Hitchens Biography Proceeds, Against His Widowâs Wishes
Carol Blue-Hitchens and her late husbandâs literary agent are discouraging friends from participating in a book tentatively titled âPamphleteer: The Life and Times of Christopher Hitchens.â
Christopher Hitchens, whose books included âGod Is Not Greatâ and âThe Trial of Henry Kissinger,â died in 2011.Credit.Mark Mahaney for The New York Times
Published Feb. 4, 2021Updated Feb. 8, 2021
Stephen Phillips was doing dishes and listening to the podcast âA Life in Biographyâ one evening last fall when he learned why some people were not responding to his emails.
He is writing a book for W.W. Norton about the writer and polemicist Christopher Hitchens, who died in 2011. But Carol Blue-Hitchens, the authorâs widow, and Steve Wasserman, his literary agent, were not planning to participate in Phillipsâs project, the podcast explained, and they encouraged family, friends and co
UK house DJ Phil Asher has died, aged 50.
The sad news was shared on social media on Friday 22nd January, with tributes coming from fellow DJs, friends and music industry figures across the UK and beyond. The DJ reportedly passed away in his sleep after suffering a heart attack.
Phil grew up in West London, and followed his dad into working in record shops. He worked at both Quaff Records and Vinyl Solution in the early ‘90s, while he schooled himself in house music production and DJing at assorted nights across the capital.
Gravitating naturally to the soulful side, he released under the name Phlash and became a key part of house label Slip N Slide’s various compilation series, including ‘Jazz In The House’ and ‘Soul In The House’. At the end of the decade he co-founded the Co-op night in West London alongside Dego from 4hero, beatsmith I.G. Culture (aka New Sector Movements) and Young Disciples producer Demus.