Dan O’Brien’s War Reporter
The Guardian’s coverage of the 2004 Madrid train bombings was the first time that I considered the burden shouldered by …
Tag Archives: 2013
Almost Lost My Mind – Melissa Lee-Houghton’s Beautiful Girls
In London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd writes that ‘London drives some of its citizens mad. A psychiatric survey in the …
Please mind the gap – Hannah Silva’s Forms of Protest
How I willed Waterloo’s departures board to cascade into its flipping and clacking, although it was impossible to tell whether that first flip …
Looking back
I have now posted for the last time to the 2013 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog. Thanks to The Poetry Trust …
Alison Brackenbury’s Bath cubes on the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog
I’ve been writing little close readings of poems by the poets featuring in the twenty-fifth Aldeburgh Poetry Festival since August, …
Living Doll – Robin Robertson’s Hill of Doors
For reasons of economy, our hair was cut in the kitchen with a bowl and scissors. Well, until a slip …
Terrance Hayes’ Friday: Poem on the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog
The Poetry Trust’s Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog has updated with my close reading of Terrance Hayes’ Friday: Poem, and you can find the …
Robert Wrigley’s Soundings on the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog
The Poetry Trust’s Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog has updated with a close reading of Robert Wrigley’s Soundings, and you can …
Warm Leatherette: Robert Wrigley’s The Church of Omnivorous Light
The Church of Omnivorous Light, Robert Wrigley’s first UK publication, spans a lifetime’s writing and nine collections. At times, I …
Do You Realize?? – D. Nurkse’s A Night in Brooklyn
Watching horror films, I nestle my tongue into the roof of my mouth for fear of biting it off. Whether …
Poor Rude Lines 