Elliot Hosteemail: elliothoste@gmail.comElliot Hoste·Follow2 min read·Jun 11, 2020--ListenShareOnline portfolioIconic fashion ads by film directors, rankedIn their most daring iterations, fashion and film - two creative disciplines with a number of overlapping sensibilities…i-d.vice.comRemembering the Rihanna Loud t-shirt of 2012It seems that a big part of this trend was rooted in a burgeoning (hetero)sexuality. Rihanna was the it-girl, the…theface.comReviewed in short: New books from John L Williams, Toni Morrison, Marlon James and Samuel FisherCLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries by John L Williams Constable, 496pp, £25 As John Williams states at the…www.newstatesman.comReviewed in short: New titles from Nathan Law, Johann Hari, Bart Van Loo and Saša StanišicFreedom: How We Lose It and How We Fight Back by Nathan Law with Evan Fowler Transworld, 240pp, £12.99 [See also…www.newstatesman.comIn Arca's Kick series, the electronic artist builds a whole new universeArca is many things. She's a vocalist and a performer; a songwriter, record producer and instrumentalist. And she…www.newstatesman.comThe best albums of 2021Whatever you make of it, Adele's 30 was the musical event of the year. I can't have been alone when barely an F-chord…www.newstatesman.comReviewed in short: New books by Simon Heffer, Lucy Burns, Warren Ellis and Helen OyeyemiThe second volume of Simon Heffer's unexpurgated version of Chips Channon's diaries sees the American-born Conservative…www.newstatesman.comFashion: One Memorable Look: Mr Bob Marley's Navy TracksuitThere was nothing particularly remarkable about 42 Oakley Street in southwest London. From the outside, it was just…www.mrporter.comKanye West enters his dad-rap era with new album DondaIt came as no surprise that the release of Kanye West's latest record, Donda, was flanked by a series of bizarre launch…www.newstatesman.comserpentwithfeet's Deacon is a sweet, powerful collection of love songsMarlon Riggs's experimental 1989 documentary film Tongues Untied offered a window into the life of black, gay men in…www.newstatesman.comSlowthai's TYRON is not quite an apology record"Forgive me", Slowthai mutters at the start of his song "terms", the tenth track of his second album TYRON. "Forgive me…www.newstatesman.comAlbums of the yearFiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters To say Fiona Apple released her first studio album for eight years in April is not…www.newstatesman.comHere's how you can organise for BLM in a majority white areaPhotography Jon Bronxl A unique set of challenges arise for those attempting to organise Black Lives Matter protests in…i-d.vice.comHow I'm Feeling Now is Charli XCX's best album yetOn 6th April Charli XCX announced, via Instagram, that she would write and record a new album while quarantined at her…www.newstatesman.comAll dressed up and nowhere to go: clothing in a global crisisHalfway through April, I broke. I committed my first online shopping spree in lockdown. Although inspired by abject…www.newstatesman.comMahalia's Love and Compromise: a bold, catchy, ambitious debutSigning a record deal as a teenager is often the beginning of a fraught journey. Beholden to companies intent on…www.newstatesman.comThe uncomfortable rise of the Deliveroo jacket as fashion accessoryAmidst a sea of vintage football shirts, pseudo-fetish wear and sunglasses so tiny they cease to function, one item…www.newstatesman.com
