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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:05:00 -0800

The last post
Well, that’s me for this year. I’ve decided to take a couple of weeks off over Christmas and New Year, a...
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800

A poem is not a puddle
I'm unsure how helpful this will be to anyone out there; in fact I suspect some of you might find it quite boring. But...
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Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:15:00 -0800

The Invisible City
I am developing a growing respect for historical novelists. The lengths to which they go to personally authenticate every...
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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:54:46 -0800

Whiffling in Liff or what to buy a logophile for Xmas
Everyone who loves words loves books about all the weird and wonderful words there are out there that hardly ever get used: foreign expressions, colloquialisms, slang words, gobbledygook, technobabble, queer place names â�¦ Every year new books come...
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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:54:46 -0800

A 3D Paper Artwork (Time Lapse)
This 3D Paper artwork is an example of what can be attained by using a simple foam board, a poster board, push pins, spray paint, tacky glue and tons of patience.
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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:54:46 -0800

Fighting ghosties
What happens when you read a poem? What factors come into play? We're all have different make-ups and have varied life experiences - how do these affect us when we're faced with a new poem? A discussion of the importance of schemata when deciding what...
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:27:32 -0800

Jim M posted a blog entry

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0800

Fighting ghosties
DISCLAIMER Before all you mental heath professionals start jumping all over me I do not pretend for one...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:43:25 -0800

Jim M posted a blog entry

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:02:00 -0800

Whiffling in Liff or what to buy a constipated logophile for Xmas
If you're like me you will delight in the discovery of a new word, even one you might never find a use for, although...
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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:00:00 -0800

Identity parade
Why is it so much easier to stand before a portrait of a writer one admires than to look in the mirror? We all do it. And we...
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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:48:23 -0800

Seeing Things by Oliver Postgate (book review)
The Clangers, Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog – these beloved children's programmes all flowed from the pen of Oliver Postgate and yet his work in animation only made up part of a fascinating life which is opened up for us in his...
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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0800

Seeing Things
Oliver Postgate was a small man in a big world. He made small films – his business was in fact called Smallfilms – and...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:33:00 -0800

Guest Post: Haiku and its related forms: an introductory essay
I've written a couple of posts about short forms of Japanese poetry (most recently Why I hate haiku) but I've always been...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:10:00 -0800

Death of a Superhero
Not since Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum has the pains of growing up been rendered this powerfully – Blick, Zurich ...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:08:21 -0800

Beckett the tinkerer (part two)
A look at various productions of Samuel Beckett's play 'What Where' and a consideration of why he made the changes he did to his own productions. The post also includes a short video of Beckett talking about the play and a photo of a page of the play...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:08:21 -0800

The Wrong Miracle by Liz Gallagher (book review)
This is book about ordinary things, getting you hair done, having breakfast, going to church and eating gobstoppers. It's about childhood, the strain of being part of a family, the joy of sex, the question of love, marital problems and life's little...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:08:21 -0800

English in its underwear
What's the difference between an accent and a dialect and why not write in standard English? An examination of the work of a number of Scottish writers and poets who have decided more is to be gained than lost by this approach. The article also has...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:32:04 -0800

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:26:00 -0800

English in its underwear
Scots is English in its underwear. It's difficult to be pretentious in a language like that. - William McIlvanney ...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:39:39 -0800

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:12:00 -0800

The Wrong Miracle
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar – Pablo Picasso ...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:24:34 -0800

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:13:00 -0800

Beckett the tinkerer (part two)
Here’s a link to Part one if you missed it. What Where was Beckett's last play produced following a request...
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:03:00 -0800

The Search
Before I get down to the nitty-gritty of reviewing this novel we need a short history lesson: Lidice (German:...
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