By Heidi Harley

Groupe / Damon Albarn - 3 years ago

The addictive world of competitive chess | Brief letters

Chess | Swifts | Flowering lemon timber | John Clare | LV=How unhappy that you simply present such a monochrome image of the chess world of which I've been a keen member for many years (Editorial, 12 November). I have never introduced curling sandwiches in a plastic bag to a chess occasion. My most...

Groupe / Damon Albarn - 3 years ago

On my radar: Damon Albarn’s cultural highlights

The musician and composer on a magical efficiency by Udo Kier, a west African drumming app and where to find a style of PalestineDamon Albarn was born in east London in 1968. Concerned with music from a young age, he studied at East 15 Appearing Faculty and then Goldsmiths, the place he co-founded t...