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The child is grown, the dream is gone – Hugo Williams’ West End Final

March 2, 2013

Twice a day, I studied the cigarette stubber riveted to the melamine back of the bus seat. Ash threw the …

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And God Created Woman – Stephanie Leal’s Metrophobia

February 4, 2013

As the Authorized Version of the Bible came off the press in 1611, the poet, Aemilia Lanyer, was not prepared …

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Animal Lover – Eleanor Rees’ Eliza and the Bear

January 22, 2013

During the day, our cathedrals rarely feel like spiritual places: the turnstiles, shops and tea rooms in the narthex are …

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Dancing in the Dhark – Imtiaz Dharker’s Leaving Fingerprints

August 7, 2012

Buy Leaving Fingerprints from Amazon On Berlin’s Bernauer Straße the wheat around The Chapel of Reconciliation was tanning in the summer …

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Braiding a windowpane – Don Paterson’s Rain

August 5, 2012

Buy Rain from Faber and Faber A friend of mine who was born and bred in Reading, a place whose …

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This scepter’d isle: Andrew Motion’s The Cinder Path

July 30, 2012

Buy The Cinder Path from Faber and Faber On Andrew Motion‘s last night as Poet Laureate he decided to return …

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Olivia Cole – Restricted View

July 14, 2012

Buy Restricted View from Salt Publishing Olivia Cole’s Restricted View explores, amongst other things, the pleasures and frustrations of perspective. …

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