“I always felt that for novelists, it’s better not to appear on television... I want people to relate to my stories, not to me as a person.”
The work of the great American musician, born 75 years ago, both expresses and transcends his own era.
Seis anos depois da sua morte em Barcelona, o trabalho deste poliédrico internacionalista não podia ser mais relevante. English Español
Six years after his death in Barcelona, the work of a protean internationalist scholar has never been more relevant. Español Português
Seis años después de su muerte en Barcelona, el trabajo de este poliédrico académico internacionalista no puede ser más relevante. English Português
La massacre del 13/11 revela la escala de la amenaza de ISIS. Es vital una respuesta coherente. English. Português.
The “13/11” massacre reveals the scale of the ISIS threat. That makes a coherent response vital. Português. Español.
Many celebrations of the great American musician Bob Dylan involve a personal journey through the archives of memory. Here, David Hayes recalls a thrilling series of concerts Dylan performed in 1981...and a late-night encounter. (This article was first published on 24 May 2011)
The most influential and original musician of the 1960s generation remains a figure of protean creativity half a century on. The wealth of attention still devoted to Bob Dylan is testament to a career of astonishing range. It also reflects the complex legacy of a formative decade which Dylan’s son
Those arrested in Iran after the presidential election of June 2009 join the detainees from earlier moments of repression. The blogger and openDemocracy author Hossein Derakhshan is one of the latter. The anniversary of his incarceration is being marked by efforts to publicise his case, reports Da
An endless recession has changed politics and livelihoods. But in a many-sided national argument there is no consensus about its lessons, says David Hayes.
