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
November Reading List
Twin Peaks , Series 1&2 Wild at Heart, dir. David Lynch The Truth of Poetry: Tensions in Modernist Poetry Since Baudelaire, Michael Hamburger Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell Continue reading
Some Dead Druid Lyre
Back in 1998 I listened to Julian Cope, reading from his latest book, The Modern Antiquarian, at a bookshop in Leeds. It was one of those chance readings that had Continue reading
Moons of Japanese Paper
Happy New Year everybody. Finally, 2010 has vanished into thin air, I’m happy to see the back of it, too. It’s been a year of hell, redemption, enlightenment, laughter, sadness Continue reading
Even Cheap Dreams Don’t Stop The Rain
Out of a hailstorm of controversy comes 288 pages of rock n’roll myth-making. The genie is, at last, out of the bottle. Ben’s new novel, Richard, based on the final two weeks Continue reading
In Dreams
“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for Continue reading
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
THINGS THAT HAVE MADE ME HAPPY THIS WEEK Kaushy’s spiced coconut pethis at Prashads vegetarian deli in Bradford – like green chilli fireworks exploding sherbert on my tongue The heartbreaking Continue reading
Against The Grain
YOU USED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH BUT NOW YOU’RE CLEVER It’s that time of year again. The frosts have lifted, only just. The birds are optimistic. Shoots are pushing up Continue reading
Live Through This
I KNOW I BELIEVE IN NOTHING BUT IT IS MY NOTHING It has been a long time coming. The Book. ‘Richard’. I sat through nights of doubt, listening to Ben Continue reading
Bookmunch Interview
THE WRITER WHO IS ORIGINAL IS ALWAYS SCANDALOUS Bookmunch has published an interview with me this week, conducted by Alan Kelly. Here’s the link “Hope and faith are really similar. Continue reading
