Ian Parker

New York

Interested in the fuzzy space between education, technology, civic media, collaboration, do-goodery, and savvy storytelling

Articles

Simon Yates conquers his demons to stunningly snatch Giro d’Italia glory on penultimate day

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Ian Parker

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Simon Yates conquers his demons to stunningly snatch Giro d’Italia glory on penultimate day

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Ian Parker

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Album | Patch & The Giant - Fragments

1 month ago | forfolkssake.com | Ian Parker

Eight years after their debut All That We Had We Stole, Patch & The Giant are back. Fragments was not supposed to take this long. This collection was nearing completion in early 2020 before the world got turned upside down.
Norman Foster’s Empire of Image Control

Jan 20, 2025 | newyorker.com | Ian Parker

Norman Foster, the British architect, resembles the titans he serves. His expansionist ambition and personal wealth set him alongside the leaders of such companies as JPMorgan Chase, Apple, Bloomberg, Hyundai, and the Saudi National Bank, who have hired him to design landmark office buildings of beautifully controlled, rarefied egomania. Foster’s career is now in its seventh decade. He has been given every architectural prize, for every kind of civic, cultural, and commercial building.
Album | The Unthanks - In Winter

Nov 28, 2024 | forfolkssake.com | Ian Parker

If we were drawing up a list of the artists we’d most like to hear make a seasonal record, the Unthanks would be somewhere near the top. Their rich instrumentation, careful arrangements, and beautiful harmonies are just the warming sound needed as the nights draw in and the Christmas decorations go up.
Album | Laura Marling - Patterns In Repeat

Oct 24, 2024 | forfolkssake.com | Ian Parker

The intimate nature of Laura Marling’s eighth studio album is apparent before she has even played a note. We hear shuffling, voices, a yelp from Marling’s infant daughter, as they get themselves arranged in the home studio where Patterns In Repeat was recorded. Parenthood is unsurprisingly a recurring theme in Marling’s first record since she became a mother in 2023, and the first since the prescient Song For Our Daughter was released in 2020 – the longest gap yet between Marling’s albums.
I’m happy we’ll work together again – Leipzig boss Marco Rose on Jurgen Klopp

Oct 22, 2024 | msn.com | Ian Parker

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‘It’s like someone asking you if you want to be President of the USA’ – John Textor on possibility of buying Everton

Sep 11, 2024 | msn.com | Ian Parker

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‘He didn’t leave the stadium at half-time’ – Erik ten Hag backs Casemiro despite dismal display against Liverpool

Sep 1, 2024 | msn.com | Ian Parker

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The Effort Behind George Clooney’s Effortless Charm

Aug 29, 2024 | newyorker.com | Ian Parker

Clooney is well aware of the need for “certain veneers you use to keep the room going.” George Clooney was at home in Los Angeles one afternoon in mid-January, a few days before he flew to Sudan in his new role as a United Nations “Messenger of Peace” (an appointment that overlooked reports of a recent public scuffle with Fabio, the leonine model).