The Times reports…
The Times reports an ingenious but work-intensive downloading scam, brought to an end by the Metropolitan Police and the FBI: a criminal gang (nine people were arrested) wrote nineteen songs, got them...
View ArticleHaving Fun
I am going to use my Penguin blog to tell you how much fun I’m having, not writing books. The recording for the radio comedy series I co-wrote with Giles Smith, ‘The Richest Man In Britain’, starring...
View ArticleD’Espairspray
This afternoon, during a shoot with a photographer from the Times, I met four English fans of a Japanese rock band called D’Espairspray. (I may have positioned the apostrophe wrongly.) They were on...
View ArticleMichael Jackson
The eulogy that Michael Jackson deserved but didn’t get, as far as I know. The post Michael Jackson appeared first on Nick Hornby.
View ArticleRecent favourites
In every interview I give – and there’s a lot of it about at the moment – I am asked to list recent favourite books and albums. ‘Recent favourites’ is a hard category, because we all have to read and...
View ArticleJD Salinger
It was hard to feel particularly sad about the passing of JD Salinger: most of us had become accustomed to the idea that we wouldn’t be hearing from him again. I am glad that January 2010 is over,...
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Ben Folds and Nick Hornby proudly present…
Ben Folds and Nick Hornby proudly present, on September 28th… The post Ben Folds and Nick Hornby proudly present… appeared first on Nick Hornby.
View ArticleThings You Think
The world’s worst blogger is back! But only to post a link… This is ‘Things You Think’, a video Ben Folds and I made with the wonderful Pomplamoose. I promise you, I do not speak or sing on the...
View ArticleShare More Air
Kids at the Ministry of Stories have been writing lyrics, and professional musicians, most of them from the Communion label, have set them to music and recorded them. Artists include: Matthew and the...
View ArticleWhen Nick met Jarvis
On BBC Radio 6 Music, Jarvis Cocker returned to Hoxton Street Monster Supplies to meet up with author Nick Hornby. They discussed the forthcoming album Share More Air, a unique song-writing...
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