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⚫ Slaloming run ⚪ Sorcery over the ball ⚫ Shades of Henry, Ben Arfa & Messi ⚪ Clever deft dink over Godfrey ⚫ Willock wanting a pass Breaking down Alexander Isak's spectacular "assist", frame by frame - showcasing #NUFC's "world-class talent":
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Alexander Isak wept, for there were no more Everton defenders to conquer
We saw one of the great assists from Alexander Isak last night - even if it won't count as an assist...
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George Saunders has a smart and funny new short story collection out today, 'Liberation Day'. In one tale, a character wonders: "Is this world we have made a world in which lovers may thrive?" Over coffee, I asked the author the same question:
independent.co.uk
George Saunders: ‘This capitalism thing has got limits’
After winning the Booker Prize for debut novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, the author returns to the short-story form with new collection ‘Liberation Day’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about his fascina...
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@KevinEGPerry
When
@GDR_Shantaram
first wrote #Shantaram, a novel based on his life, the manuscript was destroyed by a prison guard. Twice. Years later, he met that same guard at a book festival... I spoke to him about what happened next, among other wild outlaw tales:
independent.co.uk
Shantaram: The incredible true story behind the outlaw epic
Former bank robber Gregory David Roberts escaped from an Australian prison in 1980 and fled to Mumbai where he worked as a doctor in the slums and became embroiled with the Indian mafia. He speaks to...
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Kevin EG Perry
@KevinEGPerry
I was intrigued to learn
@ArcticMonkeys
' Alex Turner loves combat sport Muay Thai. I'm the same age as Turner, but the only workout I get is lifting Mai Tais. Still, in the name of journalism, I went to investigate the appeal of the 'art of eight limbs'...
independent.co.uk
What I learnt about Arctic Monkeys by getting kicked in the head
As indie frontman Alex Turner reveals his unexpected love for intense combat sport Muay Thai, Kevin E G Perry heads to an LA training session with the singer’s personal coach to explore the appeal of...
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Kevin EG Perry
@KevinEGPerry
The late, great Dr John's final record Things Happen That Way is out tomorrow. I spoke to producer
@ShaneTheriot
and the @akadrjohn estate about how - with Willie Nelson and other old friends - he fulfilled his dream of making a country and western album:
independent.co.uk
The complicated story of Dr John’s final album – the one he’d always wanted to make
Before his death in 2019, the master of the voodoo groove fulfilled his lifelong dream of recording a country and western album. Kevin E G Perry gets the lowdown on disagreements with the artist’s...
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Kim Sherwood
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I really enjoyed this conversation with fellow Bond fan
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With her electrifying new thriller ‘Double or Nothing’, @kimtsherwood becomes the first female author to pick up the #James Bond mantle @TheIanFleming @HarperFiction @KevinEGPerry INTERVIEW independent.co.uk/arts-entertain
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Isobel Lewis
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Most important news of the day (obviously) is the release of the final series of Ladhood. If you haven't watched it you're seriously missing out, so do it then read my interview with Liam Williams about the show and his potential return to stand up (!)
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Ladhood’s Liam Williams: ‘As soon as I got to university, I felt my accent changing’
The comedian and writer talks to Isobel Lewis about the nicer side of being a ‘lad’, why he lost his Yorkshire accent at Cambridge, and why the Edinburgh Fringe has reawakened his desire to perform...
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Kevin EG Perry
@KevinEGPerry
Enjoyed talking to the very funny
@bret_rospective
about his great new album Songs Without Jokes, the rise of Flight of the Conchords, winning an Oscar with The Muppets, pissing off Morrissey with The Simpsons, and Taika Waititi’s detachable penis:
independent.co.uk
Bret McKenzie: ‘It was different writing songs that weren’t d*** jokes’
After finding fame with comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, the New Zealander is leaving the laughs behind on his debut solo album ‘Songs Without Jokes’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about winning an...
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@KevinEGPerry
Today marks 10 years since
@pussyrrriot
were sent to a penal colony for protesting Vladimir Putin with punk rock in a church. I spoke to Nadya about the revolutionary potential of pop, how she fights depression and her debut mixtape ‘Matriarchy Now’
independent.co.uk
Pussy Riot’s Nadya: ‘There’s no such thing as reverse sexism – meninists f*** off’
A decade after she was sent to a Russian penal colony for protesting Vladimir Putin with punk rock in a church, the musician and activist talks to Kevin E G Perry about the revolutionary potential of...
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Kevin EG Perry
@KevinEGPerry
There's no work of art that means more to me than Philip Larkin's 'Aubade'. To mark the centenary of his birth today, I spoke to his friend and biographer Andrew Motion about his life and the power of great poetry to "make nothing happen" #Larkin100
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Philip Larkin at 100: Why the morbid curmudgeon still belongs in schools
A century after the poet’s birth, Larkin’s friend and biographer Andrew Motion talks to Kevin E G Perry about his controversial prejudices, his keen sense of mortality and why he continues to deserve...
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@KevinEGPerry
Loved talking to the great
@davedavieskinks
about what the tabloids called his 'alien sex ban', his tell-all new memoir and most of all about the magical, mythical moment he first played the riff from 'You Really Got Me' through his butchered amp:
independent.co.uk
‘A Kinks reunion is possible,’ says Dave Davies
The groundbreaking guitarist talks to Kevin E G Perry about reuniting the iconic band with his brother, relationships with men and women during the swinging Sixties, and his viral tweet about pubic...
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