The House of Beasts & Vines
Fresh writing and audio from one of the great contemporary storytellers
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A Woodcutter’s Eyes (opens the original)
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Some Revelation Is Always At Hand (opens the original)
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What’s On The Inside Of Your Pot? (opens the original)
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St Ciaran In The Hotel Lobby (opens the original)
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The Clank of the CityEarly morning and the city of London swirls around me. From Shepherd’s Bush I hear the metallic raaaang of Peter Townsend’s guitar, from over the river at the Globe Theatre I hear Puck finishing off A Midsummer Night’s Dream, from up on Baker Street Sherlock Holmes puffs on a pipe and gazes out at the rain, mind working furiously. As usual our capital city has its way with me. I’ve been staying in a hotel room so minutely small it doesn’t even have a cup, let alone a kettle.
The Nature Of A Fable (opens the original)
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