http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-870604.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-870604.html <p>If you ask me, Gordon Brown's former apologists should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. No, I take that back: they should take voluntary redundancy from the apologist business, banish themselves to the hills and never darken the doors of the metropolitan commentariat ever again. </p> Dylan Jones Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-864533.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-864533.html <p>If you ask me, no sombre moment can possibly be complete without Gonzales' extraordinary album Solo Piano. I've heard it played recently at memorial services, in galleries, at fashion shows (sombre fashion shows, you understand, the sort where models wear black just in case) and at a dinner party (although I have to say it wasn't an especially successful dinner party), and I'm seriously considering taking a copy to play during my next appointment with my accountant. </p> Dylan Jones Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-859534.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-859534.html <p> If you ask me, Giffords is probably the best circus in Britain. Theatrical, whimsical, exotic, celestial (in places) and even rather glamorous, it shows that there is still a place for the travelling circus in the 21st century. And as they're playing all over the country until the middle of September I urge you to seek them out. It is bonkers, and you will love it. In some respects, Cirque du Soleil has raised the bar in terms of what we expect from a circus these days, and having seen their &quot;Love&quot; show in Las Vegas recently, in which they re-imagine the Beatles' back catalogue in a genuinely original way, I am now a devotee. </p> Dylan Jones Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-855000.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-if-you-ask-me-855000.html <p>If you ask me, "Blue and Green" by Van Morrison is as good a blues record as you're likely to hear, or indeed you deserve to hear, this century. It is, quite simply &ndash; in at least two senses of the word &ndash; brilliant, and has certainly restored my faith in the bitter, curmudgeonly old cove. </p> Dylan Jones Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:01 +0100