Poetry and Appearing on KUSP, Santa Cruz
March 29, 2011
This post embraces loneliness by celebrating togetherness. The conduit is that indefinable, elusive, and enigmatic craft of poetry. … More Poetry and Appearing on KUSP, Santa Cruz
Author: KaM
I hold a Doctorate in Renaissance Literature, specialising in the seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell. I am currently a Digital Manager at University College London.
In Dreams
March 17, 2011
A particularly wholesome dream makes me think about the frustrations inherent with dreaming. … More In Dreams
The Second Anniversary: A Song For No-One
March 6, 2011
The release of the second single of Alphaville’s Catching Rays on Giant, ‘Song for no-one’, coincides with the second anniversary of Writing Privacy. … More The Second Anniversary: A Song For No-One
Solitariness: A Sweet Side-Note
February 27, 2011
People ask why I am fascinated by writing of the English Civil War. I think it’s because of the striking relevance it strikes with the modern age as we know it. … More Solitariness: A Sweet Side-Note
Teaching Shakespeare at Leicester, and Private Observations
February 21, 2011
On 21st February, I led a class on Shakespeare for Leicester University’s International Office to a number of international visitors. The class was built around a potent combination that I have discussed before – Shakespeare in Love and the 2009 Hamlet – which gave me an opportunity to reignite my flame for film, play and performance. … More Teaching Shakespeare at Leicester, and Private Observations
Primary School: In Happiness and Sorrow
February 15, 2011
Last summer, I enjoyed the rare fortune of a primary school reunion, fifteen years after leaving. It is with sorrow and tragedy that this memory is graced here, as we come to terms with the tragic passing of one of our old classmates. … More Primary School: In Happiness and Sorrow
An MP Turning Down a Secret Bribe? Bipolar Privacy
January 22, 2011
There are two sides to privacy: the bright side and the dark side. It is often politics which brings these to the fore. I was pleased to stumble across an anecdote about Andrew Marvell from the mid-eighteenth century that celebrates (as well we might today) the value of an honest politician. … More An MP Turning Down a Secret Bribe? Bipolar Privacy
A Green Thought: Private Minds
January 10, 2011
It is a great shame that it is so difficult to make personal experience count in professional or academic writing. The first time I attempted genuine research was looking at Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray through the lens of dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder. Of course, it wasn’t random reading of somatoform disorder textbooks that brought this match to my attention, but personal experience. … More A Green Thought: Private Minds
Skimming Stones: An Epilogue, 2010
December 31, 2010
An end-of-year epilogue for 2010, a sad year deserving of some reflection amid music and colour. … More Skimming Stones: An Epilogue, 2010
Private Education: Universities, Fees, and Futures
December 29, 2010
With student protests, planned anarchy, university sit-ins, the attack on the Royal cavalcade, we have attempted revolution on our streets once again. Here, it becomes necessary to divide the issues from the vitriolic protests that were carried out in response. … More Private Education: Universities, Fees, and Futures
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