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May 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 64 – Patrick Gower

Welcome to episode 64 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and our brand new sponsor, Le Petite Chocolat – organic and fairtrade craft chocolate from Hastings. Delicious. Check them out…

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April 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Best of Enemies: DVD

Best of Enemies – Buckley vs. Vidal. Directors: Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon Magnolia Pictures/Madman A nice idea, this documentary, but it doesn’t quite work. First of all, we probably got what we needed from the recent United States of Amnesia documentary about Gore Vidal. And though this aims to look, specifically, at the ten […]

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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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March 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 2 – The Daily Show

I started this column to talk, mostly, about shows from the past. And I also started this before the announcement that Jon Stewart would be leaving the Daily Show. Right now, even before that announcement, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart feels like the most important show on my television set. I’ve been a Jon […]