‘Every morning between 9 and 12, I go to my room and sit before a piece of paper. Many times, I just sit for three hours with no ideas coming to me. But I know one thing: If an idea does come between 9 and 12, I am there ready for it.’ (Flannery O’Connor)
From my desk I have an extensive view of The Pennines. Sometimes it can be conveniently distracting; but not always.
Until 2011 I was a practising architect. Now I am a practising writer.
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When I was a young boy my mother used to take me to visit a friend of hers. Geraldine Jackson was bedridden. She always looked happy. In my childhood innocence I thought she was fortunate to be able to spend so much time in bed. One day she gave me a little book. It was entitled ‘Hoffnung’s Musical Chairs’.
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The story goes… When George Melly first met Mick Jagger he asked Jagger what all the creases on his face were.
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It was winter, yet light clothing was adequate, and the sun was shining. I first visited São Luiz do Paraitinga in June 2008 en route to the beach in Ubatuba. Although São Luiz has the feel of a small town it has the status of ‘city’. Whilst the square is the obvious focus of the city, I found the ‘ladeiras’ (very steep streets) more intriguing.
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On a recent visit to MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo) a painting caught my eye. I had not heard of the artist before. The painting, ‘The Woodman’ by Ferdinand Hodler hangs in the ‘transparent, suspended exhibition’ on the second level of Lina Bo Bar …
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