A summary of research activity from January-March 2011. This features a lecture by Nigel Smith at the Andrew Marvell Centre in Hull; a teaching event at the University of York; and the biannual British Milton Seminar at Birmingham Central Library.
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
An end-of-year epilogue for 2010, a sad year deserving of some reflection amid music and colour. … More Skimming Stones: An Epilogue, 2010
Alphaville’s 20th anniversary celebration in Berlin in 2004 marked the best week of my life. Meeting the Alphaville family, seeing the band live for the first time, the adrenalin rush at meeting my idols: these created a unique kind of euphoria that will be difficult to find again. Six years later came a one-night return to Berlin for the launch party of the new album, Catching Rays on Giant. … More Private Party: Catching Rays on Giant (Alphaville), Berlin, 2010
Generally positive thoughts on the 2009 film adaption of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. … More “A Mirror Up To Nature”: Hamlet (2009)
Writing Privacy 