CATEGORIESThe feeling of completely falling in love with music has never left me
A 25-year-old producer has been tasked with creating the score for a 400-year-old play. But despite his young age, Mike Sheridan has already arrived at a stage in his career where he feels ready to take on the challenge of creating the soundscape for one of Denmark's most important theatrical events – Hamlet at Kronborg
“You have to learn to control anxiety – to be friends with it”
Copenhagen's restaurants are overrated, and New Nordic has become a monoculture, says Michelin-starred chef Paul Cunningham
PHOTOS – Distortion 2017
We hit the streets during the Distortion street parties in Copenhagen. This is what we saw.
“It is automatic that I would write about jazz and women”
Over three pieces of smørrebrød in the Hvide Lam, James Clasper talks to American writer Thomas E. Kennedy about being introduced to jazz by his Trump-supporting brother, how his children might not like his new book, and moving to Denmark in the 1970s – and never leaving
“I take a look at the grain, take away what’s uninteresting, and shape what’s left. I do the same with life”
Some of Denmark's most acclaimed pipe makers are women, producing internationally sought after collector items. James Clasper spoke to four of them
Hops Not Hate – turning social drinking into social giving
When consumers buy a Hops Not Hate-labelled beer, they are donating to international and local charities at every link in the supply chain
“We can’t grow wine here – we’re a beer country”
Mikkeller's international beer festival returns to Copenhagen in May, so
we had a chat with the brewer's co-founder Mikkel Borg Bjergsø about which
beers to watch out for, what makes beer and running natural partners, and
why ice cubes really can go in beer (but only if it's a Berliner Weisse)
BIG TIME – a documentary about dreaming big without the shackles of the Jantelov
For six years, Kasper Astrup Schröder followed the architect Bjarke Ingels, and documented his precocious rise to fame as cities around clamour for a slice of the BIG philosophy
Noma’s legacy leaves foodies mad about Copenhagen
While no longer home to the world's best restaurant, Copenhagen's food scene has never been more diverse. James Clasper points us in the direction of six of the city's best new restaurants to get stuck in to
The British man who won over Danish ears
Tim Hinman is one half of the duo behind Denmark's most popular podcast, Third Ear. We had a chat about what it's like to be a British man in Denmark who marches to his own drum – and lives in constant fear of missing a beat
Tasty local food for weekend warriors
The food market Kødbyens Mad og Marked returns this April with
delicious and locally-sourced foods. Now in its second season,
the weekend market has plans to spread its wings beyond its
home in Vesterbro
“Occasionally I dream in Danish and wake up exhausted from the sheer effort”
Liz Jensen is a British writer who lives in Copenhagen with her husband, the Danish writer Carsten Jensen. She is the author of eight novels including the best-selling psychological thriller 'The Ninth Life of Louis Drax'. With the impending release of both a Danish translation, and the Hollywood adaptation on streaming platforms, James Clasper sat down with Jensen to discuss identity, the power of words, and how writers can respond to the rise of populism