Over a week with Jean-Paul Mulot, ex-editor of Le Figaro
In April this year I went to stay with Jean-Paul Mulot and his family on the Île de Ré, a French island off the coast of La Rochelle, famous for its oysters and sweeping light. I was there for a tutoring job, but I took the opportunity over the course of ten days to quiz […]
The Dangerous Digitalisation of Pokémon Go
For internet hermits sitting on benches in parks and squares over the past month people-watching must have taken on a repetitive spin: swathes of young men and women popping up to meander through public space, glued to their iPhone 6, and only lifting their heads to exchange brief but excited chatte
Pirates of the League: FC St Pauli and its hooligan activists
I was sitting by the harbour in Hamburg this summer when I heard the familiar siren of chants and shouting coming from the other side of Landungsbrucken station: football fans, and lots of them. An ordered troop of twenty riot police trailed behind a less ordered mass of flags, banners, and 300 fans
One city, one night, one take
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen explains how he filmed 'Victoria' in one shot.
