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John Greening reviews my new chapbook ‘Walking Away’

John Greening has recently reviewed my new chapbook of poems, Walking Away (Dare-Gale Press, 2025), a review which first appeared on The High Window website. Many thanks to David Cooke at THW and to the reviewer for his kind and perceptive…

Crick (Michael, who wrote a biography on Nigel Farage) believes that there is a clear line to be drawn between Farage the sixth-former and Farage the politician. "So much of his character is the same as you can see at Dulwich," he says. "The boy who's desperate for attention, who loves debating, who loves division. The English nationalism, the interest - almost obsession - with immigration, the admiration for Enoch Powell, the free-market Thatcherism; all of that began at Dulwich." Much of the public has already made up its mind on Farage. In as much as this story cuts through to the wider elector-ate, some will think it deeply unfair to judge Farage on his adolescence; while others will see it as fair game and reflective of the man he later became. But there will be many who are still undecided on Farage and, for this last camp, his belligerent response to the allegations will be a test. He has the polling support. He has the Tory defections. He has the money now too. But does he have the ability to woo and keep voters who once found him unsavoury? Farage is unlikely to change tack now. "He's got to be true to him-self," says the senior Reform source. "There is precious little point in apologising to people like Ed Davey." Additional Reporting: Harry Yorke

The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".

Fiona Bruce: we talk about cost of living every week so I'm not sure we need a special programme.

Like they don't talk about immigration every week too and they made a special programme for that. If Reform UK Plc are on, they're never done banging on about immigration.

Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.

YouTube video by Michael Spicer Stop Thinking Right Now!

#AI in a nutshell. Perfect.

SCOTUS is nothing more than an arm of the GOP. Expand the Court. Impose term limits.

It also helps when nobody around dares to say you’re delusional.

Look at the sweet little old man, dreaming of dead Venezuelans.

Are you sure you didn’t get that from CatGPT?

Pleased to Gef on the map (See my piece on him in robertsheppard.blogspot.com/2023/10/doub...) but a bit disheartened by '(No One)'!

YouTube video by Pamenar Press Global Reading for Freedom of Expression and Solidarity with Palestine (3rd Iteration)

Please share widely

The 3rd annual 24 hour Global Marathon of Solidarity Reading begins this Saturday 29 November. A continuous gathering of poets, writers, artists around the world standing in solidarity with Palestine.

Join live:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGUg...

That!s grim, Robert. Is it still bad?

To say this is unsustainable isn’t even close. How can you educate others when you don’t have time to keep yourself educated? The whole thing is a sick joke.

Agreed. And give them special carriages on trains. Preferably without seats and open to the air.

Black board with details of event written in chalk TONIGHT - VEER\2 BooKS * POETRY READING JAMES CUMMINS BRIONY HWGHES AODAN MACCAROLE NEIL PERRY FLORENCE UNIACKE DOUa JONES 7.30 £5 CASH

Blackboard with HY Gallery written in stylish font with a bath full of grass sat in the background

Image of Sea Grammar concertina book held in hand on London Overground

An immense thank you to Veer Books for the opportunity to take Sea Grammar on an outing! Exciting possibilities ahead 👀 🌊

Northumberland: disgust after young swan ‘shot’ with ball bearing on Northumberland river Police are investigating after a cygnet was believed to have been shot with a ball bearing projectile in a Northumberland park

Northumberland: disgust after young swan ‘shot’ with ball bearing on Northumberland river.

They won’t, anyway.

Given the way we’ve treated Ireland, you may not be entirely off the ball there.

Several copies of Peter Riley's collection 'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls' against a red background.

In sleep, in dream song,
the daylight ghosts are laid
and trouble us no more.
In silence nightlong
a life’s debts are paid
at the open door.

'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Save Our BBC I've just signed the petition calling on the government to stop their attack on our BBC. We need an independent national broadcaster we can trust. Please sign and share today.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Or maybe, move around the world in it, but don’t become entombed?

Some of my best writing students were the ones who had backgrounds in science, or maths, or the visual arts. Mature students learnt innovative writing techniques quicker and better than younger ones.

I had similar advice from Tom Disch in the early 1970s, about writing into a niche, changed my life & seems broadly applicable

Leo Robson · Diary: What I Saw at the Movies Jean Epstein compared going to a movie to entering a state of hypnosis, an aesthetic experience that ‘modifies the...

‘I wrote a fan letter to David Thomson. In his reply, he urged me to develop interests other than film. That was Spielberg’s problem, Thomson said – he didn’t know anything else. But there seemed little danger of that in my case.’

Leo Robson’s teenage film obsession:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Never forget what the Republican Party, Turning Point USA, and the Heritage Foundation have done to this country.

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

I've been baking soul cakes for the living and for the dead today. Mine are simple, rustic-looking things but made with love. I wrote about their importance in Shropshire over on the blog -

nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/hall...

#folklore #folkcustoms #Shropshire #Halloween

When you can be accused of a crime by this regimes Gestapo without proof, it’s shows to what extent they’ve weakened the rule of law

What a sick world.

Typo in part 1: existing, not costing