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Psychogeographic Review’s Books of the Year

Posted on 10/12/2020 by Bobby Seal

I’ve read over a hundred books this year. Yes, I’m afraid I’m the kind of nerd who actually keeps an annual record of these things. I’ve also, during the lockdown, discovered the joy of the audio-book, books downloaded from my … Continue reading →

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Lear’s Fractured Kingdom

Posted on 29/11/2020 by Bobby Seal

And who’s the fool who wears the crown? Fearless – Pink Floyd, 1972 (Waters/Gilmour) A legacy divided between two daughters, a third daughter disinherited. Manipulation and calculated flattery are rewarded while honesty and simple filial love is rejected. A kingdom … Continue reading →

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Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected Places

Posted on 22/10/2020 by Bobby Seal

With this latest publication, and his three previous books (1), Gareth Rees is building up a body of work that represents an alternative vision of Britain: a vision that reveals the fantastical that lies beneath the mundane. Unofficial Britain takes … Continue reading →

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A Figure Walks

Posted on 14/10/2020 by Bobby Seal

A figure walks behind you Shadow walks behind you Figure walks behind you Shadow walks behind you We have a local lockdown where I live which means we can’t leave the county borough without good reason. Fortunately for me, as … Continue reading →

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4’33” at 5.33

Posted on 29/07/2020 by Bobby Seal

Recently I have become obsessed with John Cage’s composition 4’33”. I sit at the piano, with the lid closed, my daughter’s cello and bass guitar propped up beside me. Then, checking the timing on my phone, I start the piece. … Continue reading →

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The Aerodrome

Posted on 22/07/2020 by Bobby Seal

Remember that we expect from you conduct of a quite different order from that of the mass of mankind. Your purpose – to escape the bondage of time, to obtain mastery over yourselves, and thus over your environment – must … Continue reading →

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Before The Fall

Posted on 08/07/2020 by Bobby Seal

All you daughters and sons Who are sick of fancy music We dig repetition Repetition in the drums And we’re never going to lose it This is the three Rs The three Rs: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition Repetition – The Fall … Continue reading →

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May Sinclair at Gresford

Posted on 30/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

Either the operation or the pain, going on and on, stabbing with sharper and sharper knives; cutting in deeper; all their care, the antiseptics, the restoratives, dragging it out, giving it more time to torture her. May Sinclair – Life … Continue reading →

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The Two Moors Way: Part 4

Posted on 24/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

All the beauty of the spring went for happy men to think of all the increase of the year was for other eyes to mark. Not a sign of any sunrise for me from my fount of life; not a … Continue reading →

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The Two Moors Way: Part 3

Posted on 20/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

Continuing our 117-mile walk across Devon, coast to coast, in 2013. Part 1 can be found here and part 2 here. In Medieval times Chagford was a Stannary town, one of four in Devon where locally mined tin could be … Continue reading →

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