Peter Saville, ‘I Recommend’, Jack, 2004
Album sleeve designer of some repute, Peter Saville, recommends…
Classic album sleeves
Obsessions: Streetlamps, Umbrella, 2017
During the Nineties, I watched with unease as concrete columns were uprooted and replaced by aluminium hockey sticks that were so devoid of character they were practically invisible. It was then that I realised our ornate concrete columns were in danger of vanishing without a trace.
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Football’s coming home: Match Of The Day, ‘Dissected’, Jack, 2004
Match Of The Day makes a long-awaited return to our screens on August 14, at the start of the 2004-05 Premiership season. With the assistance of Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and chief MOTD statistician Albert Sewell, we stand on our chairs and chant at other TV football shows, ‘Who are yer?’
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Girder spree: the secret life of the electricity pylon, Jack, 2003
Have you ever stood near a British pylon when you’ve been on your own? They’re quite majestic. On a breezy day, with its cables whining, a pylon can seem an invincible creature. Looking up, you wouldn’t be surprised to see its girder-head twist round like Talos to get a better look at the feeble human by its feet.
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Everybody dance: Arthur Baker, MAN London, 2015
A beat aficionado chooses the tunes for a huge night. Your host: Arthur Baker
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‘Beyond four pints is tricky’: the London skittles world championship, Time Out, 2006
Today, on a warm, sunny Saturday – FA Cup Final weather – the Freemasons is hosting the London Skittles Championship, dubbed with firm tongue in cheek ‘the world championship’
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The Hard Sell: Head & Shoulders, The Guardian’s The Guide, 2007
The red-braced execs at Saatchi & Saatchi must believe Mickey on the Head & Shoulders TV ad has mass appeal. Disastrously, they’ve conjured up the most loathsome character since Crazy Frog
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The Hard Sell: Fiat 500 TwinAir, The Guardian’s The Guide, 2012
Jennifer Lopez can’t pour a bowl of Shreddies without breaking into a choreographed dance routine. The same seems to be true when taking her Fiat 500 for a spin
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Shakin’ Stevens: then and now, British Ideas Corporation, 2014
In his first ever column, Shaky charts a lifelong fascination with the vinyl format and urges us to save our historic record stores
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Mark E Smith, British Ideas Corporation, 2014
Having once written that Brighton is The Guardian’s vision of The Prisoner, The Fall’s No.1 Mark E Smith turns his thoughts to the original spy destination
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