Various different and, on the surface, unrelated events have made me think about drafting and redrafting. My thoughts were initially prompted by a decision to write poetry. I have been writing poetry on an occasional and spontaneous basis since I was thirteen years old; starting with no doubt cringe-making teenage angst, and progressing to political… Continue reading redrafting

Originally posted on The Archers Road End:
Finalists You may have noticed on this blog that I only write something when I really need to, or really feel like it. Three times a season, in most cases. This isn’t because I don’t give a shit – far from it. Take a look at my Twitter…

Originally posted on Roy Marshall:
2016 has been a tumultuous year in western politics. Here in the UK the repercussions of referendum result on leaving the European Union are yet to be understood. Then there was the American election result which seems to have come as a shock to so many. There has been much debate on the role of…

This should be read out in all schools every day.

This is always a good blog to read, but Isabel has introduced me to more new authors than I have time to keep up with through her selections. Highly recommended.

The blog has been in abeyance for a number of disparate reasons. Firstly, I have been concentrating on visual rather than written art practices, and have been investigating the use of spontaneous smartphone photography to record everyday experience of living with manic depression. Secondly we spent a lot of the summer preparing for, and then… Continue reading conflict of interests

Thanks to Theo Webb for this.

Originally posted on Walker's Rambles:
Today, I received a routine email from the Guardian regarding my ongoing subscription to the paper. I have been a regular reader of the Guardian for 40 years including as a subscriber in recent years. But no longer. My email explaining why is listed below. Hi there Thank you…

Originally posted on Roy Marshall:
The quote at the top of this page is taken from the wall of ‘Shakespeare and co.’ a bookshop on the left bank in Paris. I discovered the shop when returning from a train trip through several European countries with a girlfriend when I was eighteen and took a photograph,…