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Review: Rory Waterman, ‘Come Here to This Gate’

June 24, 2024

Rory Waterman’s fourth volume by Carcanet, Come Here to this Gate, is an unusual and resplendent three-part collection that saddens, amuses, and sticks rigidly in the mind. … More Review: Rory Waterman, ‘Come Here to This Gate’

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Andrew Marvell - Portrait

Andrew Marvell at 400

March 31, 2021

The seventeenth-century poet, politician and prose satirist Andrew Marvell has been a large part of my life for the past 20 years. A short commemoration of that journey. … More Andrew Marvell at 400

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A New Horatian Ode: Brexit and Civil War

July 11, 2019

Inspired by the new BBC documentary, Downfall of a King, a few connections between Brexit and the conflicts of the 1640s. … More A New Horatian Ode: Brexit and Civil War

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Andrew Marvell - Portrait

Was Marvell a seventeenth-century ‘incel’?

June 6, 2018

The difficulties of dealing with involuntary celibacy, from desolation to misogyny, seem to haunt some of Andrew Marvell’s most famous lyric poems. … More Was Marvell a seventeenth-century ‘incel’?

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John Dryden (1631-1700)

Marvell, Dryden, and the Horatian Ode

February 16, 2017

There is no hard evidence that Andrew Marvell’s ‘Horatian Ode’ ever left his hands. Yet, it may have come to John Dryden’s attention. How is Dryden the privileged one? A brief study of hard and soft evidence. … More Marvell, Dryden, and the Horatian Ode

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Apple Tree Yard (BBC) - Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson)

Dealing with inadequacy: Apple Tree Yard

January 24, 2017

There’s no escape from growing old, but can we escape the sense of inadequacy it can bring? Watching this unfold is perhaps the most uncomfortable aspect of the BBC’s new drama, Apple Tree Yard. … More Dealing with inadequacy: Apple Tree Yard

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Would Marvell approve of Tinder? A response to Cosmopolitan

May 10, 2016

The seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell received a mention in a recent Cosmopolitan article about Tinder. Would he really have approved of it, as its author claims? … More Would Marvell approve of Tinder? A response to Cosmopolitan

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Marvell, Shakespeare, and Green Sicknesses

April 11, 2016

Green is the colour of innocence and experience, of sickness and of health. A glimpse at what it means to be ‘green’ in Andrew Marvell and William Shakespeare. … More Marvell, Shakespeare, and Green Sicknesses

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Birmingham and Midland Institute

British Milton Seminar (March 2016)

March 13, 2016

The 53rd British Milton Seminar took place at the Birmingham and Midland Institute on Saturday 12th March 2016, featuring papers on laughing, smiling, ‘erring’ and commercialising in Paradise Lost. … More British Milton Seminar (March 2016)

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Spark to a Flame

‘Who would write?’ The seven-year itch

March 9, 2016

How often should we reinvent ourselves? Writing Privacy turned the ripe old age of seven this week, and it’s decision time about whether this becomes the second journal to bite the dust. … More ‘Who would write?’ The seven-year itch

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