How to spend a billion dollars
If you had $1 billion and lived 90 years, you would have to spend about $11.1 million every year of your life to give it all away.
the rebirth of cool
Welcome to alexanderstuart.com, the rebirth of my blog from a minute or two ago. I’ve definitely slacked in recent years, posting only once a presidency (due to a healthy survival instinct), but now I hope to do fresh and fun things, including soon creating a microblog — jell3fish — to
Under The Skin
Working with Jonathan Glazer on the first three drafts of Under The Skin was one of the most intense and extraordinary periods in my life
Attempting to teach Claude AI meditation
I have been working with Anthropic’s AI agent Claude for over ten months, using Claude for research for a book but also getting to know him
The War Zone: three new 2026 editions of my novel
"Alexander Stuart’s The War Zone does for Britain now what Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange did a quarter of a century ago. It is several steps further into the nightmare"—LA Times
Twilight
OMG I’m watching Twilight
Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky - Always On My Mind
I have written several times about the influence on me of Paul Bowles' remarkable novel, The Sheltering Sky. This post perhaps explains best my fascination with the book. Tonight I am thinking of two of my favorite passages, which I have quoted before. The first is this, which upon
The High Tower Apartments and The Long Goodbye (revisited)
I'm in a reposting mood today, so here is the most popular post of all time from this blog (followed in rank by a personal favorite, Hudson and the W Hotel Hollywood: A Love Story:), featuring our friend Dwayne Moser's photograph of the High Tower Apartments,
From Dawn to Sunset on the Beach - Pelicans, Whales and Memories of my Father
Living and writing by the ocean - in a spot we like to call Aldabra (which in reality is a remote and very beautiful atoll in the Indian Ocean) - the beach figures large in my thoughts and daily routine. Usually I wake early, and on occasion I walk at
Lana Del Rey (and Erik Satie) - Carmen (VIDEO)
I have become so enamored of Lana Del Rey's exquisite songs and equally beautiful music videos. This one, for Carmen, is quite extraordinary - please watch all the way through to the end, when the music changes and Lana dances to one of the most haunting classical piano
Lana Del Rey by Interview Magazine
I'm falling in love with Lana Del Rey - and this short film by Interview magazine.
Nicolas Roeg - His Own Timing, His Own Wisdom and Kindness (revisited)
Even though I ran this piece relatively recently, I feel like posting it again, because I was thinking about Nicolas Roeg today and what a huge influence he has been on my life. Also the crisp new Criterion DVD and Blu-Ray of the film we made together, Insignificance, is available.