Tag Archives: childhood

The Valley

Posted on 23/07/2023 by Bobby Seal

From Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected Places by Gareth E. Rees (Elliott & Thompson, 2020): Some factories enter local lore in more subtle ways, especially when they are shrouded in mystery and rumour. In 1966, Bobby Seal, an eleven-year-old boy … Continue reading →

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Nettles by Adam Scovell

Posted on 16/05/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – May 2022 I was weak and He was strong. I was shy and He was confident. I was afraid of violence, whereas He thrived on it. Yet, He would die, and I would kill Him. I read … Continue reading →

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The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

Posted on 12/01/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – January 2022 It was an enchanted palace, She must try to find a way in! It was bound to be full of curious passages and doorways – and she must get in. It looked so extraordinary that … Continue reading →

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Terence Davies’s Liverpool

Posted on 01/11/2017 by Bobby Seal

Cinema creates a loop that preserves memory, and through the artful use of music and unexpected juxtaposition, Davies communicates the intensity that belongs to those memories. The re-enactments of Children are transcended. Death And Transfiguration is a powerful and deeply … Continue reading →

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Father of the Man: Terence Davies’s Trilogy

Posted on 03/04/2015 by Bobby Seal

Children, Madonna and Child and Death and Transfiguration move relentlessly through the three stages of Robbie’s life. But Davies consciously breaks the rules of linear time as he moves backwards and forwards exploring the jumble of Robbie’s memories, his youth, … Continue reading →

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Bolingbroke Heights

Posted on 04/02/2015 by Bobby Seal

I previously wrote about Flint and its 1960s tower blocks in a piece called Towers of Flint back in October 2013.  The piece created quite a lot of interest and I was pleased to hear from Nada Shehab, an architecture student in Glasgow, who … Continue reading →

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