Chris Mills

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• #LandingAuthor Expected: Louise Phillips

  

  In the next couple of days, The Landing is moving away from the foggy distant past and right bang up to date with a new #LandingAuthor guest spot. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Swerve: Philosophical Dynamite

  

  How the Renaissance BeganAs I think I have mentioned before, I have had The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began (Stephen Greenblatt) on my bed side table for a fe... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Marc Chagall: Modern Master

  

  The Landing Bookshelves have been rather quiet of late for one reason or another I’m afraid but I hope to shake off my dose of ‘Blogger’s Block’ as soon as... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• From Cakes to Books: a Snatch of Memoir

  

  An edible report card…At the end of the last school term I put my cake decorator’s hat on and made a cake to celebrate the end of primary school for my... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The BookCrossing Experience

  

  My apologies for the long gap between the last blog post and this one; I resolve to be a  better blogger over the remainder of the summer months. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Anonymous ?

  

  For the last of my #PoetryinJune features I thought that I would feature a poem from that ever prolific versifier Anonymous (often shortened to Anon). Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Ogden Nash

  

  Now that school’s out for summer, I think that we should have another beach related poem to nudge us a little  nearer towards the end of the month. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: George Mackay Brown

  

  The school summer holidays are now almost upon us, so today’s poem from Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown (1921-1996) is meant to encourage you to think of beac... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 BOOKS

• #PoetryinJune: David Marcus

  

  My poet today is David Marcus (1924-2009), a poet (also editor, translator and novelist) whom I only discovered in the last couple of years. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 BOOKS

• #PoetryinJune: Stevie Smith

  

  I chose Fairy Story by Stevie Smith (1902-1971) because I felt that the woodland scene would follow on well from yesterday’s Kipling verses. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Kipling

  

  This week sees the last of our daughter’s primary school career so I am posting The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936by in honour. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Elizabeth Jennings

  

  I read The Young Ones (1964) by Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001) again recently, and I thought that if I substituted ‘Luas’ or ‘Dart’ for ‘bus’ it easily be a... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Samarra Or Isfahan?

  

  I found this poem by Dutch poet PN Van Eyck (1887-1954) in a novel by Kader Abdolah called My Father’s Notebook (Canongate Books, 2006). Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Edith Nesbit

  

  Edith Nesbit’s (1858-1924) stories were a big part of my childhood; I loved The Phoenix and the Carpet and the fantasy of being able to fly away to strange land... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 BOOKS

• #PoetryinJune: Tolkien

  

  My #PoetryinJune spot has been taken over by dwarves today who have been busily tidying Bilbo Baggins’ kitchen, much to the poor Hobbit’s consternation. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Jenny Joseph

  

  This morning, on my #PoetryinJune Reading Challenge, you have the delight of listening to Jenny Joseph (b 1932) reading her poem Warning in a clip that I... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Wilfred Owen

  

  My choice of Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) today is another nod to the GCE ‘O’ Level syllabus of x number of years ago when I was at school in Birmingham and would... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Ian Harrow

  

  Gaugin to himselfEperon Press, 1998 (1897)The girl sits on a stone to watch Salt water brush her sturdy feet, Cleansing thighs of dust from the road. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Ian Harrow – Polemos

  

  Gaugin to himselfEperon Press, 1998 (1897)The girl sits on a stone to watch Salt water brush her sturdy feet, Cleansing thighs of dust from the road. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Wilfred Owen

  

  My choice of Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) today is another nod to the GCE ‘O’ Level syllabus of x number of years ago when I was at school in Birmingham and would... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE