F5 [Refresh]
In an hour I’ll be setting off for my first lecture of the new term (Writing for Performance) I’m really hoping it will give me the fresh inspiration, or wake up or whatever it...
Poetry: The Moon
The moon caught my eye this evening as I was looking out of my window at the first clear night I have seen (or perhaps just recognised) in ages.
There is definitely something very haunting...
Landscapes
Over centuries we’ve explored and believed we understood the landscapes of our surroundings, yet we have destroyed them. Aspects of the natural world are fighting to survive our will to dominate them. The most recent...
Inspiration? Look to Mary Oliver
Today I’ve been reading the New and Selected Poems (V1) of Mary Oliver. She is an astonishing discovery to me, every syllable of her poetry just rings true. It’s beautiful but yet brutal, free...
The Fallibility of memory
It’s funny, but today a quote I’ve had in my head since the tender age of seven or eight, from my headmaster repeating it again and gain for us to reflect on is assembly,...
