T.S.Eliot

The East Coker Opera House Murders #1940Club

Based on his published letters,1940 was a busy year for T.S.Eliot. He was based in London and working at Faber…

2 years ago

An Odd Couple

Two poets in a muddle. Or rather two poems. John Ashbery's A Mood of Quiet Beauty (from April Galleons 1987) meets…

3 years ago

One Day in Paris 1919

We're not likely to be flying anywhere anytime soon so here's the next best thing: A trip back in time…

3 years ago

Crime Past, Crime Present, and Crime Future

 Many people know that the poet T. S. Eliot was very fond of cats and indeed created some wonderful cat…

4 years ago

A Heap of Broken Images

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say,…

4 years ago

Gin: Mother’s Milk or Hair Tonic?

One thing always leads to another on the intertubes and this particular ravel started with my friend David Nice. David…

5 years ago

The Night City

If you've ever been young and full of dreams .... If you ever headed to the big city with your…

6 years ago

Palindrome

What an intriguing idea: Reversing time to see your younger self moving forward in time as you move backward. What…

8 years ago

The Barrage Lifts

After forty five years it's time to re-wire! And the start of my re-wirement coincides with the centenary of the…

8 years ago

Modern Learning and the Shock of the New

Here's something terrific for free: It's an E-book of great articles from the always useful Educating Modern Learners, an online…

10 years ago

T.S.Eliot – the app for that

T.S.Eliot worked for Faber and now they have published an app for The Wasteland. Is this the future of English…

14 years ago

Stephen Colbert hears the Mermaids

What's the difference between a metaphor and lying? With a president who reads Derek Walcott and quotes June Jordan it's…

16 years ago