Ira Lightman

iralightman.bsky.social

18 October 2026 09:51

Reality Street, which she co-founded, has announced the death of Wendy Mulford. Mid-Sept, I collated images of Howard Hodgkin paintings she wrote with/about for The Bay of Naples. The 70s feminism(s) section of my recent Substack essay was partly about her poems. I meant to get in touch. RIP.

Swan River Press

swanriverpress.bsky.social

18 October 2026 09:27

THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM Bram Stoker London: William Rider (1911) Bram Stoker’s final novel, an intriguing mish-mash that somehow still holds attention. The first edition is marked by illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. I like this one a lot. Do you? Day 18/31 #Booktober #Halloween🎃👻

London Review of Books

lrb.co.uk

18 October 2026 08:06

‘When news of the death of a treasured poet arrives, we suffer a cultural bereavement, recognition of a diminished habitat.’ Iain Sinclair remembers J.H. Prynne: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Ben Cornish

pasty90.bsky.social

17 October 2026 19:27

Bill Drummond sings like a man telling you something important across a kitchen table. The songs wander through country music, old friendships and peculiar personal obsessions. Quite possibly the greatest Scottish album of all time.