Monday, April 27, 2026

Review of How Culhwch won Olwen: a verse translation of the oldest Arthurian tale

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  The review concludes. 'Guilar’s reimagining of the story of Culhwch and Olwen blows away the cobwebs and allows us to read this classi...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Jeremy Hooker R.I.P

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  Sad news. Jeremy Hooker died in late December.  My condolences to his family.  There will be no more fascinating emails, no more lessons i...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Taliesin's song from 'The Fabled Third'.

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 From The Fabled Third.  Gwydion the storyteller has challenged Taliesn the poet to write an honest song about war. They are both drunk.  ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

A new translation of Culhwch and Olwen, the Oldest Arthurian Tale

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My verse translation of Culhwch ac Olwen. the Oldest Arthurian Tale, will be published by Shearsman in the UK in January 2026.  Information ...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Invention of Charlotte Bronte by Graham Watson

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  This book tells the stories of Charlotte Bronte’s last years and the writing of Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography. Unusually, Watson takes the...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The Wrong Fairytale. Poems I have written #11

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The Wrong Fairytale   Behind each ornate door  a princess waits to hear the words  that set her free.   As you pass along  the shadowed corr...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Piper's call. Poems I have written #10

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  The Piper’s Call (Planxty: Dublin 2005)    The high note, held, stretching the space above the drone; like wind torn spray as the great wa...