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March 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 109 – Elvis Perkins

Welcome to episode 109 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with the great Elvis Perkins. This was a huge thrill to me, I’ve been a fan since his debut album, Ash Wednesday. Perkins was in New Zealand – his first visit – as part of […]

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August 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Mohsin Hamid: Discontent and Its Civilizations – Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London

Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Mohsin Hamid has three novels to his name – most significant is his The Reluctant Fundamentalist. That same calm, measured voice marks his journalism as distinct in this collection of essays where the personal becomes the geopolitical, where defence of […]

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February 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 45 A Little Shuteye

It was already September 12th in New Zealand in the small hours of that morning. My friend Peter Tait was staying with us at our home on Wigan Street in central Wellington and was up late and caught the first broadcasts. I’d just crashed out and he woke me up – the first plane had […]