If you close your eyes, you can imagine this article written in yellow and blue. These colours are very popular on the Internet at the moment to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine. I know very little about Ukraine,…
High on the pale white cliffs of Étretatbeyond the heavenly bridgeyou walk the narrow paths, strunglike ropes from rock to rock:you perch on the pinnacles, unaware of the emptiness beneath you,reaching for the sky I take pictures: secretlyI want to be…
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The other day someone drove into the river near the centre of Norwich. It happened at a roundabout; so of course police closed the roundabout and several nearby roads, causing traffic chaos throughout the city – partly because the council has…
Now in this distant winter landscapethose various positionscome back to mesmooth like the treesand the angelsmusic in the sky:break-dancing and singinghallelujahone way or another how could you have rejected himthe great and the goodseeing nothingmist risinguntil the laughter became too…
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Today I played my guitar until my fingers bled. It only took a few minutes, but it made me feel like an old bluesman, which I suppose is what I am – or a grumpy old man, to put it…
…that I did not attend any parties in or around Downing Street, wherever that is, during anything that might be described as a lockdown. Nor did I attend anything that looked as though it might be a party, even if…
Branches of long-suffering oakspiral down, nudging damp winter earthlike streamers frozen in the twilightof some forgotten party, and the year edges towards its endshedding a few last-minute misty tears, not noticingthat no-one is interested. Even you, who return as always – cries of…
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