Juvenalia

Sat, Nov 2018

Found this poem on the fridge – it dates from just after the Precambrian (or Lower 6th, as we used …

Swirling words

Tue, Oct 2017

It started as a moment of delight when some leaves, caught by a sudden gust, swirled briefly upwards just like …

Sat, Jun 2017

“The mind of a master” was supposed to be the title of my review of the new Raphael exhibition …

Tue, Jan 2017

We live in troubling, dangerous and altogether too exciting times. There’s only one thing to do …

Thu, Jan 2017

To Walk Invisible was one of the BBC’s better Christmas 2016 offerings. There’s a particular challenge in reworking a familiar …

Fri, Jan 2017

Notebooks are fundamental to my life. The first proper notebook I had, which I probably bought myself, would have been …

Sat, Mar 2012

I’ve been an accredited reviewer for Daily Information for about three years. Daily Information (Daily Info to its friends) is …

Mon, May 2011

Can you turn an interest into a career opportunity? I’m not sure about that, but one of the plus sides …