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Category Archives: Essays
Thoughts on Constitutional Monarchies
New essay in The Fortnightly Review.
Posted in Essays, Politics, Uncategorised
Tagged Constitutional monarchy, Coronation, King Charles 111, Rama Dynasty
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On Difficulty in Poetry
A new essay in The Fortnightly Review!
Posted in Essays, Poetry, Reviews
Tagged Emma Hammond, John Clegg, Kathleen Ossip, Wendy Mulford
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How Different Countries View War
Andrei Martyanov (SmoothieX12 on Youtube) cites the movie Come and See when he explains in the second part of a post called Economics of Military Industrial Complexes in Russia and US how the Russians conceive of war and how the … Continue reading
Tangoshiva – my selling site on Ebay
Click TANGOSHIVA For books by Gwendolyn Leick, Iliassa Sequin, Donald Gardner, David Plante, The Theatre of Mistakes and myself. All recently published books by myself or by Grey Suit are now listed on Tangoshiva. This is the link for my … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, FICTION, Grey Suit Editions, Key Links, Performance Art, Poetry
Tagged Anthony Howell, ebay, Grey Suit Editions, Tangoshiva, The Theatre of Mistakes
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Plum Pudding Books
Here is the link to Plum Pudding Books This is my new review for The Fortnightly Review, featuring: Against Decorumby Michael Hampton. IAM 2022 | 120 pp paper | £14.95 $22.33 .The Serpent Coiled in Naplesby Marius Kociejowski. Armchair Traveller, Haus Publishing, … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Reviews
Tagged Bibliophiles, Gwendolyn Leick, Lady Mary Wroth, Marius Kociejowski, Michael Hampton, Naples, Sir Philip Sidney
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Anja Konig -Thoughts of an Unprofessional Poet
This article by Anja Konig expresses a lot of my own misgivings about poetry as a competing profession.
TOUGHS
My new article on toughs in literature is now published by the Fortnightly review. Featuring a grumpy old git’s thoughts on what we can and what we cannot say, as well as the writing of Stewart Home, Mr Fish, Dana … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, FICTION, Poetry
Tagged Catherine Millet, censorship, Dana Gillespie, Elizabeth Jenkins, Holly Howitt, Joelle Taylor, Mr Fish, Stewart Home, Takako Arai, Tom Bland
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Georges Braque: The Poetry of Things
Click here for my review of Georges Braque’s still lives. Bernard Jacobson Gallery, winter 21/22 Discussing the medium itself, together with my view of who might be the most significant still life artists of the 20th century. Braque is certainly … Continue reading
Posted in art, Essays
Tagged Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Georges Braque, Jane Freilicher, Morandi, painting, Pierre Reverdy, Still life, William Nicholson
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The Hump-Backed Bridge
THE HUMP-BACKED BRIDGE I was just six years old. My mother dropped me off at school in Caversham, and then I found my own way home by boarding the bus near Saint Peter’s Hill that would take me to its … Continue reading