This is a very geeky blog post, so turn away now if you are sensitive to that sort of thing…
So last week I decided to start another side project (of which all will be revealed if I ever complete it, as a teaser it has drama in it).
Dickens on the mob
“A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from and whither it goes, few men can tell. Assembling and dispersing with equal suddenness, it is as difficult to follow to its various sources as the sea itself; nor does the parallel stop here, for the ocean is not more fickle and uncertain, more terrible when roused, more unreasonable or more cruel.”
Charles Dickens from Barnaby Rudge, describing the Gordon Riots in 1780.
Four Stories about my Grandfather
He travelled to the city where I live by train, arriving at noon. My mother had orchestrated the meeting, she persuaded me that my Dad could help me strip the paper from the walls in the sitting room of my new house. I had agreed. He would come down, work, then we would go out and have dinner somewhere. I told my mother that I didn’t want to drink a lot, hoping the message would get through. Continue reading
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Unititled, Unfinished
These two lines have been rattling around my head for years.
I could never make line three, so I’m posting them here as a kind of exorcism.
Are they druids? I could never tell.
‘A vision?’, said I, in incredulous tones,
She watched as I picked through the animal bones.
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Jack Kerouac on a TV near you
It always amazes me when I see people like Jack Kerouac on TV, getting interviewed. He seems a little uncomfortable here and the jazz is kind of weary sounding , but it is still great to hear him read.
Autumn Book Review
Whilst you read you may hear the sound of distant laughter. Ignore it, it’s God chortling away at the moving target that is the title of this series. ‘Autumn Book Reviews’ is the follow up to ‘August Book Reviews’ and will, I imagine, be followed in due course by ‘Book Review 2011′ after which we can put the whole sorry enterprise to rest. Continue reading
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