Monthly Archives: June 2012

X: The Man With the X-ray Eyes

I found out recently that Ray Milland, the Hollywood actor, for three years attended the same primary school as my youngest daughter. He is best known for Dial M for Murder, The Lost Weekend and The Premature Burial.  And this. … Continue reading

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Swimming Against the Stream

  You dreamed of this island and I wanted to buy you the book Remember? You said it was too much.   The river sweeps past Hilbre’s rocks carrying the silt of Berwyn Hills out into the Celtic sea.   … Continue reading

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Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project by Iain Sinclair – Book of the Month – June 2012

Over the years I guess I must have read all of Iain Sinclair’s published works, or at least the ones made available through commercial publishers.  So it was with surprise that I read the gripes expressed by some reviewers of … Continue reading

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