WORDS & WRITING
All about writing and reading, my own and other people's. Words are the way I make sense of the world, and draw on the sense - and nonsense - that others make.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Wee Free Kings of Orion Tar (opens the original)
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<img alt="A stableful of old hobby-horses" class="sizing-normal" height="1264" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0WOP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F86310513-52a8-4e4
The Shape of Things (opens the original)
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<img alt="Image of The Magdalen Reading by Rogier van der Weyden, The National Gallery" class="sizing-normal" height="800" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Orx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaw
Making and Being Made (opens the original)
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<img alt="Prehistoric painting of a warty pig" class="sizing-normal" height="963" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ml0L!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa5d87d4-023e-
Faces, Facts and Feelings (opens the original)
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<img alt="Delphi" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I0wZ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1631763d-b20d-4171-bba4-b0d703291af1_5000x
Devils’ Wine and the Food of Demons (opens the original)
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<img alt="Highly coloured patchwork" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!McXX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F37d96ebf-723a-46af-a194
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