Finite Fortunes: An Epilogue, 2014
February 9, 2015
2014 had all the ingredients to be the best year I’ve ever had. That it turned out to be one of the worst is quite remarkable. … More Finite Fortunes: An Epilogue, 2014
Category: Reviews
Tonight the Summer’s Over
July 21, 2014
A review of ‘Tonight the Summer’s Over’, the debut collection from Rory Waterman. … More Tonight the Summer’s Over
Crossing the Line: An Epilogue, 2013
January 25, 2014
Andrew Marvell’s saddest and most thoughtful poem is all about lines that are determined never to cross. If 2013 was to be defined by anything, it’s how life defies those who try too hard to make them cross. … More Crossing the Line: An Epilogue, 2013
An Eye to Every Storm: An Epilogue, 2012
January 3, 2013
These end-of-year epilogues have become invariably sad affairs. Of course, I would prefer that it was different, but I still believe that they help me channel energies in a better way. Last year – in what I still believe to be my best ever contribution here – I said that structural positives had been offset by surface negatives. Now, the poles have changed. … More An Eye to Every Storm: An Epilogue, 2012
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
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
Review: Cosi @ The King’s Head Theatre, Islington
July 23, 2011
On 12th July, I accompanied a fellow enthusiast to see Knightmare’s Edmund Dehn in the Australian play Cosi at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington. Here follows a review of a gripping, humorous, and thought-provoking production. … More Review: Cosi @ The King’s Head Theatre, Islington
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