Cole Moreton

‘Yes, I have a young girlfriend. It seems perfectly natural to me’ Bryan Ferry

‘Well, I have a young girlfriend, yes,’ says Bryan Ferry. ‘I know it’s against the law.’ Not quite – she is a grown-up – but the age difference between them is a hefty 36 years. ‘I don’t like to talk about it. It just seems perfectly natural to me.’ Suave, elegant, composed: these are words thatContinueContinue reading “‘Yes, I have a young girlfriend. It seems perfectly natural to me’ Bryan Ferry”

How To Stop The BNP By Morris Dancing

You can’t get more English than a bunch of middle-aged bearded men with bells on their ankles, waving hankies and prancing like their piles are on fire, can you? The way to stop the BNP kidnapping notions of Englishness is by celebrating the new England. The riotous, bawdy, multi-ethnic Englishness evolving before our eyes. A piece forContinueContinue reading “How To Stop The BNP By Morris Dancing”

‘The writing is sublime,’ says Anne Atkins, who disagrees with every word

“If you have ever experienced the exhilaration of hearing someone debate so entertainingly that you don’t care about disagreeing with every word, you will love this book,” says Anne Atkins in the Sunday Express. “You may have doubts about religion but have no doubts about this. Whether or not he makes sense, Cole Moreton’s writingContinueContinue reading “‘The writing is sublime,’ says Anne Atkins, who disagrees with every word”

Rommel with ballet shoes: what it’s like to take tea with the man thrown out of the BNP

Richard Barnbrook, who won a seat on the Greater London Assembly for the BNP, is now being expelled from the party after an attempted coup, according to a report in today’s Guardian. I took tea with him at his home in Dagenham two years ago, for the Independent on Sunday, and it was a remarkableContinueContinue reading “Rommel with ballet shoes: what it’s like to take tea with the man thrown out of the BNP”

What the papers say

Here’s a summary of what the papers are saying about the book, and it has to start with the kind words of Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in The Independent. “He dazzles,” she says. “This exuberant and assured book posits the central dilemmas of our times. … “A sprite takes you by the hand and leads you through the streetsContinueContinue reading “What the papers say”