When Led Zep Met the Damned: Punk’s Roxy Celebrated After 40 Years
In 100 days, London’s Roxy became the most influential punk club in the world. It is being celebrated with a new book, blue plaque and an exhibition. Mark Beech meets the Roxy’s founders. It was an...
View ArticleIt Takes Two to Tango: Movie Surveys 50-Year Love Affair
The movie “Our Last Tango” is nothing like “Last Tango in Paris” but it is as bittersweet. Mark Beech reports. This is a preview of an article appearing in the next print edition of DANTE magazine. The...
View ArticleCollect the Jewels: Hottest Designers Revealed
If culture is something to do with pearls, luxury is something to do with jewels. For our luxury issue, Susie Solna and Mark Beech speak to the experts on how to build a collection and which designers...
View ArticleThe Man Who Shot the World: Unseen Duffy Photos Define an Era
Mark Beech talks with Chris Duffy, both about rare photos, reproduced here and in a London exhibition, and other shots that are mega-famous. They all sum up the 1960s and beyond. Great photography...
View ArticleThe Rise of Robots: How to Survive AI’s Doomsday Warning
High tech, lower wages, fewer jobs? Will AI mean a better life or will robots take over? So many questions. We know computers are becoming smarter. Could they become brighter than humans? What does it...
View ArticleABBA: From Arrival to Revival – Cashtills Ring Out Again
A Reflection by Mark Beech Mamma Mia! Here we go again.. my my.. It could be all Money, Money, Money as ABBA returns. I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay Ain’t it sad...
View ArticleRIP Legend: Looking Back on Tom Wolfe
By Mark Beech, DANTE editor My first encounter with the works of Tom Wolfe came from a most unusual source. Not one of his favoured American publications or indeed some of his more famous books, but...
View ArticleSoundtracking Africa and the world: Film composer Didier Recloux
By Mark Beech Didier Recloux is a name you may not be familiar with yet, but he is worth watching. The composer for film and TV wrote the music for the 2017 ground-breaking series History of Africa...
View ArticleFictional Violence = Real Life Crime. Really?
Mark Beech argues against the case for unnecessary media censorship which spoils the enjoyment of millions, in response to the actions of a very few crazed criminals who may not be influenced by...
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