Bloodaxe Books has done more for appreciating poetry than any other publisher and it all started, back in 2002, with “Staying human: new poems for staying alive”. Sean Sheehan This anthology was hugely and deservedly popular and two years later “Being alive“ came out, followed in 2011 by […]
Book reviews
The cry of ancient and ancestral women
In an international series of cultural events that will take place over the month of March, homage will be paid to ancestral and indigenous women around the world. Twenty-four countries will participate in it, who have been convened by the Woman Scream International Poetry and Arts Festival 2022. This […]
On not being a tourist in London
Seeing London is not about going to Madame Tussauds or -goodness, gracious me- taking a selfie outside Buckingham Palace. It is about places that Londoners know the value of, such as the British Museum, Tate Modern and Tate Britain, the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum. Sean Sheehan […]
Hidden in plain sight
For many people, it is now difficult to let 24 hours pass without either sending or receiving an email, using some form of social media or managing finances and other matters online. Behind the seductive comfort of all this are data centres which store the text, pictures and information. […]
Dreams and nightmares
The word ‘energy’ comes from the ancient Greek noun ‘ergon’, meaning work, and in English ‘work’ can be a noun or a verb; hence the words energy and energise. Sean Sheehan No surprise, then, to find more than one meaning in the title of Michael Marder’s book, “Energy […]