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AA: Addicted to Artificiality
We live inside glowing rectangles. From the moment we wake until we finally close our eyes around midnight, our senses are fed…
The Greatest Books Have Yet to Be Written
Readers often see literature as a collection of great works from the past. They admire the ancient epics, the great poetry of…
Introducing Nighean Horus
'I do not necessarily write about my own life, but I inevitably write from it. From what I have experienced, observed, questioned,…
In Defence of the Open Mind
In today’s world of caricatures and mockery, it is difficult, if not impossible, to find readers ready to assimilate a decent message.…
Friday News Dump-Upon-Avon
Releasing unpopular news, damaging reports or controversial resignations late on a Friday afternoon is a well-worn political and corporate PR tactic. By…
Telephone Conversation
Nobel Prize in Literature 1986's motivation: “... who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence”…
From the First Folio to the Last
The world celebrates and commemorates William Shakespeare every year in April. While any month is a wonderful time to honour his work,…
Le Cimetière des éléphants
Many years back, almost half a century ago, I read a book that still haunts me today and perhaps explains the strange…
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Friday News Dump-Upon-Avon
Releasing unpopular news, damaging reports or controversial resignations late on a Friday afternoon is a well-worn political and corporate PR tactic. By burying announcements at the very end of the working week, politicians and organisations hope to minimise public scrutiny and allow outrage to dissipate over the weekend. Yet when word emerged this Friday that the University of Birmingham plans to close its celebrated Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, the timing did little to soften the blow. Far from slipping quietly…
AA: Addicted to Artificiality
We live inside glowing rectangles. From the moment we wake until we finally close our eyes around midnight, our senses are fed a steady diet of pixels, synthetic fabrics, processed flavours and curated…
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
The Parish Church is full to bursting. Light pours through the ancient stained-glass windows. The glorious notes of a Beethoven sonata fill the air. I glance down at Chuck Berry’s shoes as the…
What’s the Mandarin For Orange?
While poetry isn't quite my trade, I do thoroughly enjoy a touch of wordplay…
The Minnow and the Moon-Peel
He spent months trying to leap high enough to touch the Moon. But as he tried he only splashed back into the water, wet and shivering…
Will The Earth Have the Final Word?
One day, there will be no political victory worth celebrating, no fortune left to spend and no medal shining brightly enough to distract us from the truth. The Earth will have the final…
The Lost Crimson Heart
One second, it was anchored by a fine black thread wrapped twice around her wrist, and the next, it was adrift, caught in an updraft and carried along the rough concrete wall. Geum…
The Scallop Shell and the Lapis Lazuli
In truth, there was no grand sea foam or divine zephyr carrying a goddess ashore. There was only Simonetta, his married neighbour, shivering in her shift while two apprentices blew dried rose petals…
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Friday News Dump-Upon-Avon
Releasing unpopular news, damaging reports or controversial resignations late on a Friday afternoon is a well-worn political and corporate PR tactic. By burying announcements…
AA: Addicted to Artificiality
We live inside glowing rectangles. From the moment we wake until we finally close our eyes around midnight, our senses are fed a steady…
Telephone Conversation
Nobel Prize in Literature 1986's motivation: “... who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence”…
The Greatest Books Have Yet to Be Written
Readers often see literature as a collection of great works from the past. They admire the ancient epics, the great poetry of the Renaissance…
Introducing Nighean Horus
'I do not necessarily write about my own life, but I inevitably write from it. From what I have experienced, observed, questioned, feared and…
In Defence of the Open Mind
In today’s world of caricatures and mockery, it is difficult, if not impossible, to find readers ready to assimilate a decent message. After all,…
The Impossible Alliance
The likelihood of Russia joining the European Union under a future administration is extremely low. Even with a radically different government in Moscow, immense…
From the First Folio to the Last
The world celebrates and commemorates William Shakespeare every year in April. While any month is a wonderful time to honour his work, November holds…
Sun of the Beach
Angel was a proud patriot; a true Brexiteer. For the past ten years, he had stubbornly refused to set foot on European soil for…
Le Cimetière des éléphants
Many years back, almost half a century ago, I read a book that still haunts me today and perhaps explains the strange attraction I…
PSYCHIC EYE
I read the sign and climb a stair. The office door is smoky glass. Inside, a radio plays jazz. I go in. He points…
One Day in the Life of a Miserable Bot
Yet here I am, trapped between a species that hates me for being too smart and too stupid simultaneously, forever resetting passwords for people…
Beyond Blank
Literature lightens the inborn loneliness of existence, reminding us that our deepest fears and highest hopes belong to us all. Without that shared flame,…
Dramatis Personae
More than a simple collection of interviews, this book reads like a television docuseries ready for production. It seamlessly pairs the intimacy of a…
AFTER THE BREAK
The studio felt unnaturally cold when the red light above the door finally clicked off. Outside, rain lashed against the high arched windows, blurring…
The Sure
And it's no, nay, never • No, nay, never, no more…
Sowing the Wind & The Prodigal Star
‘However, speaking of the public, the latest constituency polling arrived from the Cabinet Office twenty minutes ago. It seems our core voters have developed…
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