I was so sad last week at the news of the death of the astonishing British-born artist David Hockney, and by way of my tribute to him here is the story of how his magnificent photocollage of Theresa Russell in Insignificance came about: I have loved David Hockney since
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.
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
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
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
"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
OMG I’m watching Twilight
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
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,
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 dawn through
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 pieces
I'm falling in love with Lana Del Rey - and this short film by Interview magazine.