There’s still time to catch the last few performances of A New World at the Globe Theatre in London, Trevor … More
Month: September 2009
Idling away
On Friday I picked up An Apology for Idlers, the Penguin mini-edition (or ‘Great Ideas‘, to use their label) of … More
Return journey
I thought about writing something here when the journalist and novelist Gordon Burn died, quite young, earlier this summer, but … More
Cutting novels
James Buchan had a review in Saturday’s Guardian of Colum McCann’s novel Let The Great World Spin, which I mentioned … More
Ramblin’ Jack and the country blues
It seems that Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, sometimes described as Woody Guthrie‘s musical heir, should be in his 90s by now. … More
The dust on the shoes
I had thought that there was nothing new to say – or at least nothing new to say worth saying … More
Lost in exile
I’ve been listening to Christy Moore’s song Missing You (written by Jimmy McCarthy) and realise that it is – in … More