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Peter Robinson: Return to Sendai ***** Peter Robinson is currently Professor English and American Literature at the University of Reading, and poetry editor for Two Rivers Press and The Fortnightly Review. The author of many books…

My interview with Peter Robinson about his new Selected Poems, Return to Sendai, is available to read for free with The High Window: thehighwindowpress.com/2025/09/26/p...

It does. “Dare” is so well chosen.

Sound advice from the cleric Sydney Smith, courtesy of Stephen Bayley in this quarter’s Slightly Foxed @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social.

Stuff these, Dirk Bogarde’s spoken word album Lyrics for Lovers is on Spotify.

New records out today by CMAT, Blood Orange and The Beaches. Glorious.

Superb.

Julia Roberts to narrate new BBC series Leonard and Hungry Paul The feel-good series follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties who meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines

It's true! Julia Roberts will be narrating Leonard and Hungry Paul.

She read the book when it came out and her agent got in touch to say she really liked it. But I never thought things would go this far.

Delighted.

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My thoughts on the remarkable fiction of Paul Griffiths in the latest issue of Exacting Clam

www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18...

Thanks to Jennings by Anthony Buckeridge. Eying up my recently arrived copy of Fascist Yoga by @stewarthome.bsky.social next.

My review of C.D. Rose’s superb new novel, We Live Here Now, is in the latest TLS @thetls.bsky.social.

My review of C.D. Rose’s superb new novel, We Live Here Now, is in the latest TLS @thetls.bsky.social.

I’m a writer and critic for the TLS, Exacting Clam and others, and starting to publish fiction. I also conduct interviews - the latest is with writer, librettist and music critic Paul Griffiths about his Ophelia novels, published in the new Exacting Clam www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18...

My interview with writer, librettist and music critic Paul Griffiths is out now in the latest issue of Exacting Clam. It's also free to read on the website: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18...

@disgwylfa.bsky.social @exactingclam.bsky.social am.bsky.social

My interview with writer, librettist and music critic Paul Griffiths is out now in the latest issue of Exacting Clam. It's also free to read on the website: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18...

@disgwylfa.bsky.social @exactingclam.bsky.social am.bsky.social

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Also, in connection, Sarah Langford’s Rooted. Countryside romanticism tempered by the blunt realities of modern farming. There’s just enough optimism that you don’t end up in total despair over our soils and hedgerows (but not much).

Adrien Bell’s Corduroy, republished by @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social. Beautiful rural writing interspersed with reflections on the decline in farmers’ fortunes and the impact of favouring industrial techniques over traditional methods that could have been written last week.

The older couple who don’t have people over and watch television every evening to forget how their home looks are heart breaking.

Great clarification, Stu. Pretty half-arsed reporting from the BBC.

No council, or councillor, has the right to "ban" any books. The library service are the only body that makes decisions on stock selection. A councillor, as a member of the public, can *request* books are removed on a title-by-title basis, but the reply should come that under @cilip.bsky.social

Wonderful to hear @alicefwrites.bsky.social talk about her short story collection, The Truth Has Arms and Legs, at Camberley Library this evening. @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

Top castle. Corfe appears as Corvsgate Castle in Hardy’s The Hand of Ethelberta, but the story about Mary Bankes defending the castle during the civil war is far better. Recommend The Scott Arms pub in Kingston for good cider and views over Corfe.

I’ve only ever torn napkins when I’ve written on them. Must practice.

You might like this note from the Collected about those wartime volumes, and about ‘For Johnny.’

A great reminder to pull these off the shelf. Thanks, David. ‘A sense of history in the narrow lane’.

Extirp the worm! Toothpull of St Dunstan, the testimony of an unnamed, immortal Canterbury dentist, begins with a Donne-ish invitation: “Walk with me. Let your ears attend

My review of Kevin Davey’s Toothpull of St Dunstan, a wild ride through 700 years of dentistry at the gates of Canterbury, is in this week’s TLS @thetls.bsky.social.

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Extirp the worm! Toothpull of St Dunstan, the testimony of an unnamed, immortal Canterbury dentist, begins with a Donne-ish invitation: “Walk with me. Let your ears attend

My review of Kevin Davey’s Toothpull of St Dunstan, a wild ride through 700 years of dentistry at the gates of Canterbury, is in this week’s TLS @thetls.bsky.social.

www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

Sadly, @eeahahayteatea.bsky.social has fractured her ankle and is off work. It’s clinically proven that buying her artwork will aid in recovery.* www.studioerratt.com

*probably.