Author Archives: Bobby Seal

About Bobby Seal

Freelance writer, poet and psychogeographer

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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Freedom of Movement by Reuben Lane

Posted on 01/01/2020 by Bobby Seal

When I am cycling around London, my bike is my home. When I am sat on park benches or in cafes or in galleries writing, my notebook is my home. Freedom of Movement drops the reader straight into the life … Continue reading →

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Object Z

Posted on 07/10/2019 by Bobby Seal

Imagine a world facing a crisis, an existential crisis in which the very survival of the planet and all forms of life upon it are threatened. Again and again the world’s scientists and experts warn us: pointing out that the … Continue reading →

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