The Towers of Toron by Samuel R. Delany (The Fall Of The Towers #2)
careening towards dystopias; long blog on a book, a baby and a uk election
Tag: uk
video: scott manley hadley tries stand up comedy
watch me name sex acts for almost two minutes!!!
Don’t Panic by George Lewis
valuable and open-hearted – if gently laddish – book on parenting for non-birthing people
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
a chilling book on the terrifying consequences of unrepresssed sexuality
This Wounded Island by J.W. Böhm
iiiiit’s good stuff but it’s a pretend book
‘a disgusting lie’ by Fran Lock
excellent serious poetry that escapes the drudge of the academy
video: live noise al fresco a capella – dog city (it’s a city for dogs)
dog city, it’s a city for dogs and noise
Waiting for Ted by Marieke Bigg
a novel about someone on a chaise longue
The Hill of Devi by E.M. Forster
reading another of Forster’s late, weak (maybe pointless?) books
video: a weekend trip to North West Wales
a weekend trip to wales in the rain
Call For The Dead by John Le Carré
are you a #bondboy or #smileyman?
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
how would people act if they already knew how they were gonna act???
In The End, It Was All About Love by Musa Okwongo
it’s good flaneur-type stuff so it’s a yes yes yes from me but it did make me think
Tripticks by Ann Quin
am i too stoopid to enjoy ann quin? maybe maybe not?
Happy Like Murderers by Gordon Burn
strict taboos put us all in danger: smh on fred + rose west
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe
excellent novel about a dickhead dicking about like a dick
I, Nerd by Max Sydney Smith
another nice book review descends into dissociated left-wing raving
2022 REVIEW: FOR ME, IT WAS MIXED
that wasn’t very good for me
Mothers Don’t by Katixa Agirre
If you do not feel or even believe in love, then how and why would you bring others into the nightmare that is existence?
THRU by Christine Brooke-Rose
Christmas Brooke-Rose Quadrilogy day 4/4
SUCH by Christine Brooke-Rose
Christmas Brooke-Rose quadrilogy day 2/4
OUT by Christine Brooke-Rose
christmas brooke-rose quadrilogy day 1/4
Under Country by Jonathan Trigell
contemporary fiction on the last quarter of the 20th century
The Passengers by Will Ashon
an excellent book
The Angry Brigade by James Graham
eww i read some centrist art by mistake
Europe After The Rain by Alan Burns
1965 experimental novel about the after-effects of mass war
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula le Guin
reading more earthsea, hating everything else
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
read a great book about a very bad person and a very bad place
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark (Influx Press, 2020)
a week off work begins with a great contemporary novel
Surrender by Joanna Pocock
big post on privilege, re-wilding, ageing; a phenomenal read
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
welsh poetry, often wonderful, sometimes dry
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James
the emotional cost of working in high end catering
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell
near death experiences in a bad blog post
Africa’s Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe
a bit of African history and more white opinions on racism #facepalm #alwayspublish
Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash
three split narratives, one of which confused me…
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
essential reading, especially if you’re a racist
The Foreign Passion / La Pasión Extranjera by Cristian Aliaga
very very good Argentine poems
#TotNTV: England
ingerlaaaand, ingerlaaaaand, ingerland ingerland naaa naaa
Hold Tight by Jeffrey Boakye
i’m looking tired but feeling great
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a big, serious novel all about big, serious things. It is intelligent, articulate, humaneContinue Reading
State of the Nation
Nothing interests me on The Mall. And only the pelicans do in St James’s Park. But I like walking, passing,Continue Reading
On the rolling hills of Tuscany
I’m spending a short spell off Shit Island*, which is always pleasant. Even leaving it to be in a countryContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 