Author Archives: Alex Clark

About Alex Clark

Alex Clark is a freelance journalist living in London, writing about books, arts, football and a whole host of other things for papers such as The Guardian and The Observer. She is also editor at large of Union Books and the former editor of Granta.

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

In London, rain is called a drought. Boris and “Red Ken” run for mayor. Alex Clark explains. Continue reading

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Dawn of the Dead (Kennedys)

In which Alex Clark overcomes natural laziness and a complete ignorance of record collecting to go hunting for vinyl at sunrise–all to mark Record Store Day 2012. Continue reading

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God Save The Queen

In which Alex Clark ponders London, death, the Olympics and the Queen’s Jubilee – in short, nostalgia – and waving at HRH herself back in 1977. Continue reading

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