Category Archives: Politics

THE NEW BEAUTY

  Click the link for THE NEW BEAUTY This is an essay published by The Fortnightly Review.   For a complete list of links to other reviews of poets and my previous articles click here: The Fortnightly  

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Dick

DICK Eight days after the invasion we were dealing with a country That could actually finance its reconstruction by our own Reconstruction contractors. A decade later, and we have a failed State which is relatively easy to exploit, and that … Continue reading

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The Mastery of the Suicide Bomber

My article on Suicide Bombers can be found here: The Fortnightly Review This essay, written in 2015, concerns the accurate perception that a drone killing is essentially a cowardly act, and will be perceived as such by supporters of its … Continue reading

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A reading from SILENT HIGHWAY at the launch.

SILENT HIGHWAY was launched at Doggett’s Coat & Badge on Blackfriars Bridge on 28 October 2014.  Click on the image for the reading I did in the Terrace Bar, overlooking the dark waters underneath the bridge, where Calvi was found … Continue reading

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