May Reading List

The Alcohol Years, dir. Carol Morley Falling and Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins, Grace Maxwell Beach Party LP, Marine Girls Quarry Hill Flats Revisited, Peter Mitchell Journey Without Maps, Continue reading →

March Reading List

Holy Motors, dir. Leos Carax Nocturne, James Attlee Naples ‘44, Norman Lewis The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose Berberian Sound Studio, dir. Peter Strickland You Don’t Continue reading →

February Reading List

The Singing Detective, Dennis Potter Woman in a Dressing Gown, dir. J. Lee Thompson Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry Out of Sheer Rage, Geoff Dyer Broken English (Deluxe Edition), Marianne Continue reading →

3:AM Awards

I’m pleased to announce that Dark Corners of the Land was named ‘Poetry Book of the Year’ in the 3:AM Awards 2012. Thanks to all at 3:AM for voting. It Continue reading →

Bad Blood

Welcome to 2013. For the first time in years I spent NYE in Tadcaster, drinking cheap wine and Sambuca on the banks of The Wharfe. The party was named ‘House Continue reading →

Blue Plague

My friend, fellow black sheep and all-round partner-in-crime, Lisa Cradduck, has an exhibition opening at WestLane South in Bermondsey on Jan 9th. She also has a new website if you’re Continue reading →

Muck or Nettles

Been a busy few months, this is the first chance I’ve had to update my blog for ages… Thanks to everyone who came along to the Tangerine Press/Rising Poetry event Continue reading →

Steel City Smut

I had a trip to Sheffield for the first time in years this week to meet the designer David Bailey on a project we’re working on. He used to work Continue reading →

Charlotte, Emily & Anne

Stella Vine is helping out the Haworth church campaign by creating this new painting of Charlotte, Emily & Anne. Signed, limited edition prints are available to buy from Stella’s website Continue reading →

Adelle Stripe Awards 2011

Thought it was about time I scraped together a list of the some of the finest things that have passed through my orbit this year. In no particular order…   Continue reading →