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Laurence Mitchell
Writer and photographer based in Norwich, UKMarch 2021 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
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Category Archives: Literature
Blakean Spirit
I wander thro’ each charter’d street, Near where the charter’d Thames does flow. And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. William Blake London Last week I paid a visit to London to go and … Continue reading
Posted in art, Cities, History, Literature
Tagged Bunhill Fields, John Clare, London, poetry, William Blake
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Over the Ofer
Ofer: Old English word for border or edge As I have mentioned here before, I have been working on a book project for some time. A book about a walk – a sort of pagan pilgrimage – made across England … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Travel, Walking
Tagged Aberystwyth, Irish Sea, Kerry Ridgeway, moorland, poetry, Powys, River Ystwyth, Wales
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The Rule of Home
As a few of you may know, I have been working on a much longer project, a book in fact, for quite some time. This work is centred on a walk made coast to coast across England and Wales, from … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Travel, Walking
Tagged Ceredigion, desire paths, hiraeth, home, roots, Wales
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Space is the Place – Shakespeare and Sun Ra
Still reeling from the solar onslaught of the Sun Ra Arkestra the previous night we travelled yesterday to Great Yarmouth to see The Tempest at the town’s Hippodrome Theatre. The Sun Ra Arkestra fronted by nonagenarian alto-sax maestro Marshall Allen … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, music, Norfolk, Uncategorized
Tagged Great Yarmouth, Hippodrome, Norfolk and Norwich festival, Norwich, psychogeography, Shakespeare, Sun Ra Arkestra, The Tempest
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At Covehithe
The day before the autumn equinox: the setting, the beach at Covehithe. We have gathered here at the north Suffolk coast to walk and talk. A literary walk to celebrate W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn, no less, organised … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Suffolk, Walking
Tagged coastal erosion, Covehithe, medieval church, psychogeography, Rings of Saturn, southwold, Suffolk Coast Path, W G Sebald
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Bunhill Fields
Three weeks ago I happened to be in London. As things turned out, on that very same day the city was somewhat preoccupied with a very high-profile event at London’s most iconic church. Given the circumstances, I felt the need to escape … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature
Tagged Bunhill Fields, Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan, London, St Paul's Cathedral, William Blake
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Orford Ness
Walking, whether rambling or hiking in the countryside, or the unplanned urban exploration of a would-be flâneur’s dérive – call it what you will – seems to be the hippest new literary genre. Often found cosily in tandem with what can only be described … Continue reading
Patience (After Sebald) – Walking The Rings of Saturn
About a year ago I wrote a post about an Aldeburgh Music weekend at Suffolk’s Snape Maltings that celebrated the life and works of the writer W G Sebald. A new film by Grant Gee, Patience (After Sebald), was also previewed on that … Continue reading
Posted in film, Literature, Walking
Tagged Norfolk, Norwich, psychogeography, Suffolk, W G Sebald
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Gloomy Sunday
It is Sunday in Edinburgh and the city streets are filled with Frenchmen in blue shirts and black berets all come for the Six Nations rugby match against Scotland at Murrayfield stadium. Preferring the game that favours a more spherical … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Edinburgh, Glasgow, graveyards
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The Writing on the Wall
Just up the road from where I live there is a large black-painted gable wall that bears the legend ‘PINK FLOYD’ in large bold white letters. Clearly, it was a gesture made using good quality paint as it has been there … Continue reading