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Narrow Boat by L.T.C. Rolt

Book Review – January 2023 Not only have these waterways introduced me to the peasant and the craftsman, but they have recaptured for me that sense of place which swift transport, standardisation and ever more centralised urban government are doing … Continue reading

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‘The Lodger’ by Louisa Treger

Ten minutes into the conversation I realise that the writer my MA supervisor is talking about is the same one I discovered for myself some months before, except she gives Walter Benjamin’s name the full Germanic pronunciation and I realise … Continue reading

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Bolingbroke Heights

I previously wrote about Flint and its 1960s tower blocks in a piece called Towers of Flint back in October 2013.  The piece created quite a lot of interest and I was pleased to hear from Nada Shehab, an architecture student in Glasgow, who … Continue reading

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – February 2015

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Nan Shepherd – ‘In the Cairngorms’ (1934) Newly republished and with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane, this is the sole collection of poems by Scottish modernist writer, Nan Shepherd.  Shepherd walked in the Cairngorms whenever … Continue reading

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One Year Montage

One Year is a project I stumbled into just over twelve months ago.  I started wondering about a view I looked at every day, the one from my office window. Would it look the same a year from now and … Continue reading

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – October 2014

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Hermann Hesse – ‘Steppenwolf’ (1927) On the surface Harry Haller is a respectable, educated and well-dressed pillar of the community.  But within lurks an alienated savagery: the lone wolf of the Steppes.  … Continue reading

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One Year – Week 52

This is the final week of my One Year project.  Those of you who have followed it will be aware it was my intention to construct a daily photographic record of a single view: the view from my study window … Continue reading

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One Year – Week 51

One Year is a project through which I intend to construct a daily photographic record of a single view: the view from my study window at around 8.00a.m. each day when I sit down to work.  One Year will annotate … Continue reading

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One Year – Week 50

One Year is a project through which I intend to construct a daily photographic record of a single view: the view from my study window at around 8.00a.m. each day when I sit down to work.  One Year will annotate … Continue reading

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – September 2014

  This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Gruff Rhys – ‘American Interior’ (2014) American Interior is a book (and also a film and an album) by Gruff Rhys, the creative force behind Super Furry Animals.  The project arose … Continue reading

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