J G Ballard – Some Early Tributes
Ballard's life and death in the Guardian, BBC, Telegraph and Times. There's also a piece in the Mail in fact, but I won't link to the publication which tried to get Crash banned, eh? Warm words here from Toby Litt, Iain Sinclair, Mark Kermode, Andrew Motion and others. A good overview in the Guardian of his influence over film, pop, architecture, TV and visual art. It is astounding to consider the extent of his influence.
A longer and more in depth profile by Jason Cowley from back in 1998 via the New Statesman.
Another bit about his pop followers, from Joy Division via Radiohead to Buggles. Warm Leatherette is great by the way.
Ballard gave four great interviews for Spike over the years. Chris Hall's 1997 interview here, his 2000 interview here, and his 2004 interview here. Marcus Moure's 1995 interview which appeared on Spike in 2001 is here.
Chris Hall's overview of the man's work on Spike is another great read.
