Monthly Archives: June 2006
I am the beholder
Of all places to find myself last night, I found myself at the The Camberwell College of Arts Summer Shows. Every room of the labrynthine building is crammed with students’ painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design. And crammed even fuller of … Continue reading
Posted in But is it Art?
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A whole day.
I had a day off work this week. One ought to make something worthwhile of such bonuses. I wanted to write an erudite and no doubt lengthy essay about terror, horror, anxiety, Dracula, Lovecraft, MR James, Stephen King and Dr … Continue reading
Posted in How to..., The Capacious Hold-All
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Treading water, backwards (with apologies to Spike Milligan)
Some days nothing happens for hours on end. I am working through the estimable Mr Fry’s book on writing poetry, with a view to reviewing it, and to make it an utterly fair review (what with me and my cups … Continue reading
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In which we show everyone photographs. You have been warned.
So, we went to Ireland. Yes, there is a ‘we’ outside of the Reed-Editor bickerfest. And anyway, I did say The Editor wouldn’t be coming with us. I’d quite like to have a holiday that was not overly flavoured with … Continue reading
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Face down in a suit-case
Hello, yes, I am back from Abroad, and yes, there will be photos*. And anecdotes. No poems. It would seem I channel the Poetic Muse through my sinuses and alas they were being used to store several pints of snot … Continue reading
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