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March 1, 2014
The SNP’s Currency Nightmare
Originally posted on Notes from North Britain:
The Chancellor’s contribution this week to the independence debate was dramatic. What does it mean? And where do we go from here? What the Chancellor said was that there will be no currency…
The Chancellor’s contribution this week to the independence debate was dramatic. What does it mean? And where do we go from here? What the Chancellor said was that there will be no currency…
February 24, 2014
A hundred years ago . . .
Anthem for Doomed Youth Wilfred Owen (killed on the Sombre Canal a week before the Armistice was signed) What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle Can … Continue reading →
February 3, 2014
What is Life?
Enamel on copper. Two years ago – Now I should try to improve on this.
January 23, 2014
Now I understand.
so you want to be a writer? by Charles Bukowski if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and … Continue reading →
January 7, 2014
Prayer Flags
Vitreous enamel on copper. I fired this a couple of years ago but have held on to it. It’s a memory of a certain ridge in Sikkim where I stood enthralled among ancient burial stupas. An empty place except for … Continue reading →
December 22, 2013
The season to relax.
“Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days’ worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on … Continue reading →
December 8, 2013
Blizzard
A new enamel, 4×4 inch – gone to https://www.facebook.com/CoastGallery... today.
A new enamel, 4×4 inch – gone to https://www.facebook.com...
A new enamel, 4×4 inch – gone to https://www.facebook.com/CoastGallery... today.
December 2, 2013
Nothing Remarkable
I wrote this in the heat of July in the Spanish hills. I thought it might bring a glow now that we are to have an Arctic blast. Nothing Remarkable Happens Away from the furnace In this greenish gloom In … Continue reading →
November 30, 2013
A trip to Middlesbrough
The ‘Message in a Bottle’ sculpture – its curious surface is inspired by the handwriting of the explorer Captain James Cook. The script is lifted from the journals of his Pacific voyages. It stands outside the gallery of modern art, … Continue reading →
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Stories, poems, art enamels, chapter 1 of Tom Fleck, and travels around Britain.
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