I haven’t posted a poem in months. I’ve just visited Plattitude, who had one of Robert Graves’s poems up as a tribute to Adrian Mitchell on his death last month. This part struck me: How is it a man diesBefore his natural death?He dies from telling liesTo those who trusted him.He dies from telling lies […]
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Luise Rainer in The Good Earth Every so often I get together with friends for a day of culture. This generally entails snuggling up in my flat over a movie, a bottle (or more) of cava and munchies. Chocolate will invariably make an appearance, as sometimes does proper Jewish cheesecake from the bagel bakery, far
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With a title like The Devil’s Whore, you just knew Channel 4’s latest costume drama set during the English Revolution (yes, we had one of those) was going to be a bodice-ripping bonkathon. So it was a bit of a shock to see popular TV tackling the politics of one of the most exciting periods
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Here’s the second batch of photos from this year’s St Ives Arts Festival. I’ll add the rest in another batch in a couple of days. St Ives Porthmeor Beach and the Island from the Tate Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith’s gig at the Kiddleywink (Kettle & Wink Bar) at the Western Hotel, Sunday
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So another St Ives Arts Festival draws to a close. And what a festival it was, taking place over the two weeks between Saturdays 6th – 20th September. As with the Edinburgh Festival, there’s a plethora of events around the official one, and it’s here that I like to hang out. I got to play
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A little bit of political satire, laydees an’ gennelmen, as Anna Chen reads “Under Deep Cover of the PTA” at the St Ives Arts Club Cafe Frug night during the May Literature Festival. More pix here Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/
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