Neil D.A. Stewart

Waterlilies and concrete | Naoshima Island

Waterlilies and concrete | Naoshima Island

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Tadao Ando, Monet and Thunderbirds monorails on Japan's offbeat art island

<em>Escape from Tomorrow<em/>

Escape from Tomorrow

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Is this dark journey into Walt Disney World genuine guerilla movie making?

Review: <em>Familiar</em> by J. Robert Lennon

Review: Familiar by J. Robert Lennon

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Sad, strange, moving, deeply weird… I’m calling it now: there won’t be a better English-language novel published this year"

Review: <em>Floating City</em> by Sudhir Venkatesh

Review: Floating City by Sudhir Venkatesh

by Neil D.A. Stewart

“Wasn’t it possible that the whole vast global city was actually knit together by the invisible threads of the underground economy?”

Universal music

Universal music

by Neil D.A. Stewart

From Björk's Debut to Biophilia, a two decade Icelandic art adventure

<em>Trainspotting</em> in translation

Trainspotting in translation

by Neil D.A. Stewart

20 years on, how does Irvine Welsh's quintessentially Scottish masterpiece read… in French?

Review: <em>The Luminaries</em> by Eleanor Catton

Review: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Creaky plotting", overlong and a "missed opportunity". Neil Stewart finds much at fault with Eleanor Catton's much hyped Man Booker-longlisted novel

The most beautiful room in Paris | Le Grand Véfour

The most beautiful room in Paris | Le Grand Véfour

by Neil D.A. Stewart

The most literary and historic restaurant in the City of Light is a sumptuous, violet-flavoured timewarp

Review: Grain Store, London

Review: Grain Store, London

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"You might, then, enjoy a cedarwood lemonade with your starter, or a martini made with mustard vodka with that pork belly tamale. (To me it sounds like a surefire way to make a questionable dish unambiguously disgusting.)"

Around Sicily, in a vintage 1960s Fiat Cinquecento

Around Sicily, in a vintage 1960s Fiat Cinquecento

by Neil D.A. Stewart

On the road, around the island, in a vintage Fiat Cinquecento