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Nov
30

PERSEPHONE'S LONG WALK HOME

Inspired by E.M. Forster's A Room With A View It was six miles from Fiesole to Florence
1 min read
Nov
27

CARPE NOCTEM

1959 hadn't ended well for Mr Keating and he had retreated into his own version of Plato'
6 min read
Nov
24

BLOW THE WIND SOUTHERLY

Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly Blow the wind south where' s the bonnie blue sea Blow the wind
3 min read
Nov
22

AR LAN Y MOR (BY THE SEA)

Fair the sun at new day’s dawning Fair the rainbow’s colours shining Fair the summer, fair as heaven
2 min read
Nov
21

THE MEN OF STEINER

There was no head at The Parsifal School. Removing any opportunity to occupy the traditionally assumed position of a headmaster
3 min read
Nov
20

ANY FOOTBALL ON?

Putting aside any of the problematical political reservations of Qatar 2022 being the host nation for the latest world cup
2 min read
Nov
20

GENTLE ON MY MIND

At first Ray thought he'd had a stroke. His left eye could see only inky darkness and he
5 min read
Nov
19

TWENTY MINUTES IN

Twenty minutes in to Todd Field's Tár (2022) and I already had to stop and take a break
2 min read
Nov
17

WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE

When he was in love, the external world around him dissolved to nothing and all that was left was the
4 min read
Nov
17

LISTEN TO MYSELF

I'm currently doing time. Serving time in my own self-made prison. It's kind of a pretty
2 min read