the presidential ......(Continue Reading)Matthew Norman's Media Diary
In the century-old history of screen images, it is hard to think of any single shot as shocking as the one on Thursday night when a limo door opened ......(Continue Reading)The American century: photography battles with its limitations. Political engagement turns viewers into aesthetes, while impassive images ultimately provoke
A photograph is neither cruel nor tender, it is totally impassive, and photographers expend much energy coping with this fact. Photography could be seen, throughout its history, as attempting to ov...(Continue Reading)The new-look Daily Telegraph clearly believes Anne Robinson is its strongest link. Yet when she left the Daily Mirror for Today, neither paper lost or
Picking up the new Daily Telegraph is like bumping into an old girlfriend in the street. You can't immediately put your finger on why she looks different ......(Continue Reading)
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