http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk Words, Pictures and Travels Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:12:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. [caption id="attachment_108" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Sgt John Dobbins, Fort Stewart, Georgia."][/caption] A gleaming black-and-white Fender Stratocaster is an unusual item to find in a soldier's kit ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2008/09/14/combat-rock/ The Observer, Sunday 30 March 2008 For a decade, Vice magazine has pioneered a no-holds-barred approach to the counterculture. But now, with a TV channel and hard-hitting reportage from the frontline of the world's trouble spots, it's aiming to shock in a different way. Carl Wilkinson hears how the streetwise teen-zine ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2008/03/30/the-vice-squad/ 30 October 2007 I've spent the past eight months editing a series of books which are published each month with the Observer newspaper and last month I took a day off to shoot a video for the band Mr Hudson & The Library for their song 'Upon The Heath' from their ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2007/10/30/my-first-foray-into-music-video-direction/ 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 ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2007/04/01/the-artful-lodgers/ The Observer, 21 January 2007 The snake was at least two metres long and eventually identified as a forest cobra, although I initially had it down as a piece of hosepipe. It was writhe-around-in-the-dust, nasty-way-to-go deadly. And it was in my shower. That I considered picking it up says little for ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2007/01/21/i-passed-the-bush-tracker-trial/ New Statesman, 15 January 2007 Carl Wilkinson made a journey to meet the Karen tribes of Burma - and found them in Thailand It's 6am. The sky is the colour of gruel as the mist clears, and there is the fine scent of old wood smoke in the cold air. From ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2007/01/15/in-the-cold-thai-hills/ 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 ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2006/11/19/cape-leveque/ The Observer, 19 November 2006 Two hundred years ago, the first, hungry visitors to Kangaroo Island clubbed the animals to death. Today dining is a little more civilised, says Carl Wilkinson When Matthew Flinders arrived in South Australia in March 1802 he and his crew were hungry. They hadn't tasted fresh ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2006/11/19/kangaroo-island/ Observer Music Monthly, 12 November 2006 Carl Wilkinson salutes the return of the hip hop kingpin whose friendship with Chris Martin hasn't dulled his spittin' skills Hov is back! 'Just when you thought the world would fall apart/Take off the blazer, loosen up the tie, step inside the booth, Superman is ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2006/11/12/kingdom-come-review/ Financial Times Magazine, Saturday 4 November On rap star Jay-Z's comeback tour the champagne flows fast but the own-label clothing sells faster. A quarter of a century after it first appeared, one thing is certain: hip-hop is now big business. By Carl Wilkinson It’s a Sunday afternoon, and in a private drawing ... http://www.carlwilkinson.co.uk/2006/11/04/jay-z/