Alex Rayner, an English journalist

Apples and Facebooks in the Guardian's end of year review

I wrote up a brief piece for the Dec 29 edition of the Guardian on the big monetary figures of 2011 expressed in the value of Apples and Facebooks. All should become clear if you click here.

Intelligence Squared feature in this month's Wallpaper

My feature on the international debate organisation, Intelligence Squared, appears in the Jan 2012 edition of Wallpaper.

 

Clemens Meyer review in the Guardian

My review of Clemens Meyer's All the Lights short-story collection appeared in the Guardian recently. The online comments chided me for not mentioning the name of the translator (Meyer is German). Katy Derbyshire translated the collection, and you can read all about her here.

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Reviews, interviews

My review of Javier Marías' 'While the Women are Sleeping' appeared in the Saturday Guardian's review section a couple of weeks back. My interview with Sapphire, author of 'Precious' can be heard on the latest Bookslam podcast. Click here for more.

Belated October mentions

My reviews of Ben Myers' Richard and Armistead Maupin's Mary Ann in Autumn appeared in the Saturday Guardian's review section on Oct 8. Also, my interviews with Hari Kunzru and Joe Dunthorne are in the current Bookslam podcast. The Guardian reviews aren't online, but you can hear the podcast here. Happy All Saints Day.

Feature in today's G2

I wrote a feature about the decline of the car in today's G2 supplement of the Guardian. Here's a link.

Reviews in the Saturday Guardian

My reviews of Simon Lilec's The Facility and Sunjeev Sahota's Ours are the Streets appeared in the Saturday edition of the Guardian.

Couple of Guardian book reviews

My reviews of Neil Butler's The Roost and Jonathan Buckley's Telescope appeared in the paper recently. You can find them both here.

Hats in Manzine

My essay on bush ranger hats in Surrey appears in the latest edition of anti-men's mag, Manzine.  the article is sort of like psychogeography, only for crap accessories.

Couple of paperback reviews in yesterday's Guardian

You can read review of Simon Rich's Elliot Allagash here and my review of The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011 here. Cheers!