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Poet, essayist, dancer, performance artist....

Two Unforgettable Poets

Nicholas Lafitte (1943-1970) and George Pitts (1951-2017) There are two poets who should not be forgotten, one British and the other American. Here, I want to share my thoughts about their work. ***** Poet of light, of the sea remembered … Continue reading

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New MI6 head Blaise Metreweli could not be made up

x Blaise Florence Metreweli CMG (born 30 July 1977) is a British civil servant, currently Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), following the retirement of Sir Richard Moore. She is the first female chief of MI6. Metreweli’s father, Constantine … Continue reading

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Christmas Gloom

x MOBILITY * Unable to decide quite where to be, I’m based in the car this Christmas, Travelling from relation to relation.  Think of me As an eighty horse-power snail Whose shell goes wherever it’s expected.  In between, I make … Continue reading

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The Oligarch

x The deep artist stumbles backwards, backwards into a past That can’t be seen. Because that artist faces the other way, Anticipating horrors that progress would inflict upon us all, As evidenced by the tractors that have come to block … Continue reading

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Andrea Loseries: The Scholar and Cremation Ground Yogini

Olivia Clementine has recorded a marvellous conversation with Andrea; informative and truly intriguing. “You will hear about Andrea’s path from being a 19-year-old student in Paris, to journeying to the Himalayas to study with yogic masters, including her teacher the … Continue reading

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Summer

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Take the Case of Mrs C.

Story worthy of the wife of Bath: What do women want? Well, take the case of Mrs C. She and Bill come to mind, for me. If that was your own White House, this is my own war. I can … Continue reading

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Destruction of The City

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Asprezza and Sprezzatura – A Paean to the Pioneer of the Madrigal – my homage to William Drummond

(First published in The Fortnightly Review, 16 Nov 2015 – and now to be found online as an appendix to The Step is the Foot) “Like the Idalian queen,Her hair about her eyne,With neck and breast’s ripe apples to be … Continue reading

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Starmer’s Sinister Rise to Power

Ash Sarker interviews Paul Holden Tremendous new book by Paul Holden. The Fraud is a meticulously researched account of the political machinations at the heart of the Labour Party currently ruling Britain. And Colonel Doug Macgregor brilliantly analyses just where … Continue reading

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