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Psst, over there!
Image by Patrick Andrews This Christmas, I spent two weeks back in Melbourne, the home-town I hadn’t visited in over fifteen years, re-discovering old haunts, re-encountering long-lost extended family...
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That old chestnut, the Room Of One’s Own
Cube gallery A long time ago (ok, seven or eight years) in a galaxy far far away (ok, Cambridge – so a parallel universe, really), I wrote a list. Back then, as now, I was wrestling with the question...
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six things: WN Herbert
About WN Herbert WN Herbert was born in Dundee in 1961. He’s published numerous books of poetry, mostly with Bloodaxe, and edited several anthologies. He is also a critic and (with a great deal of...
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Un/serious
Image by Asif Akbar One of the more perplexing quirks of human existence, especially for those of us habituated to dealing with computer programming and its one/zero, if/else, and/or logicality, is...
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six things: Matthew Stewart
About Matthew Matthew Stewart was born in Farnham, Surrey, in 1973. Following a comprehensive school education, he took a degree in modern languages at St Peter’s College, Oxford. He has lived in...
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Lesson One – once again…
Image by BSK One of the (ironically self-referential) insights that I’ve finally acquired is that life tends to keep re-presenting the same lessons until you – uh, you know – learn them. (Examples that...
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The necessary modicum
Image by Emma McCreary For the past few months, in a frankly indefensible violation of my own productivity principles (o hypocrisy! how bitter – albeit with a kind of karmic-justice, cosmic-balance...
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A housemove…
Hello, forbearing readers! This is just a quick message to say that ‘that elusive clarity’ has moved house, and the journey continues over at The Soundpost on the Muse Tuners website. I hope to see...
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six things: Pamela Robertson-Pearce
About Pamela Pamela was born in Stockholm, Sweden and now lives in Northumberland, UK. She has a BFA in film and video from St Martin’s School of Art, London, where she studied with Malcolm Le Grice,...
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sunday best #21: The Burial
The Burial Jennifer Lash First published in 1961 John Wetherell says: “I can’t remember the plot at all. There was a woman who loved geraniums. But the atmosphere is with me vividly, and the...
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six things: Jon Stone
About Jon Jon Stone was born in Derby and lives in Whitechapel. He is co-creator of micro-anthology publishers Sidekick Books and arts magazine Fuselit, as well as various collaborative live events in...
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sunday best #22: The White Hotel
(View on Amazon) The White Hotel D.M. Thomas First published in 1981 “Loosely inspired by the case histories of some of Sigmund Freud’s female patients, “The White Hotel” is an idiosyncratic and...
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six things: John McCullough
About John John McCullough’s poetry has appeared in publications including London Magazine, The Guardian, The Rialto, Poetry London and Magma. He teaches creative writing at the Open University and...
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sunday best #23: Emergency Kit
View on Amazon Emergency Kit Edited by Matthew Sweeney and Jo Shapcott Published in 1996 by Faber and Faber John McCullough says: “This Faber anthology from 1996 focuses on twentieth century poetry....
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six things: Jaclyn Moriarty
About Jaclyn Jaclyn Moriarty is the prize-winning, best-selling author of novels for young adults and adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia and The Year of Secret Assignments. Jaclyn grew up in...
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six things: Sridala Swami
About Sridala Sridala Swami trained to be a film editor, but gave that up more than ten years ago. She has taught cinema and yoga and has conducted workshops in creative writing and film appreciation....
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sunday best #20: Bing Bang Boing
Bing Bang Boing Ideal Inc. Released in 1972 Kona Macphee says: “When I was aged 3 or 4, Andrew who lived next door was given the classic 70s game Bing Bang Boing. One of my most vivid early childhood...
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six things: Sridala Swami
About Sridala Sridala Swami trained to be a film editor, but gave that up more than ten years ago. She has taught cinema and yoga and has conducted workshops in creative writing and film appreciation....
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sunday best #20: Bing Bang Boing
Bing Bang Boing Ideal Inc. Released in 1972 Kona Macphee says: “When I was aged 3 or 4, Andrew who lived next door was given the classic 70s game Bing Bang Boing. One of my most vivid early childhood...
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six things: Pamela Robertson-Pearce
About Pamela Pamela was born in Stockholm, Sweden and now lives in Northumberland, UK. She has a BFA in film and video from St Martin’s School of Art, London, where she studied with Malcolm Le Grice,...
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