The reason for my silence over the past few days has been a visit to Sheffield, where (in addition to a day at “Awesome Walls”!) I’ve collected our grandson who will be spending some time with us. As things stand at the moment I am uncertain as to whether the climbing or the child-care will … Read more
You might be forgiven, on the basis of the recent content of this blog, for thinking that I am living in some kind of art bubble, into which the concerns of the wider world don’t penetrate. In fact this is far from being the case, and I am actually quite deeply engaged in one way … Read more
“At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity, Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,” Regular readers … Read more
Just as I have reached the point at which I can launch myself properly into a new piece of work I have received a piece of very sad news. A friend and former colleague wrote to tell me of the death of his wife. I expect the work to have to do in a variety … Read more
As I prepared a post for today I felt that it sounded familiar. In fact, I had made exactly the same points in my post of 23/12/2015. I think it is worth checking it out. This is, I suppose, the time of the year at which we feel that the wheel of time is turning … Read more
Do you know that poem by W.H. Auden? “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone”…. I encountered it first at grammar school, and the occasion sticks in my memory chiefly because of the vigorous disagreement about it between my English teacher and myself. I suppose it’s not too late to acknowledge the fact that … Read more
I was prompted to think about the passage of time during today by the sad news of the sudden death of a friend and former neighbour. We got to know each other first when we moved into the street in which they lived more than fifty years ago. (We both had small kids of about … Read more