Take up your cross and follow me – Andrew Motion’s The Customs House
If you’re ever on the A34 near Basingstoke, then consider stopping at Burghclere. The main road is unchanged since painted …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Me and my shadow – Egg Printing Explained by Katy Evans-Bush
With a jolt I realised that I was standing at the foot of my own grave. Sergeant John Field, 1803339, of …
I am the invisible man – Olivia McCannon’s Exactly My Own Length
Rush hour is cruel to those going nowhere. To stand frozen as the city wheels about, reconfiguring itself for dinners …
Rogues’ Gallery
How many of my muses can you name? Thank you to my brother, Peter James Field, for the banner which …
The Passionate Shepherd – Leontia Flynn’s These Days
Friends were surprised when I said that my narrowboat wouldn’t prove popular with the ladies. ‘What’, they asked ‘about the …
Breathless – David Morley’s Enchantment
Gerard Manley Hopkins was snotty about Oxford’s outskirts. In Duns Scotus’s Oxford, he reserves his praise for the ivory towers …
