Monthly Archives: November 2012

Michael Reeves and Witchfinder General

Posted on 28/11/2012 by Bobby Seal

  FADE IN EXT. SUFFOLK GARDEN, SUMMER’S DAY, 1958 Michael Reeves. Home from school for the long summer holiday.    NARRATOR (V.O.) Languid days in the garden and cigarettes behind the shed. Then writing long into the night, scripts meticulously … Continue reading →

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A Drift on Wat’s Dyke

Posted on 14/11/2012 by Bobby Seal

Swathed bodies in the long ditch; one eye upstaring. It is safe to presume, here, the king’s anger. He reigned forty years. Seasons touched and retouched the soil.  Heathland, new-made watermeadow. Charlock, marsh-marigold. Crepitant oak forest where the boar furrowed … Continue reading →

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Pandaemonium: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers – Humphrey Jennings – Book of the Month, November 2012

Posted on 02/11/2012 by Bobby Seal

  I first read Pandaemonium shortly after it was published in 1985 and have enjoyed dipping into it from time to time ever since. I have the Andre Deutsch version, the one with the cover featuring P.J. de Loutherbourg’s ‘Coalbrookdale … Continue reading →

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