Yet again, more behind-the-scenes activity than any actual globe-trotting performance spectaculars, but the plotting and designing must go on.
Tinkering away with Hulling, the book written with John Robinson, is virtually done now, so that item should emerge blinking into the glare of indifference next month. There will be a batch of recent poems from each of us and a collection having something to do with experiences in that remarkable city on the Humber.
Of course, there has been a certain amount of reading too:
Bellos, David. Jacques Tati: His Life and Art. London: Harvill Press, 2001.
Beckett, Andy. Promised You a Miracle: Why 1980-82 Made Modern Britain. London: Penguin Books, 2015.
Starkey, Professor David J., Professor David Atkinson, Briony McDonagh, Sarah McKeon, and Professor Elisabeth Salter, eds. Hull: Culture, History, Place. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2017.
Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life. London: William Collins, 2018.
Kenner, Hugh. The Pound Era. London: Pimlico, 1991.
Davies, Dan. The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions – and How the World Lost Its Mind. London: Profile Books, 2024.
Kenner’s deep investigation of Ezra Pound’s writing is an utterly astonishing expedition.
Snout extracted from book, there was also a trip to the cinema:
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, now showing in Peckham.
Treat yourself.
GIGS
Merch available at all these events!
Tuesday 3rd June, 20:00
John Bennett Band
2 Harvey Rd, Bushwood, Leytonstone, London E11 3DB
Saturday 7th June
Tumbaito
98c Wallis Road, London E9 5LN
Sunday 15th June, 19:00
The Elephant Inn, Finchley, 283 Ballards Ln, London N12 8NR