Will Self is going to be interviewed by Laurie Taylor for a new Sky Arts series, In Confidence, to be shown on April 20. Here’s a short preview clip.
Bergson grants
The Times recently asked Will Self “What would you do if you were Culture Secretary?”, and this is what he said:
“There’s too much substandard art, and while not going to the lengths of Goering and reaching for my gun at the sound of the word ‘culture’, it’s difficult not to want to shoot the numskulls, hacks, wannabes and no-hopers responsible for it. Henri Bergson thought that aspiring writers should be offered grants to persuade them not to write. A discriminating culture secretary should offer a whole range of Bergson grants to artists, writers, film-makers and theatrical impresarios to encourage them not to produce. True, it would cost a lot of money to get Andrew Lloyd Webber to not open a new musical, but it would be money well spent.”
Broadcasting House: Psychogeography
A brief interview – starting around the 22nd minute – with Will Self about psychogeography on Radio 4’s Broadcasting House yesterday.
Literateur interview
There’s a long Q&A with Will Self at The Literateur Magazine, which you can read here.
Lugubrious Monday, Komedia, Brighton
There’s an interview with Will Self in the Brighton Argus about his appearance tonight at Komedia in Brighton. At the time of writing this, there were 20 tickets left, according to a Komedia Twitter post.
History of Now: The Story of the Noughties
If you missed Will Self on BBC2 last night, you can watch the History of Now on the BBC iplayer here. The second part of this three-part series will be shown on January 7 at 9pm on BBC2.
Word magazine Q&A
There’s a Q&A with Will Self in this month’s Word magazine, in which he talks about the last decade – about regretting giving up the Observer restaurant reviews, why he’ll never appear on Have I Got News For You again and the importance of good journalism in the internet age, among other things.
Dubai to all that
Listen to Will Self arguing with Andrew Neil on the Today programme about the realities of Dubai and its economic situation.
Steve Wright in the Afternoon interview
To listen to Will Self talking to Steve Wright about Psycho Too, visit the BBC’s iplayer. It’s at the 2hr 32min mark and lasts for five minutes or so (available until Tuesday December 8).
The London Perambulator
The London Perambulator – the documentary featuring an extended interview with Will Self – is screening at Cine-City Brighton Film Festival. As well as an interview shot in Will Self’s study, there is footage of his walk with Nick Papadimitriou to Heathrow en-route to LA last July. A short excerpt from the film can be viewed here.
The film will be screened this Thursday 26 November at 8pm at the Sallis Benney Theatre, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Grand Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0JY. For more details, visit the Cine-City website.
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