What a joy to chair a sold-out event last night with Ma Bibliothèque on Memory, Memoir & Remembrance, at Ashley Saville Gallery. I was in conversation with wonderful Gill Houghton & Adam Roberts talking about archives, domesticity, death, time & excavating the past to enter the future with hope.

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My old programme leader died of Covid complications in 2020. 'Tall men can fill a lot of space on a train, but Carl always folded himself very neatly into his seat.' Small details survive. Sometimes that's all poetry carries. From Have You Always Been Here? longbarrowpress.com/2026/09/18/h...

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Here’s the magical altar from yesterday’s Lowry Lounge @thebluecoat.bsky.social. Huge thanks to everyone who came along and took part. And loads of great ideas for next year’s 100th anniversary of Lowry’s first voyage. Watch this space! @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social

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I’m hearing it more as Buzzcocks’ ‘Something’s Gone Wrong Again’.

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“There are two sides to everything.”

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