David Starkey on how Handel trumped Shakespeare
I have started reading Music & Monarchy, by David Starkey and Katie Greening. What the division of labour is between these two (Starkey is in larger letters thatn Greening on the front cover) I do...
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Poetry is not dead
Indeed: Here. She also wrote that NYT letter about white privilege, concerning which she Tweets: Do not deny my lived experience. Absolutely not. Originally posted at Brian Micklethwait’s Old Blog
View ArticlePoetic perfection in a reopening pub
Rebecca Day tweets: I’ve spoken to regulars Chris and Jimmy. Jimmy hasn’t gone to bed after his night shift tarmacking the roads. He had a shower and came straight here. He described the taste of his...
View ArticleDominic Frisby’s Chicken Song will be on YouTube this evening
Tweet, linking to YouTube. Teaser lyric excerpt, the intro I assume: When something’s pissing you right off And it’s left you vexed and blue Look to our friend the chicken She’ll show you what to do....
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Poetry on the South Bank
Last summer, when wandering about where those Modified Social Benches are to be found, in the vicinity of the Royal Festival Hall, I happened to look downwards and I encountered, beneath my feet, this...
View ArticleDiabolical Davies
I’ve just been catching up with my Facebook lurking, and therefore have only just come across this: I started listening and didn’t stop until it did. And I learned a lot. I really like how Davies...
View ArticleBernstein’s posthumous victory
Last Saturday morning they chose the best recorded version of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. In the course of this, the guest chooser, Edward Seckerson, read out this excerpt from a poem that...
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