The Independent / The Independent on Sunday Roger Alton has now been confirmed as the new Editor of The Independent. Roger, formerly Editor of The Observer, will replace Simon Kelner, who will become the Managing Director of both The Independent and TheIndependent on Sunday. Simon will replace Terry Grote who will retire next month after nine years of running The Independent and The Independent on Sunday titles.
After the jump, a little taster of what’s in store for The Indie:
Someone wrote a book on Banksy. And, as everyone knows, when a book is written, it must be launched. Home Sweet Home, a biography of the artist, was welcomed into the world with a party at Cargo on Rivington Street in east London last night. I got high on the sweet-smelling fumes of all the spray paint as real-life graffiti artists shook those cans and did us some art right before our very eyes. Also, there was some singing. Here’s what I witnessed:
Just went to a preview screening performance of it [so used to writing screening]. It’s good - especially Max and Lenny. They really make the lines their own, although they arguably get the best lines. Ruth takes a bit of time to warm up, but she’s such an odd character, I don’t envy her the job. Her lines and her decisions are mad - but the actress made a good go of it. The audience laughed a lot at the sarcasm and bitchiness of the all-male, frustrated household.
