Michael Rosen and Many Different Kinds of Love
A review of Many Different Kinds of Love by Michael Rosen and some observations on the political situation in Britain at the time of writing.
Reviews
Reviews of books, films, exhibitions, performances etc, and my Reading Diary. Read Other Folk’s Flowers for more details or scroll down.
To Milkman from The Mirror: books read in 2021
A reading diary entry about all the books I read in 2021. The last one I completed was Milkman, the first was The Mirror and the Light.
Liminal places: on the threshold – a reading diary
Liminal places are the spaces between, whether libraries or buildings, corridors or dark woods; threasholds we must cross in order to grow.
Doggerland to Aeyland and back in time for tea
Doggerland is the made-up name for a place that really existed and for which there is archaeological evidence. Aeyland is complete fiction.
From the reservoir: a decade of TheSupercargo in August
After all these years of writing for TheSupercargo, there’s a reservoir of posts stretching back for more than a decade. Here are some.
Call it Huxley in a Comedy of Manners
A reading diary entry reviewing This Much Huxley Knows, Kalla det vad fan du vill and Love in a Cold Climate and presenting them as Comedies of Manners.
Thinking how to translate Jana Kippo
Jana Kippo is the protagonist of a recent successful trilogy of novels in Swedish by Karin Smirnoff. I ponder, and try my hand at translating.
In Flight from the Cider House Rules
In Flight is a personal review of The Cider House Rules by John Irving and Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft).
Visiting imaginary places in the realms of fantasy
Imaginary places are pretty much the only places one can visit at present and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places is a great place to start.
A Mediterranean Quintet: Call Me to A Village
A Mediterranean quintet of books, and a few more. A reading diary round-up of the books I completed in the first 8 weeks or so of 2021.