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Kevin EG Perry is a writer for The Independent.

His work has also appeared in NME, Vice, The Guardian, British GQ, Lonely Planet Traveller and numerous other publications.

He was shortlisted for The Guardian’s International Development Journalism Award in 2009.

He can be contacted at kevinegperry[at]gmail.com

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RT @Nadine_Writes: 'Jess Brammar, frontrunner for the job of overseeing the BBC’s news channels, has been hounded by the right wing media i… 4 days ago
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Those of you who’ve heard me sing “Margaritaville” with a margarita in hand will know exactly how much I love @JimmyBuffett. This week I talked to him about recording his great album 'Volcano' on Montserrat for @the.independent. Of course I couldn’t resist getting him to tell me his favourite Hunter Thompson story. Here it is in full: “Hunter always told me he had a great friendship with Muhammad Ali, because they were both from Kentucky. We went down to New Orleans to the see the fight where he fought Leon Spinks, and of course, Ali won and won his title back. That night, I mean, we all went out on the town in New Orleans and had a big time, but Hunter just went completely wild. Unfortunately I’d gotten him a room in my hotel and he was raising hell. Eventually I went to bed and said: ‘I'm done with this stuff’. Then at 6:30 in the morning the phone rings and it's Hunter: 'Get up, we've got to go.' I said: 'No, I'm not going anywhere with you!' He said: 'Yes you are, because we're going over to watch the fight with Ali.’ So I got out of bed and we went over to their hotel, and we went up to the suite, and there was Ali surrounded by all these Muslim bodyguards. Then Ali, Hunter and I sat down and watched the fight together. Ali was doing play-by-play commentary of himself: ‘You got him there, champ!’ So Hunter made good on his promise! Not only did we go to the fight, we watched it with Muhammad Ali. It doesn’t get much better than that!”

Getting my caffeine fix with the great @michael.pollan. Ever since I read his new book This Is Your Mind On Plants I haven't been able to stop thinking about the fascinating history of the world's most popular psychoactive drug (which was basically responsible for the Enlightenment). We talked about the power of coffee, growing opium in his back garden and - my favourite topic - taking so much acid you experience ego death for today's @the.independent.

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When I wrote about @corvaincooper last year he was still in prison facing life without the possibility of parole. His friend Anthony put us in touch. So great to finally meet them both and see Corvain enjoying his freedom - a massive tribute to the amazing advocacy work for cannabis prisoners done by @lastprisonerproject.

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