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 →

10 Great Things I’ve Consumed This Month

Here Come the Warm Jets, Brian Eno Casuals: Football, Fighting and Fashion, Phil Thornton The Arbor, dir. Clio Barnard Stranger than Paradise, dir. Jim Jarmusch Birds, Beasts and Flowers, D.H. Continue reading →

The Moonshine Plays Cheap Tricks

VIEWS FROM THE TOWER  From the tenth floor of a Brutalist block I watch the smouldering sky tear seams in the Chapeltown horizon. It is a rolling Constable epic, splattered with Continue reading →