Alexander Poots

Can’t wait to mosey down to Armagh for the John Hewitt Summer School, where I’ll be chatting to @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social about her wonderful novel, THE BENEFACTORS. 13:30 on July 31st.

The gold mine tearing Ulster apart

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#sperrins #ireland #northernireland #rural #countryside #environment

The secret world of hobbyists

Ardent hobbyists are often viewed as eccentric. I think they might be the only normal people left…

#hobbies #hobby #wargaming #modeltrains #joy

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Why Irish mumming endures

Cries in the lane and a knock at the door…

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Can a plastic sign be suffused with quiet melancholy? (yes)

The Box of Delights echoes in Deep England John Masefield conjured a doorway to the distant past

The BBC are running their excellent 1984 adaptation of the #boxofdelights this Christmas.

Here’s a piece I wrote about the original novel last year…

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Thank you!

The Box of Delights echoes in Deep England John Masefield conjured a doorway to the distant past

The BBC are running their excellent 1984 adaptation of the #boxofdelights this Christmas.

Here’s a piece I wrote about the original novel last year…

unherd.com/2023/12/the-...

Getting the creeps | Alexander Poots | The Critic Magazine To the Mournes for an autumn stroll. I’d not been walking long when the mist took an interest in me. It had been slouched on the far side of a small valley. Now it wandered over, as a bored cow will…

If you like creepy things, you might enjoy this:

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