Monthly Archives: May 2013

Jude the Obscure: Reflections on a Working Landscape

Posted on 28/05/2013 by Bobby Seal

  Work is what transforms the raw stuff of nature into meaning, gathering it into a human project. And in few English novelists is work as central as in Hardy. Terry Eagleton, The English Novel: An Introduction Work is one … Continue reading →

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Grim Day at Grimspound

Posted on 23/05/2013 by Bobby Seal

Of course we could just have driven and parked on the lane off the B3212; a short walk from there would take us directly to Grimspound.  But instead we chose to walk there over the moor from Scorriton, which made … Continue reading →

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And All the Wheels of Being

Posted on 21/05/2013 by Bobby Seal

Wheels must turn steadily, but cannot turn untended. There must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment. Crying: My baby, my mother, my only, only love; … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013

Posted on 02/05/2013 by Bobby Seal

  This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading:    ‘Scarp’ – Nick Papadimitriou Nick Papadimitriou’s meditation on walking, landscape and his upbringing in North London under the shadow of the ridge of land he refers to as Scarp    … Continue reading →

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