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Cassi Namoda Paints Places from Memory, Knowledge and Imagination

This vibrant storyteller who paints on the move, captures the people, landscapes and character of her native Mozambique with the same warmth that shines in her personality. Born in Maputo, with an upbringing between East Africa, Haiti and the United States, Cassi Namoda maintains a remarkably nomadic lifestyle—always willing and able to adapt to the many places her painting takes her.

Ryuichi Sakamoto travels from Japan to New York to the Top of the Mountain

A conversation with the gentle, inquisitive man who has pushed musical boundaries for fifty years; his musical catalogue is an amalgamation of his classical training, contemporary outlook and influences from across the world. His large-scale film scores (The Last Emperor, The Revenant) and more intimate solo projects ('Async' and his latest work '12') swirl with humanity and possibility.

Time and Space Displaced: Moyra Davey’s Fragmented Writing

Ida Skovmand speaks with New York-based artist Moyra Davey about Index Cards, her collection of essays where the city always seems close. Dotted with excerpts from travel diaries of great thinkers, this book takes us a trip through time and space where we are encouraged to get distracted, explore ideas and take notes in the margins.

Uncle Bob and Aunty Caroline on Reviving and Teaching the Dunghutti Language

Dunghutti man Josh Smith speaks with Aunty Caroline and Uncle Bob about reviving a language that was nearly lost through the brutality of colonisation and the importance in teaching it to young ones as a way for them to connect to their land, their culture and their people.

Turning Spaces into Pieces of Music with Nicolas Godin

Sam Bonham speaks with Nicolas Godin—one half of French band Air—about the dance between visual and auditory, sound and space, as he writes the work of Le Corbusier into a single track.

Nils Frahm on Improvising Life and Music in Berlin

Sam Bonham speaks with Berlin-based musician Nils Frahm about the beauty in making music after dark, whether it's classical or electronic or somewhere in between.

Mu Tunç’s Cinematic Ode to Istanbul’s Punk History

Joseph Pomp speaks with filmmaker Mu Tunç about Istanbul’s hardcore punk history and why, in fact, it’s unsurprising that such a genre should emerge in the cosmopolitan epicenter of Turkey.

Yotam Ottolenghi and His Cross-Cultural Culinary Affair

Much adored chef and food writer Yotam Ottolenghi speaks with Melbourne-based cook Julia Busuttil Nishimura about growing up in Jerusalem, his memories of summers in Italy and what makes vegetables so special.

Destroying Presumptions and Telling Stories with Sisonke Msimang

Marita Davies speaks with author Sisonke Msimang about her memoir ‘Always Another Country’ and her perspectives on issues that unite communities all over the world: education, class systems, privilege, racism and gender.

The Short Stories of Another New York: An Interview with Jenny Zhang

Her short stories captured the attention of Lena Dunham, and then readers worldwide. Jenny Zhang speaks to Shu-Ling Chua about writing ‘Sour Heart’, her relationship with New York and Shanghai, and how she’s needed to carve her own path.

The Long, Slow Ripening of the Yarra Valley Grape: an Interview with Winemaker Darren Rathbone

Isabella Lloyd speaks with Yering Station’s chief winemaker about the climate, location, culture, soil, people and tradition that give their Australian wine its texture and taste.

From Lyttelton, New Zealand, to the Big Time; the World is Marlon Williams’s Amphitheatre

Pre-world tour, Marlon Williams speaks with Ghita Loebenstein about his Māori heritage, the Gram Parsons CD that lured him to country music, and the familiar smell of the Christchurch air.

From Nigeria to London; Real Life Stories to Plays

Nigerian-British playwright, performer and poet Inua Ellams speaks with Beth Wilkinson about the influence of hip hop, the timeliness of his work in a Brexit/Trump era and translating his own experiences with race, religion and immigration into his performances.

The Art of Capturing Taiwan; the Craft of Translating It

Anna Snoekstra speaks with author Wu Ming-Yi and his translator Darryl Sterk about language, Taiwan’s history and the translation of Ming-Yi’s latest novel “The Stolen Bicycle.”

Luca Guadagnino on His Tender New Film ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Olivia Dennis speaks to Italian director Luca Guadagnino about his latest film that has received early Oscar predictions, his collaboration with Sufjan Stevens, filming in northern Italy and why “all the world loves lovers.”

Caught on Film: Christian Svinddal Documents the Streets of Oslo

Christian Svinddal walks us through this multicultural city, where winter fashions are paraded along streets of Neoclassic and Modernist architecture.

From Southern California to Michigan to L.A., Brit Bennett Writes Her Debut Novel ‘The Mothers’

Brit Bennett speaks about growing up in Southern California, writing her debut novel “The Mothers” from coffee shops in LA, and her desire for “mobile happiness,” where she can be happy living anywhere.

Caught on Film: Max Lieberman Documents a Colourful Jabalpur

For our second instalment of Caught on Film, Max Lieberman takes us to the vibrant beating heart of India: Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Eight years of documenting everyday life culminates in an ongoing series of intimate and honest images of locals, rituals and pastel-coloured homes.

Mastering Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki with Fumio Tanga

London-based okonomiyaki master Fumio Tanga speaks with Lindsay editor Beth Wilkinson about the history, significance and different regional styles of the Japanese pancake.

Caught on Film: Jill Schweber Documents a Modern Tel Aviv

In this new series, we ask some of our favourite photographers about the cities they've so intimately photographed. For our first, Jill Schweber takes us to Tel Aviv, where the old and new contrast at every corner.

Artist David Booth (Ghostpatrol) on Creativity Within Iceland’s Epic Landscape

Artist David Booth (known to many as Ghostpatrol) speaks about his many homes away from home, what it felt like to be in the studio of Sigur Rós and the magic of Iceland’s twenty-four hour light.

Interview / Mongolia

“I’d never seen eagle hunters before in my life; this was so foreign to me, but felt so familiar.”

Sophie Howarth on documenting the Golden Eagle Festival

Working as a Literary Agent in New York—a City Where Books Live and Breathe

Novelist Anna Snoekstra turns the tables on her literary agent, MacKenzie Fraser-Bub, to discover the city’s literary highlights, what she’s looking for in a manuscript, and the hidden parks where one can find a little solitude.