Author Archives: Bobby Seal

About Bobby Seal

Freelance writer, poet and psychogeographer

Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – February 2015

Posted on 29/01/2015 by Bobby Seal

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Nan Shepherd – ‘In the Cairngorms’ (1934) Newly republished and with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane, this is the sole collection of poems by Scottish modernist writer, Nan Shepherd.  Shepherd walked in the Cairngorms whenever … Continue reading →

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A London Safari

Posted on 10/01/2015 by Bobby Seal

My plan was to simply walk and talk with as many different people as possible.  The idea was that these walks would become a kind of interview in motion, and that walking through this urban landscape would spark more tangential … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – December 2014

Posted on 05/12/2014 by Bobby Seal

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Liz Berry – ‘Black Country’ (2014) Wench, yowm the colour of ower town: concrete, steel, oily rainbow of the cut. Liz Berry’s poems are intelligent, articulate and profound. They are also, proudly, … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – November 2014

Posted on 24/10/2014 by Bobby Seal

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Olivia Laing – ‘The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking’ (2014) By coincidence I read this book during October, the month I gave up drinking alcohol using the excuse of supporting … Continue reading →

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Stream of Consciousness

Posted on 19/10/2014 by Bobby Seal

The Poem Hidden Inside One Year   To edit is to deconstruct. Put every word under the spotlight and make it account for itself There is a point where music, writing and visual art coalesce.  Perhaps this coalescence reached its … Continue reading →

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One Year Montage

Posted on 15/10/2014 by Bobby Seal

One Year is a project I stumbled into just over twelve months ago.  I started wondering about a view I looked at every day, the one from my office window. Would it look the same a year from now and … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – October 2014

Posted on 02/10/2014 by Bobby Seal

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: Hermann Hesse – ‘Steppenwolf’ (1927) On the surface Harry Haller is a respectable, educated and well-dressed pillar of the community.  But within lurks an alienated savagery: the lone wolf of the Steppes.  … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 52

Posted on 19/09/2014 by Bobby Seal

This is the final week of my One Year project.  Those of you who have followed it will be aware it was my intention to construct a daily photographic record of a single view: the view from my study window … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 51

Posted on 12/09/2014 by Bobby Seal

One Year is a project through which I intend to construct a daily photographic record of a single view: the view from my study window at around 8.00a.m. each day when I sit down to work.  One Year will annotate … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 50

Posted on 05/09/2014 by Bobby Seal

One Year is a project through which I intend to construct a daily photographic record of a single view: the view from my study window at around 8.00a.m. each day when I sit down to work.  One Year will annotate … Continue reading →

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