Chris Mills

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• Poetry in June: Grand Canal Dublin

  

  I shall say straightaway that you will have to overlook the mention of July in this poem when it is so clearly still June. The lovely sunny weather, so perfect... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Belloc’s Beasts

  

  A couple of likely lads…I know that this will be two children’s poems in a row, but I suppose that the excitement of having some sustained sunshine has addled m... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Gerbil Juggling

  

  This is a really silly verse to celebrate the June Bank Holiday (well, it’s a holiday if you happen to be in Ireland anyway). This is the title poem of a Brian... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Wendy Cope

  

  This poem by Wendy Cope (born 1945) is taken from Serious Concerns (Faber 1992) which was her second collection of verse, the first being Making Cocoa for... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Rose Fyleman

  

  A childhood favouriteFor the first of my ‘Poetry in June’ features I delved into the past – to the Children’s Treasury of Classics that I mentioned in the last... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Flaming June is Poetry Month on The Landing

  

  Flaming June, Frederick Leighton, 1895If you all cast your minds back to last December, you will recall that I set myself the daunting challenge of writing a... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• @Page_Break Meets: Sam Hawksmoor

  

  Today’s post is given over to one of my Twitter alter ego’s guest author spots, this time featuring YA author Sam Hawksmoor. Though to be fair, I have known... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• V.S.Naipaul’s Family Letters

  

  I’ve actually still not begun to read my latest Landing Eight novel due to being drawn to dipping into a volume of letters between V.S (Vido) Naipaul and his... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Page Breaks Meets: Bethany Dawson

  

  Today’s post contains a guest piece from debut author Bethany Dawson with whom I first made contact via good old Twitter. I was given a copy of her novel My... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dolls on the Landing: Helen Clare

  

  After writing a piece recently on Tara’s Palace for the Irish News Review I thought I would squeeze in a dolls’ house related post to further indulge my memorie... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Naipaul and a Quick Landing Eight Recap

  

  Progress…As I am feeling very spring-like this on this lovely sunny morn, I will embark upon a fresh assault on the remaining titles on my Landing Eight... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Page Break Meets…Jacqueline Jacques (Part II)

  

  Jacqueline JacquesI hope you enjoyed the first part of the Q and A with writer Jacqueline Jacques, published here yesterday. Follow the link to Part I if you... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Page Break Meets… Jacqueline Jacques (Part I)

  

  As I promised on Thursday, here are the results of an email interview that I conducted with author Jacqueline Jacques about her new novel, The Colours of... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jacqueline Jacques and Victorian Corruption

  

  This is just a quick post to flag up a new guest on The Landing, Jacqueline Jacques who will be answering questions about her new book Colours of Corruption... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lymond and Niccolò: Dorothy Dunnett

  

  I was inspired to take down my Dorothy Dunnett books when I read Susan Condon’s recent blog post about re-reading. Dunnett (1923-2001) has written two... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Landing Eight: Mortimer on Rumpole

  

  As you may recall, I have been re-reading Murderers and Other Friends (Penguin, 1995) as part of the Landing Eight mission. Due to the rather inconvenient fact... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mortimer and Rumpole Illustrated

  

  Next on the Landing Eight stash..Lately I have been re-reading John Mortimer’s volume of memoirs in between reading a couple of library books which I needed to... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More Catching Up: Landing Eight Choice

  

  In case you were all thinking that I had allowed my Landing Eight Challenge to fade quietly away, I will just slip in this quick post to let you know the next... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Landing News: A Quick Catch-up

  

  My Month of Letters participation went well this year with at least one item of mail (and often two) posted every day of the month. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another Challenge: The Easter Egg Hunt Continues…

  

  I wrote a piece for the Irish News Review about participating in the Big Egg Hunt, which is aiming to raise money for the Jack and Jill Foundation. Well, that... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE