Knightmare: 25th Anniversary
September 7, 2012
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Knightmare: the show that brought me to life and nurtured me into the person that I became. … More Knightmare: 25th Anniversary
Writing Lives: Marvell and Biography
September 4, 2012
I’ve often thought that Andrew Marvell’s life and my own show distinct traces of overlap, and it’s never escaped me that this may be one of the reasons why I identify so closely with his writing. … More Writing Lives: Marvell and Biography
The Fairfax 400 Anniversary Conference
July 6, 2012
The Fairfax 400 Conference took place at the Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester, on June 30th and July 1st, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of Thomas, Lord Fairfax (1612-1671). … More The Fairfax 400 Anniversary Conference
Mortal Longing
June 26, 2012
More people than ever are still looking for a philosophy on life that offers any comfort. During the New Year, a time when we deliberately parse our minds for retrospection and hope, I thought about the paradox of interconnectedness: how, by superficially feeling closer together than ever before, we might never feel further apart. … More Mortal Longing
Sovereign Lights: Keane’s Strangeland
May 13, 2012
Should Keane top the charts with Strangeland later today, they will swiftly follow Coldplay (and another of my dear charges, Erasure) into an exclusive list of British bands to have achieved a fifth consecutive number one album. … More Sovereign Lights: Keane’s Strangeland
Karma Chameleon: A Defence of Nigel Smith’s Biography of Andrew Marvell
April 22, 2012
A defence of Nigel Smith’s ‘The Chameleon’, the new biography of the seventeenth-century poet and politican, Andrew Marvell. … More Karma Chameleon: A Defence of Nigel Smith’s Biography of Andrew Marvell
Resourcefulness: Marvell’s ‘The Character of Holland’
February 25, 2012
Andrew Marvell’s ‘The Character of Holland’ was composed, though not published, in early 1653. So who was it written for, and why? A brief exploration. … More Resourcefulness: Marvell’s ‘The Character of Holland’
Andrew Marvell’s Quiet Confidence
January 21, 2012
How much can you put yourself into the mind of another individual? My work on Marvell and Private Lives has been a wonderful introspective process because the way I’ve symbiotically linked our biographies together has given me license to think as deeply and darkly as I please. … More Andrew Marvell’s Quiet Confidence
Shadow Seasons: An Epilogue, 2011
January 9, 2012
2011 was a story I don’t know how to tell. Perhaps it’s best defined by what others have said. … More Shadow Seasons: An Epilogue, 2011
Agency: Too Much Left Unsaid
December 17, 2011
What is said, matters. How it is said, matters. To whom it is said, matters. When it is said, matters. The little nuances of our communication are more intricate and powerful than we often care to believe. … More Agency: Too Much Left Unsaid
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