Looking back on the first ten years of Livingmaps Network Every project has its founding myth , a story about its origins in which the cold rational prose of ‘aims and objectives’ melts into the thicker air of an auto-poetics. The risk is that in the process starting points become end points, and the capacity for improvisation gives way … [Read more...] about Living Maps : towards a poetry made by all
ANTISEMIT-ORIENTAL- ZION-ISMS
The Triple Misalliance I An extract from'Studies in thr Grey Zone; Waypoints Vol 2 to be published by eyglass books at Easter 2024 .Introduction One of the many fallouts from the current horrific conflict in Palestine/Israel is the way sections of the Hard Left have advanced an apologetics for the atrocities committed by Hamas, while ignoring or … [Read more...] about ANTISEMIT-ORIENTAL- ZION-ISMS
WRITING BEHIND THE LINE
This is the Preface to Waypoints Volume 2 : Studies in the Grey Zone , a collection of new work to be published by eyeglass books in January 2024 This volume brings together occasional pieces produced in intermittent moments of inspiration or, more likely, exasperation rather than explicitly forming part of a single developing line of thought. These … [Read more...] about WRITING BEHIND THE LINE
In Praise of the Heimlich Manoeuvre
Text of speech given at Wivenhoe House on June 3rd 2023, on the occasion of my 80th birthday. Reasons to be Cheerful : that so many people managed to actually get here despite no trains, traffic jams and all the other impediments to everyday life . Reason not to be so cheerful: we had to cancel the band and the big birthday bash due to the strikes . So I am … [Read more...] about In Praise of the Heimlich Manoeuvre
UNEASY LIES THE HEAD : ON LOSING THE ROYAL TOUCH NOW AND THEN
Note: This is a revised and updated text of an article originally published in Livingmaps Review and posted online in 2021. It is due to appear in a new collection of occasional piece Waypoints Volume 2 : Studies in the Grey Zone, to be published by eyeglass books in the Autumn of 2023. How do you map a monarchy? Depict the location of its palaces and other … [Read more...] about UNEASY LIES THE HEAD : ON LOSING THE ROYAL TOUCH NOW AND THEN