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Alex James: The Boris Johnson of bass
While Dave Rowntree is off trying to interest Labour constituency parties in giving him a go on their hustings, Alex James has just signed a deal to become an associate editor at The Spectator.
Yes, The Spectator.
The Spectator's editor, Matthew d'Ancona, hired James in part because of his autobiography, which he said was "outstandingly good".
"What is really exciting about him is that he's someone who in his life has covered the waterfront - the metropolitan and rural life. There's something hugely appealing for the magazine in someone who was a denizen of Soho who is now having cups of tea in the country," Mr d'Ancona said.
"What is really exciting about him is that he's someone who in his life has covered the waterfront - the metropolitan and rural life. There's something hugely appealing for the magazine in someone who was a denizen of Soho who is now having cups of tea in the country," Mr d'Ancona said.
We love the idea that, as far as The Spectator is concerned living in a nice house in London and living in a nice house in the country is "covering the waterfront". Oh, the sides of life he's seen.
2 comments:
I bet David Stubbs (who was behind Talk Talk Talk in Melody Maker for those who don't know) wishes he'd taken the piss out of Alex rather than Damon now, eh?
There's a New Trendy Right emerging, and its roots - like everything else's, now - are in the mid-1990s. It should be distrusted as profoundly as the Old version ever was, if not more so.
Pearl Lowe has likewise lived in both city and country, and recently published an autobiography. Can we expect to see her invited to oversee the TLS soon?
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