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Combat Rock
The Observer, Sunday 14 September 2008
The extraordinary story of a unique label devoted to releasing music by Iraq war veterans. By Carl Wilkinson. Photographs by Jamie-James Medina.
A gleaming black-and-white Fender Stratocaster is an unusual item to find in a soldier’s kit bag, but for Sergeant John Dobbins it is one of his most treasured possessions. [...]
The artful lodgers
The Observer, Sunday 1 April 2007
Stratospheric house prices mean even the bottom rung of the property ladder is out of reach for many. Carl Wilkinson meets the couch surfers and warehouse guardians who’ve found novel ways to save their rent
Location, location, location goes the trite estate agent’s mantra. But just what would you be prepared [...]
A pearl on the edge of the world
The Observer, 19 November 2006
On a remote tip of land in Australia’s empty north west, an Aboriginal tribe has built a luxury, safari-style camp, where visitors can explore the local traditions in a stunning setting. Carl Wilkinson went a little bit native
‘White man living in the wrong climate,’ said Robert as he pulled on long [...]
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