Tag Archives: Edith Sitwell

Facade

I’ve gone and mislaid the programme in Tesco’s. So as not to fold it I let it lie flat in the trolley, then forgot to take it after filling up my own bag-on-wheels with comestibles. I went to a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Edith Sitwell ‘Face to Face’.

Wonderful interview by John Freeman with Edith Sitwell. Face to Face is a legendary series of interviews from the BBC and Freeman died in 2014 at the age of 99 years old.  Besides, Sitwell is an author I have always … Continue reading →

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George Pitts and the Longer Line in Poetry

This page is a link to my essay on the longer line, and it is also a homage to the brilliant poet George Pitts, who died sadly in 2015. John Ashbery was a great admirer of George’s work and introduced … Continue reading →

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