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Hear Her Walk

Posted on 06/06/2017 by Bobby Seal

In a house, in a town lived a man and a woman.  With them lived the woman’s uncle. The man and woman wanted a child, but no child arrived. In the attic, the man made a boy from steel and … Continue reading →

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Waterland: Memories Dissolve

Posted on 08/03/2017 by Bobby Seal

A bridge that divides. Border country, and in my mind I’m so close to the edge. But fly-strewn water fills my mouth, and drowns all possible words. Cold pellets of rain beating a tattoo on the gore-tex fabric of my … Continue reading →

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A Child of the Jago, by Arthur Morrison

Posted on 10/02/2017 by Bobby Seal

The Jago is not only a geographical area but an existential state of desperation A Child of the Jago is London-born journalist Arthur Morrison’s best known novel. It was first published in November 1896 and is set in a fictional … Continue reading →

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Sulphur – an Interview with Christopher Ian Smith

Posted on 03/02/2017 by Bobby Seal

Sulphur is a new short film by Christopher Ian Smith.  It is a macabre experiment across documentary and horror.  Sulphur dives head first into the folk traditions and ceremonial weirdness of bonfire night in Lewes, Sussex, an annual event of … Continue reading →

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E. M. Forster’s London

Posted on 22/11/2016 by Bobby Seal

“To speak against London is no longer fashionable. The Earth as an artistic cult has had its day, and the literature of the near future will probably ignore the country and seek inspiration from the town. One can understand the … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere: A Journal of Place

Posted on 17/11/2016 by Bobby Seal

  We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding   I missed the first three editions … Continue reading →

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The House: The Poetics of Space

Posted on 21/10/2016 by Bobby Seal

A house constitutes a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability.  We are constantly re-imagining its reality: to distinguish all these images would be to describe the soul of the house; it would mean developing a … Continue reading →

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Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin

Posted on 07/10/2016 by Bobby Seal

The flâneuse does exist, whenever we have deviated from the paths laid out for us, lighting out for our own territories. Lauren Elkin is well-qualified to write this book, not only has she lived in Paris, London, New York, Tokyo … Continue reading →

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An Unreliable Guide to London

Posted on 02/10/2016 by Bobby Seal

This is a guide to a city you never knew existed, right on your doorstep.  Blink and you’ll miss it.                             We live in London.  We come … Continue reading →

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T.S. Eliot and the Flâneur

Posted on 25/09/2016 by Bobby Seal

  Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? …   Tom Eliot was not a flâneur, or at … Continue reading →

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