Author Archives: Bobby Seal

About Bobby Seal

Freelance writer, poet and psychogeographer

The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 2

Posted on 25/03/2020 by Bobby Seal

When Boris Johnson evokes cod-Churchillian wartime metaphors in place of any semblance of wise leadership when formulating our national response to COVID-19 and Emmanuel Macron repeatedly declares that ‘we are at war’ with the virus, we know we’re in serious … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 1

Posted on 24/03/2020 by Bobby Seal

In that flash of lucidity he became aware that he was unable to bear in his soul the crushing weight of so much past. Gabriel García Márquez – One Hundred Years of Solitude Rivers have always played an important part … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: An Important Message

Posted on 23/03/2020 by Bobby Seal

My name is Bobby Seal and this has been my blog for over eight years. I use psychogeography as a tool to interrogate urban and rural landscapes and a range of artistic responses to such places. I work from home … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Week 4

Posted on 17/03/2020 by Bobby Seal

Watching the water flow past a bend in the river. The same place, the same time of day, every week for 52 weeks. A year in the life. Week 4 The shops are stripped of all essential goods, the streets … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Week 3

Posted on 10/03/2020 by Bobby Seal

Watching the water flow past a bend in the river. The same place, the same time of day, every week for 52 weeks. A year in the life. Week 3   A gloom of gathering cloud – I blink to … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Week 2

Posted on 03/03/2020 by Bobby Seal

Watching the water flow past a bend in the river. The same place, the same time of day, every week for 52 weeks. A year in the life. Week 2 The rain is steady and insistent. Underfoot the ground is … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of Manchester Square

Posted on 01/03/2020 by Bobby Seal

It was part of the sisters’ duties to come to Manchester Square on market days to buy what was needed at home. A few months ago I was reading a book called Miriam from an author by the name of … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Week 1

Posted on 25/02/2020 by Bobby Seal

Watching the water flow past a bend in the river. The same place, the same time of day, every week for 52 weeks. A year in the life. Week 1 Finish at noon and walk to the river, tired from … Continue reading →

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How Pale the Winter Has Made Us by Adam Scovell

Posted on 06/02/2020 by Bobby Seal

 Novelist, critic and film-maker, Adam Scovell is a prodigious young talent. In How Pale the Winter Has Made Us he introduces us to Isabelle, a young British academic adrift and alone in Strasbourg. She overwinters in this rainy corner of … Continue reading →

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A Year in Books

Posted on 13/01/2020 by Bobby Seal

New books that Psychogeographic Review was reading in 2019:   Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre by Jaqueline Riding       Palaces for the People: How to Build a More Equal and United Society by Eric Klinenberg   … Continue reading →

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