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On Proust and the spirit of reading
Marcel Proust was a deep, assiduous reader.
Jan 14
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Animal and the birth of drumming
An enquiry into how I became a drummer.
Jan 9
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Going, Going, Gone (after Larkin)
A poetic reboot for the New Year
Dec 31, 2025
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Update: Recording Britain
Sharing the first of my visits to the site of one of the Recording Britain paintings.
Dec 28, 2025
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ICYMI: Five cracking Christmas films
Darkness and fairy lights, here are a few different suggestions for your festive viewing.
Dec 6, 2025
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On Proust and the spirit of reading
Marcel Proust was a deep, assiduous reader.
Jan 14
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Ben Murray
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My book: Now available on Kindle
'Oh, That More Such Flowers May Come Tomorrow', my book about reading Proust, is now available on Kindle.
Dec 11, 2024
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Marcel Proust secondary reading list
A selection of 10 titles to help enrich any reading of Marcel Proust.
Nov 18, 2024
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42. It’s at the very same party, where the sound of the bell echoes through time...
The forty-second and final instalment of 'Oh, That More Such Flowers May Come Tomorrow' in which our hero becomes the writer he's always longed to be…
Jun 5, 2024
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41. Heading east, I crossed Madison Avenue...
The forty-first instalment of 'Oh, That More Such Flowers May Come Tomorrow' in which our hero finds a strange sort of solace in Washington Square Park.
May 30, 2024
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From the Library
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Country Cooking & Other Stories by Harry Mathews
This collection of short stories by Harry Mathews finds fun in formalism and makes for delicious reading.
Jun 7, 2025
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Dreamtime by John Moriarty
A remarkable personal vision, a mythic conglomeration that transcends our narrow anthropomorphism and reaches for something far greater in the process.
Apr 17, 2025
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The Relation Ship by Tom Raworth
The debut collection by British poet Tom Raworth showcases the singularity of his work, as postmodern prosody meets pop-art meets punk publishing.
Mar 6, 2025
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Lost Time – Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp by Józef Czapski
This short book by Józef Czapski represents a remarkable feat of recollection under the most difficult of circumstances.
Feb 14, 2025
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Nairn's London by Ian Nairn
This week features a wonderful companion to exploring London by a truly gifted writer of place, Ian Nairn.
Jan 30, 2025
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100 Word Pubs
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La Palette, Paris
Parisian perfection... in 100 words.
Aug 11, 2025
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The Free Press, Cambridge
A Cambridge classic... in 100 words.
Apr 23, 2025
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Pivovarská Nalévárna, Prague
Bottomless beers in Bohemia... in 100 words.
Mar 14, 2025
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The French House, London
Les vrais paradis sont les paradis qu'on a perdus... en 100 mots.
Feb 6, 2025
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The Pineapple, London
A fruity north London beauty... in 100 words.
Jan 24, 2025
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