You needed to know Fargo the film by the Cohen brothers, described by them as based on a true story, but in fact not. You'd need to know that Kumiko was based on a true story of a Japanese girl going to Minnesota in search of the Fargo treasure. I didn't know either. So the… Continue reading Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (The Cut)
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2015
Mild November. Real rain for the first time this autumn and I forgot to bring real rain coat. No dog (Barry looking after) and missing him. Friday, preparing the rooms. Joanna, my traditional Aldeburgh PF team mate and I are together, (phew), in the Baptist Chapel, in Aldeburgh, the only people in town not Snape.… Continue reading Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2015
The new girlfriend
Why I love the Cut. Unexpectedly a film in French, based on Ruth Randal short story. Grown up relationships where there is no shouting, and keen honesty - even though there is lieing. Yes, the first lie started when she changes David's name to Virginia on her phone. The background fast forwards: a close girl… Continue reading The new girlfriend
Brian Patten (Halesworth Arts Festival 2015)
I'd met him once before at Aldeburgh. This time, in conversation with Dean, I felt an innate shyness. Odd when one recalls his confident youthful beginnings. At the age of 15 he was on a trajectory, on the road, anchored with notable poets: McGough 10 years older, was slightly awed by him. Part of the… Continue reading Brian Patten (Halesworth Arts Festival 2015)
Julia Blackburn – in conversation with Diana Quick (Halesworth Arts Festival 2015)
I think it was half way through I noticed Julia was wearing odd boots. The crossed over foot was jigging to the beat of Diana reading from Threads (The delicate life of John Craske). Indeed two remarkable women, both comfortable with themselves and each other. Julia, so quick to laugh with ease, enjoys the finding… Continue reading Julia Blackburn – in conversation with Diana Quick (Halesworth Arts Festival 2015)
CRY OF THE CITY – Film at the Cut
He stabbed the man through the chair (practical), he turned round. Suddenly you heard movement. The body had fell from the leather swivel chair to the ground, the chair continuing it's swivel. Les is back from his northern tour. Girls numbers 2 and 4, his colleagues in Edinburgh, exuberant architects.
Five Broken Camera’s – Cut Film
West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later given to Israeli co-director Guy Davidi to edit. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat's cameras. Burnat… Continue reading Five Broken Camera’s – Cut Film
Double Decker: Westminster and Wimbledon – July 2015
Westminster and Wimbledon July 2014 For a country girl, such double decker city stimulus in one day, Westminster and Wimbledon, was overwhelming and necessitated a horizontal position by 10pm. The start was early - dog walk on Wanstead Flats before taxi hitting traffic, as cycle lanes are being made along Romford Road. Taxi abandoned for… Continue reading Double Decker: Westminster and Wimbledon – July 2015
A death of someone met once
The profound missing of that fellow soul orbits the day, a glorious verdant green spring day. It informs all although I'd only met her once. On a boat on the Thames, one of those you can hire, as Barry did for his 60th birthday. So exactly 10 years ago, May 2005, it must have been.… Continue reading A death of someone met once
Spring clearing
Still clearing up from Paul Jackson's northern boundary coppice. Stacking the cords and jagging the brush wood into the dead hedge along the boundary. Now not only preventative of munjac and deer, but I found a local man merrily helping himself to the cords. I gave him what he'd thrown over to the road side.… Continue reading Spring clearing
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