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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – February 2014

  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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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – January 2014

  This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading:   John Rogers – ‘This Other London: Adventures in the Overlooked City’ (2013) Ten walks to some of the lesser known parts of London in the ever-engaging company of writer and … Continue reading

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Under the Shadow of Polaris

For Gillian and Christine, with thanks I wrote about the contrary romance of the Loggerheads to Woodside bus journey elsewhere in this blog in my piece about my visit to Rock Park in search of the writer, May Sinclair.  In … Continue reading

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Psychogeographic Review’s Recommendations – May 2013

  This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading:    ‘Scarp’ – Nick Papadimitriou Nick Papadimitriou’s meditation on walking, landscape and his upbringing in North London under the shadow of the ridge of land he refers to as Scarp    … Continue reading

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Is There Anybody There?

‘My garden is made of stone’ – Mark E Smith (Psykick Dance Hall) ‘My garden is all overgrown’ – Tony McPhee  (Garden)   With a front door opening straight onto the street you have to be careful you don’t let … Continue reading

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November 2012

This past month Psychogeographic Review has been reading:    ‘To the Lighthouse’ – Virginia Woolf    ‘Kid’ – Simon Armitage    ‘Four Quartets’ – T.S. Eliot    ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ – Charlotte Perkins Gilman    ‘Dracula’ – Bram Stoker    … Continue reading

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Walking Alone

  Imagine you were a child with undiagnosed asthma and older brothers who always raced ahead when you were out walking. Supposing too that you were so completely urban in your upbringing that you always experienced a feeling of spatial … Continue reading

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Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke

I don’t normally publish notices at Psychogeographic Review but, since this event has been organised by this blog’s favourite poet, Liz Lefroy, and because it promises to be such a fantastic evening of wordsmithing, here goes… On Thursday 11th October … Continue reading

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St. Giles Churchyard

  Pictures taken in St Giles churchyard, Wrexham and a poem written at the grave of Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University.       At the grave of Elihu Yale.   Born in America, in Europe bred.   Summer … Continue reading

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X: The Man With the X-ray Eyes

I found out recently that Ray Milland, the Hollywood actor, for three years attended the same primary school as my youngest daughter. He is best known for Dial M for Murder, The Lost Weekend and The Premature Burial.  And this. … Continue reading

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