Jack L is looking for beauty in a world of darkness

Calling the US president by his name just gives him power, Jack L tells Ed Power

WHEN Jack Lukeman visited a new gym for the first time last year he was struck by the fact all the televisions were switched to Sky News. This baffled him deeply: why would anyone wish to exercise while soaking up the bottomless misery that the world is nowadays going through?

“I asked them to change the channel,” says the singer who records as Jack L. “They told me everyone wanted Sky News. I don’t get it? Who needs all that negativity?”