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Writer and anthropologist at large on Earth. Specialising in its literature and music. First novel The Edge of the Object out now from @halfpintpress

Europe
Joined April 2013
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Can't imagine whoever we might take to be the British equivalent of Georges Perec ending up on a Royal Mail stamp. Only in France... My essay on Perec's A Man Asleep - and how it inspired my novel The Edge of the Object - is now available at thequietus.com/articles/3143…
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'Our moony pupils meet for a few delicious seconds, before I realise what is happening and startle the bird with a sharp intake of breath.' Dog Walk Report: Diva Harris reflects on a summer of big, ancient oaks and Little Owls 🦉caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08…
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'Frequently I am circled by this bird of many names.' Nightjars of Ludshott: When a heathland common and its secretive summer resident combine, magic results, writes @awildslimalien caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06…
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Selkie Folk: In the face of climate change, the seals colonising the coast of East Anglia are a much-needed success story, writes @awildslimalien buff.ly/3PC4Xym
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Come aboard the Hathor, just before it returns to Wroxham to overwinter. The wherry has an Egyptian-themed interior and is entirely reliant on wind or quanting poles for propulsion. Being a pleasure rather than a trading wherry, the saloon even has an antique piano.
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In memory of the late Rise Kagona, here are the Bhundus at the height of their powers, before Warners got their mitts on them. youtube.com/watch?v=zhUeXAhE…
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The Edo Pop and Hanga Ten exhibitions at the Watts Gallery. The two prints (by Nana Shiomi) underneath the wording 'Japanese Printmaking Today' in the final photo are beautifully titled: The Wind-listening Platform - Day and The Moon-watching platform - Night. #wattsgallery
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Three Blue Paintings Katsumi Hayakawa.
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Barbara Hepworth’s garden - St Ives, England, 1968.
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'E' key on my keyboard has almost stopped working.
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'You could write a novel set in this place. So much history, stretching back into legend, one that tells of a Spanish sea captain and his mistress, who became its first landlady.' awildslimalien.com/2023/10/1…
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Delighted to have my piece on first hearing Talk Talk's Laughing Stock while in Paris included in the latest and very lovely-looking Caught by the River zine.
From fog, fathers, and Talk Talk to hares, bothies, and abandoned, island-bound mansions: our latest archive-diving print zine is guest-edited by Charlie Gladstone — purveyor of the Good Life bit.ly/43WV1nV
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A summer apple poem from #LaurieLee, who once wrote about cider in a novel as well.
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