adrian monck

Month: December 2008

  • Seasonal shorts

    At his excellent new blog – which is gathering pace by the day – Jon Slattery is running a festive feature to which he kindly asked me to contribute: Best old/trad media of the year: The New Yorker for Ryan Lizza on the campaign trail – his Obama profile was the best take on the…

  • Unrequired Reading {10.12.08 to 11.12.08}

    These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life:

  • What good are the arts?

    Back in October 2008, I took part in a debate on just that topic at Cambridge University‘s Festival of Ideas. It was chaired by Peter Curran and featured Professor John Carey (author of What Good Are the Arts?), Claire Fox, director of the Institute of Ideas, and philosopher Julian Baggini. The audio is now available…

  • Unrequired Reading {9.12.08 to 10.12.08}

    These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life: