Later … with Jools Holland
What sets the late night BBC music show ‘Later…with Jools Holland’ apart from the rest? The clue is in the […]
The Salt Path
Sometimes in life, all you can do is put one foot in front of the other. Raynor Winn, the author […]
The Scottish Polish Book Club
I love the idea that the seeds of words and ideas can be blown far afield to take root and […]
The Bright Field – R. S. Thomas
I have seen the sun break throughto illuminate a small fieldfor a while, and gone my wayand forgotten it. But […]
Not In Love – Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith
‘Not in Love’ is one of the most exhilarating songs. I have long loved ‘The Cure’ and here, Robert Smith’s […]
The Puppet Theatre Barge
‘I think that they’ve inspired many other people as well, I think when you’re inspiring people it’s almost like saving […]
Floating Worlds: The Aesthetic Movement & Japan
“I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.” Oscar Wilde The creed of the […]
In Focus: Two Photographs
I was completely floored when, by chance, I first saw this photograph ‘Young Woman Smiling’; taken by the Portuguese pioneer […]
‘Wonder-struck!’ In the Steps of John Clare
I found the poems in the fieldsAnd only wrote them down– John Clare Two walks frame the life of the […]
Celtic Charm – John O’Donohue and ‘Anam Cara’
‘When was the last time you read a really great book…?’ writes the former priest, poet and philosopher, John O’Donohue […]