Monthly Archives: October 2010
The mushroom speaks: a compendium of posts
My week of guest blogging at Best American Poetry has now officially ended, with me writing one last final post today since I saw I was still live. It’s been a CRAAAAZY week; it was also a big promotional week … Continue reading
Filed under halloween, poetry, the end of the worr-uld, the Line on Beauty
Hackney strikes again: by a hare’s breadth
Hackney Road, E2. Photo © Roger Dean 2010 Another one. Hackney is determined to be philistine to the last. But I’m not sure how they have the right to demand the removal of this picture from the side of a … Continue reading
Jesus in Wonderland
One of the great things about la Maman Baroque is her tendency to email things around the place to all and sundry. Unlike some, who confine themselves solely to chain-letters about children with cancer, or warm fluffy jokes about Us … Continue reading
Filed under bagatelles, the meaning of life
In which the UK’s public spending is cut by over 20%
Guys, sorry, it’s just going kind of from not-sublime to ridiculous at the moment. I’m in a state of shock over these cuts. Poetry shmoetry, when I get some words back I’ll write an editorial for Horizon Review like nothing … Continue reading
Filed under money, politics, useless, what IS it with this lot??
