Poem: A Partial Epitaph
A Partial Epitaph My friend, with many an article and book saved in the Cloud,…
Browsing: Culture
Julian Lloyd: Pure Luck and Happenstance
Julian Lloyd’s iconic portrait of Nick Drake now forms part of the U.K.’s National Portrait…
John Betjeman’s Love Affair with Ireland
The colourful humourist and English poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) is the subject of…
Musician of the Month: Garrett Sholdice
Earlier this month I released The Blue Light, a selection of solo piano and chamber…
Musician of the Month: Evin O’Brien
I always considered myself a late bloomer when it came to music. Growing up, I…
Poetry: Haley Hodges
Belshazzar I never knew myself to have a Persian beard, now, This is odd, this…
Michel Houllebecq and the End of History
Inspired by Michel Houllebecq’s novel Atomised (1998), Ben Pantrey considers the endurance of the Christian…
Pietas in Richard Kearney’s Novel Salvage
When, after a long siege, the Greeks breach the defences of Troy, Aeneas must flee.…
SUVs: A Symbol of Our Demise
This article has been gestating for some time. I must admit to a long-standing loathing…
Nicholas Battey: April Light
April Light I’ve let the world of people go in favour of growing spring evenings,…
Poetry: It Isn’t Just a House
It Isn’t Just A House It isn’t just a house. It’s the sacred place I…
Tunnel Vision in Chișinău, Moldova
Gary Farrelly is an Irish visual and performance artist based in Brussels. Together with his…
Poem: Hope in Despair
Hope in Despair I have always loved museums, no doubt having a kind of prophetic…
Poetry: Marc Di Saverio
SONNET XIV for Diane Windsor When I was still the husband of the wind –…
Musician of the Month: Magdalena Jacob
My musical journey started with a lot of Church organ and Bohemian brass music in…
Poetry: Rhys Mumford
On Opening A Door When I left the cafe I planted my leading foot beside…
Poetry: Gratitude
Gratitude “Hate it here? But why?” I’m sick of your confounded cry. London is Open—…
Poetry: Commuting with Baudelaire
Commuting with Baudelaire We are living in a time when there are no gentlemen. So,…
Island State
On 55th West between 8th and 9th Street I just miss getting mugged. I hear…