Author Archives: Bobby Seal

About Bobby Seal

Freelance writer, poet and psychogeographer

One Year – Week 21

Posted on 13/02/2014 by Bobby Seal

Project Description 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 … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Richardson’s ‘The Tunnel’: Feminism and Flânerie in Bloomsbury

Posted on 07/02/2014 by Bobby Seal

  The idea of the flâneur was born in Paris and was first referred to by Baudelaire.  However, London writers have long used the device of the casual wanderer of the capital’s streets, the loiterer, the observer, as a means … Continue reading →

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On Becoming a Fish

Posted on 06/02/2014 by Bobby Seal

  “Change,” he always said, “happens at the edge, the frontline, tideline, the thick line that sparks a fight and then, perhaps, a kiss. This is where we know who we are” he said, “by seeing who we are not”. … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 20

Posted on 06/02/2014 by Bobby Seal

Project Description 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 … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – February 2014

Posted on 02/02/2014 by Bobby Seal

  This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading: ‘Ian Nairn: Words in Place’ – Gillian Darley and David McKie (2013) Through his column in Architectural Review, several ground-breaking books and a number of BBC documentaries, Ian Nairn taught a … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 19

Posted on 30/01/2014 by Bobby Seal

Project Description 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 … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 18

Posted on 23/01/2014 by Bobby Seal

Project Description 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 … Continue reading →

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George Gissing: ‘New Grub Street’

Posted on 22/01/2014 by Bobby Seal

George Gissing is, in some ways, a forgotten author.  His subject matter was unrelentingly grim, his world view invariably pessimistic and his work lacked any hint of literary experimentation.  Perhaps, then, one might say he deserves to be forgotten.  But … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 17

Posted on 16/01/2014 by Bobby Seal

Project Description 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 … Continue reading →

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One Year – Week 16

Posted on 09/01/2014 by Bobby Seal

Project Description 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 … Continue reading →

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