The Green Man: Myth and Reality – Imogen Corrigan
I was in the process of writing – well, researching – an idea I had for a novel. It involved various incarnations of the Green Man and probably owed more … Continue reading
Ardnamurchan: The Distance Between Us.
And so, after half a century, I finally make it back to Ardnamurchan. It is both a moment of triumph and a moment of disappointment. Part of the disappointment is … Continue reading
Ley Lies
Map 1 1 All Mathematics would suggestA steady straight line as the best,But left and right alternatelyIs consonant with history. In his book How We Believe, Michael Shermer argues the … Continue reading
Lies, Damned Lies and Archives.
i The past is fragmented and falsified. Of course, this is nothing new. Archives have been doing this since the concept of archive was first mooted but if, as a … Continue reading
Weird and Eerie (2) The Phantom Hitch-Hiker
Part Two – The Phantom Hitch Hiker. i. Thumbs It is 1981, and my friend Mark had just bought his first car. We would go for night drives, searching for … Continue reading
Weird and Eerie (1) – Last Train To London Dark – Part Two.
xiii. Rik Rack Recumbent On a bench outside the main gate of King’s Cross Station, I see a familiar face. Rik Rack has poured himself into a solid wooden bench … Continue reading
Weird and Eerie (1) – Last Train From London Dark – Part One.
i ‘The form that is most appropriate to the weird,’ says Fisher, ‘is the montage; hence the preference within surrealism for the weird combinations.’ (Fisher, The Weird and the Eerie, … Continue reading
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