The recess (LentBlog35)

As we get to the business end of Lent, in the week the church still names Holy, I have been … More

A week off (LentBlog18)

I’m hoping that by the end of the week we may be nearer to a political solution to the national … More

Having left FB a week or two ago and quickly decided before I could persuade myself to do otherwise to … More

Dear Facebook I thought I would write to let you know that after years of thinking (and even talking) … More

‘What have you learned, do you think?’ the book says. ‘Do you mind, I’m trying to have a bath!’ ‘Now … More

There is still no sign of the book. I go for a walk; it is not there. I visit our … More

This blog is a thrilling ‘Howdunnit?’…possibly. You find me just starting on my fifth murder mystery, you see. I do … More

Or perhaps you’re waiting at the bus stop. You could text someone. But if you said ‘no’ to the text, … More

Nothing much is happening. The book has gone out for the evening, leaving me alone, with, well, just me. I … More

Recently I have been reading the exquisite prose of Janna Malamud Smith, in her book-length meditation on creativity: An Absorbing Errand: … More

I get to the reading on time. I find a place near the front, so I can get to the … More

I have been thinking a lot recently about Tomas Tranströmer’s poem ‘Alone’. When I first read it I was taken … More

I fell in love with the poetry of Mark Strand via the enthusiasm of Rupert Loydell sometime in the late … More