As the original On the Road scroll heads to auction, a new exhibition uncovers the private life of the Beat legend
Among great literary myths, the one of Jack Kerouac is often reduced to a vibe The op…
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Jack Kerouac’s 37 metre-long, first draft scroll of On the Road to be auctioned ⊕
The draft – one of the Beat Generation’s defining artefacts – will be part of a wider sale of pieces from the Jim Irsay Collection at Christie’s in March
Jack Kerouac’s original typescript scroll for …
4 months ago
‘Biggest band that ever lived’: inside the Grateful Dead art show ○
As the band celebrate their 60th anniversary, a California exhibition draws attention to the unique psychedelic artwork that has long told their story
Artist Bill Walker is one of those guys who alway…
Scotland approach one-game World Cup shootout with excitement and focus ⊕⊕
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Beat Denmark and qualification for first time since 1998 is guaranteed. Is it in the stars?
Wounding events in modern history mean Scotland can not be a football country that expects. It is, however, …
5 months ago
‘Most of it was the conga preset on Prince’s drum machine’: how Fine Young Cannibals made She Drives Me Crazy ⊕
‘Prince’s Purple Rain guitar was in the corner of the studio and his lava lamps were everywhere. You couldn’t help but be inspired’
I was in a band in Hull called Akrylykz. When the Beat came to play …
6 months ago
‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction ⊖
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Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the Road
A “very significant” unpublished story by Jack Kerouac described as “a lost chapter of the On…
Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation review – revisiting the legacy of a counterculture classic ⊕
Wild-spirited but laced with dim views on race and women, On the Road is due a reckoning. This elegant talking-head doc works best when its unpicking is most forensic
This is a generous-spirited and e…
9 months ago
‘People thought I was off my face’: indie rockers Hard-Fi look back at adrenaline, addiction and a life of excess ○
The band remember their hit 2005 record Stars of CCTV and talk about coming back with a new dynamic
Hard-Fi formed in 2003 in Staines, Surrey. Frontman Richard Archer, guitarist Ross Phillips, bassis…
10 months ago
Beat inheritance tax like Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: Sneaky tricks that let you give your home to your children ○
Homeowners have learned countless design tips from Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. But could they learn from his inheritance tax plans as well?
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey review – this dystopia could have been extraordinary ○
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Alternate political realities are compellingly explored in this sinister vision of a children’s home – but the echoes of Ishiguro are just too strong
In 2016 Catherine Chidgey published her fourth nov…