My mother asked me about a poem in Sean O’Brien’s most recent collection, November, so I sent her a view … More
Month: August 2011
Lenin in the garden
While in Tallinn recently, during our trip to the Baltic states, we took a short bike tour with the excellent … More
Stating claims
I’ve just been on holiday to the Baltic states, and when I left Vilnius at the end of July there … More
Found: harmonium
I stumbled across my copy of Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Broadcasting From Home this morning, so naturally put it on. The … More
Eisenstein and Eisenstein
Chunks of Riga’s new town were built quickly at the height of the gilded age of the late 19th and … More