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Ben East

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Ben East is an award-winning arts, culture, travel and sports journalist based in Manchester. He’s been covering the best books, television shows, artists and musicians for The National since 2009, and also works for The Observer, Metro and Monocle.
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The sci-fi movie Monsters was filmed with a digital camera and a desktop computer.
Death of a camera: is the era of analogue filmmaking over?

With digital filmmaking increasingly becoming the norm, Ben East looks at whether the analogue camera still has a place in the movie-making world.

November 07, 2011
Rhys Ifans and Vanessa Redgrave in Anonymous.
Shakespeare conspiracy theory comes to the big screen

Those leading the outcry over Anonymous, which suggests Shakespeare did not write his plays, should consider the source.

November 06, 2011
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, is the focus of the movie The Social Network.
Have chief executives become the new celebrities?

A play about Steve Jobs and a movie about Mark Zuckerberg are just two examples of celebrated CEOs.

November 02, 2011
It looks like just another magic retail outlet, but actually Hoxton Street Monster Supplies is a front for the Ministry of Stories.
Ministry of Stories offers magical writing classes

An enchanting London shop is promoting the monstrous idea of teaching children to tell stories.

October 30, 2011
Why broken hearts can be good for a band

With the news that Sonic Youth's rock couple have split up, we look at other musical relationships and how the bands fared after marriage breakdowns.

October 27, 2011
The Saudi author Raja Alem, who won the 2011 Ipaf with her book The Dove's Necklace, sees 'a real shift in the importance of Arab novel-writing'.
Arabic Booker has done its job, says 2011 winner Raja Alem

As the announcement of the longlist for the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction approaches, this year's winner discusses the effect of the award.

October 26, 2011
The author Peter James at his home in Beddingham, England.
Author Peter James weighs in on the allure of the crime novel

The best-selling crime novelist talks about the art of keeping people's attention and the enduring appeal of his types of books.

BooksOctober 25, 2011
The Legends of Rock and Roll exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
No surprises with rock hall of fame

The inductees into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame tend to be an obvious choice.

October 19, 2011
Rashid Rana’s Desperately Seeking Paradise II, 2010 – 11, UV print on aluminium and stainless steel, installation view at Lisson Gallery, London.
For Rashid Rana's art, clever is in the details

The Pakistani contemporary artist is attracting much-deserved attention with his thoughtful, well-crafted pieces.

ArtOctober 18, 2011
The author Patrick deWitt.
Patrick deWitt makes an impression by reimagining the Western

The author Patrick deWitt, whose second novel, The Sisters Brothers, is up for the Man Booker Prize, talks about creating characters to care about.

BooksOctober 16, 2011
Untitled by Fadi Yazigi, part of The Mosaic Rooms exhibition.
London gallery shows retrospective of Syrian artist

The work of Fadi Yazigi is being exhibited at The Mosaics Rooms in London, his broad body of work includes sculpture, reliefs, paintings on paper bags, video installations and portraiture, but nearly always reflects the Syria he still lives in

October 16, 2011
Apple's new iPod touch - just one of Steve Jobs's inventions that has changed daily habits. EPA / Apple / Courtesy Apple
The man who changed how we listen to music

Steve Jobs's inventions have forever changed how we encounter music.

October 09, 2011
The author Mohammed Hanif is primarily concerned that readers enjoy his story, and not the political implications.
Mohammed Hanif talks about his latest novel, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

We talk to the author Mohammed Hanif about the thought process behind his latest novel.

October 04, 2011
The Emirati authors Khulood Al Mualla, left, and Sara Al Jarwan at the International Berlin Literature Festival.
Emirati writers are gathering force

With the latest issue of the literary magazine Banipal featuring Emirati writers, here is a look at how the work of UAE poets and novelists is being drawn into the limelight.

BooksOctober 04, 2011
Jane Austen the ultimate undead writer?

Sequels, prequels, reworkings, reimaginings and reinventions are making quite an industry of the Pride and Prejudice author.

October 02, 2011
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