The filth and the fury – Tony Harrison’s v.

February 25, 2013

As BBC Radio 4 broadcasted a 25th anniversary version of .v, read by Harrison himself, the event rekindled the media’s …

Wish You Were Here – Tamar Yoseloff’s The City With Horns

February 17, 2013

It doesn’t take long to contract cultural flu in Rome. ‘That fountain’s by Bernini, you say? Show me one which …

November 6, 2012

How many of my muses can you name? Thank you to my brother, Peter James Field, for the banner which …

August 12, 2012

‘Would anyone care to join me / in flicking a few pebbles in the direction / of teachers who are …

July 14, 2012

The plan had been to present a poem, followed by a couple of paragraphs of thoughts. Yes, I confess that …