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A sylvan reckoning (opens the original)
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The long search of longing (opens the original)
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Me and music reviews have something of a chequered history. Despite ‘Staff Writer for the NME’ probably being up there in my list of dream jobs between the ages of thirteen and seventeen, I never made it (you will not be surprised to learn). Mostly, because it turns out, I am not very good at reviewing music. This didn’t stop me having a stint as a music reviewer on my student newspaper, but I didn’t last long. I began one review with the words, “The Manic Street Preachers have got a lot to answ
Welcome to your chosen moral universe, enjoy your stay (opens the original)
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August reads (opens the original)
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The wood is sweet I love it well (opens the original)
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On the kind of showery, grey August Saturday we scarcely thought possible a few weeks ago, we took a trip to John Clare Cottage, in the village of Helpston. Standing in the rooms where he was born and wrote his first poems was more moving even than I expected. My son declared it better than he expected, so expectations were exceeded all round, and there was cake in the café. Below are some pictures and snippets of a poem I wrote a couple of years ago, reflecting the damage done by enclosure – to
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