Author & Poet. Winner of Mind Book of the Year 2010, RSL Brookleaze Grant 2016, Irish Post Creative Writing Comp 2016. Co-Founder @wildgeesepress
Joined December 2009
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A great review of my first novel, The Palace of Wisdom, here: londongrip.co.uk/2026/10/the… #JohnClare #RobertLowell #MentalHealth
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Vincent Price married a Catholic woman when he himself was not Catholic.
About ten years into their marriage,he started arriving home late on Thursday nights rousing suspicion in his wife. She thought he was having an affair with one of his younger costars. One night she stayed…
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It’s reported today that Sally Rooney, who many believe is one of the best authors of her generation, has been advised that because she has expressed support for Palestine Action she could be arrested if she comes to the UK. Because she is donating some of the money from the sale of her books to Palestine Action her publishers have been advised that they too could be prosecuted if they sell her books in any form and so they have removed them from the bookshelves and other outlets. I do not want anyone in the UK to miss out on her wonderful writing and so I thought I would read the first paragraphs of her terrific book “Normal People.” I hope others will read further sections of the book so that people do not lose out on the joy of reading h her works.
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November 22, 1994: US President Bill Clinton thanks Ukraine for giving up its nuclear weapons. In return, the USA will stand by Ukraine's side to preserve its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity in the future. Ukraine and the USA share a vision of freedom.
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Hay algo que admiro de la Iglesia Católica. El Papa está enfermo, se sometió a una cirugía exitosa, y todo está a la luz del día, sin mentiras, sin fingir milagros como hacen algunas iglesias evangélicas.
La Iglesia Católica es la institución religiosa más organizada y transparente.
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Greenham Common, 1980s UK, 1st peace camp, women-only, active for 19 yrs protesting nuclear weapons. Embrace the Base event-30,000 women held hands around the US airbase fence housing Cruise Missiles, in a 14-mile human chain #WomensArt
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I don't care if you like Sally Rooney's books or not. This is about the UK effectively banning an author's work because she is vocal in her support for the Palestinian people. I don't care whether you personally like her. Nor should you. It's about censorship. It's unhinged.
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The top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.
1 man owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of households.
Less than a thousand billionaires got $2.2 trillion richer in the last year.
Obscene.
Yes. We need a 5% billionaire wealth tax in California and throughout America.
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In 25 years as a Protestant I had never been to a Protestant service that venerated the Scriptures with deep reverence and treated them as seriously as I experienced in my first Holy Mass.
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Zionists claim that criticizing Israel or opposing Zionism is antisemitic.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews gather in New York to declare that Zionism violates the Jewish faith and does not represent Judaism.
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For those who refuse to accept the fact that priests can absolve you of your sins and that, through them, Jesus Christ grants you forgiveness:
Is it because you don't believe a priest, being a human like you, can have such authority, or because you are deliberately choosing to remain ignorant?
I'm at the Westgate Chapel, Lewes, on Saturday 10th October, World Mental Health Day, launching my first novel, The Palace of Wisdom, featuring poets John Clare and Robert Lowell: leweslivelit.co.uk It would be lovely to see you there! #Lewes #JohnClare #RobertLowell