Author Archives: andyjamison

On May 8 we will stay open till 9 as part of our neighborhood’s annual culture night. So do come by and see all the wonders we have to offer. In the meantime we will be away on a family visit to Barcelona and back in business on May 7. Anything you’d like me toContinue reading “Local culture”

Olof Johansson came by the shop recently and we started talking about our shared interest in environmental politics and folk music and he told me of his new group, which seems to mix the two quite nicely As he describes them, “Trä 2 1 is a new folk trio consisting of Axel Ahlin (vocals andContinue reading “A debut at the corner”

I’ve written about the Resurgence Trust on this blog before and today recommend three talks that you can listen to that are coming up, on April 21, May 19 and May 26 with Thor Hanson, Kaira Jewel and Nicola Peel. Just click:

Sometimes things happen at the shop that warrant reposting, since the way the internet works, they don’t get the attention they deserve. They literally get lost in the shuffle. A good example is a video recording that Katlijn Sergeant arranged to be made at Andy’s Corner in 2024 of an original piece for piccolo andContinue reading “Lost in the shuffle”

Greetings from Burlington, Vermont where I have been spending the weekend on a family visit. From the view across Lake Champlain to the automatic pancake-making machine in the breakfast room at the hotel, from the sublime to the ridiculous, there’s no end to the things you can wonder about in the old homeland. I shouldContinue reading “A trip to Vermont”

will be in Swedish, a “theater lecture” with Kristina Grebelius and Margareta Langeen on April 11 at 5 p.m. (kl 17.00). Here’s Margareta’s description: “Vi har under 2025 deltagit i Färnebo folkhögskolas resande-kurser i Norrland med spetsen riktad mot Norrbotten och Västerbotten för studier av den sk Gröna Omställningen, dess inverkan på samhällena, klimatet ochContinue reading “Our next event”

Every year around this time I go out looking for pasque flowers (backsippor) on the heath by the sea at Stenshuvud near our country house. It’s become a kind of ritual, and it was especially exciting this year when I got lost wandering through the woods on my way back from the heath – springContinue reading “Springtime”

Some time back I posted an article about Cory Doctorow’s new term enshittification and now the consumer council in Norway has made a film to help spread the word and show what it means. And it is actually quite funny. Read all about it (and watch the film): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration

Sven Nilsson has been a friend of Andy’s Corner since we opened and it was a real pleasure to welcome him and his friends and family to the store last week to celebrate the release of his autobiography, Solfläckar, or Sunspots. Sven grew up and went to school nearby in a much poorer and smallerContinue reading “The life of the party”

I just finished reading Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson and warmly recommend it for its thoughtful take on contemporary life. Winterson is both insightful and downright funny about AI, transpeople, Mary Shelley, sexbots, and so much more and, in the process, manages to “update” Shelley’s immortal tale most impressively. And speaking of AI there was anContinue reading “Laughing at the lies”