The Rolling Stones – Tom Vater

The Rolling Stones new album Hackney Diamonds is an uncanny comment on our Zeitgeist

October 20, 2023October 26, 2023tom

The new Rolling Stones album, Hackney Diamonds, is almost perfect. Reviews have been glowing. The band’s best long-player since Some Girls, some hacks write (Variety claims it’s ‘Their Liveliest Work in 40 Years’). Macca’s on it. The irreplaceable Charlie, bless him, plays on a couple of tracks and long retired Bill (who?) does something on […]

Marrakesh Reloaded

January 10, 2010February 19, 2018tom1 Comment

Since independence from France in 1956, Morocco has been a magnet for writers, artists, backpackers and more recently, well-heeled tourists. Yet with street crime at record heights and few opportunities for the vast army of young, illiterate unemployed, and a monarchy that cares for little more than its survival, time may be running out for […]