Open letter to Ted Hughes (LentBlog27)

Dear Ted Hughes You probably won’t remember me. I wrote to you before, in the summer of 1998. I did … More

Lost

There I was, minding my own business, trying to sort something out via email when it would have been easier … More

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

I treated myself to Seth Godin‘s newish book The Icarus Deception recently. It is both dense and light, profound and easy to … More

I have published a new poem in the style of Kenneth Koch, On Twitter, at Ink Sweat & Tears. Whether … More

I went to see a play recently, set in the early 20th century, where a man sat in his office … More

Can our family escape the tyranny of the screen? Stephen Carrick-Davies’s son suggested a non-screen day every week. The family … More