My oil painting

The first episode of season two of The Two-Way Podcast is now out. I talk to Fay Musselwhite about David Jones’s book-length poem In Parenthesis and her own sequence ‘Memoir of a Working River’ from her collection Contraflow published by Longbarrow Press twowaypoetry.podbean.com

‘Sloping off t’pub a-bloody-gain’, looking like a view of Keighley’s North Beck before it was covered over during the Westgate clearance, typifies Peter Brook’s early interest in the post-industrial heritage of the towns of the West Riding. (Sold at Bolton Auction Rooms in 2022)

Oil beetles are endangered, and part of this is due to eating dog poop. Dogs are given worming tablets, and these don’t just kill worms, they kill the oil beetles who eat it. I saw 50 dead or dying beetles today. Leaving dog poo behind isn’t just gross, it’s ecocide:

Golden Hour, My oil painting

Edvard Munch, Nuit d'été sur la plage, 1902-1903.

September’s full moon, the Harvest Moon, should be visible this evening. Peter Brook began experimenting with the effects of lunar light on his trademark Pennine ruins in the early 2000’s, producing a series of paintings like ‘This Place is Badly in Need of a Lick of Paint’.

Morning, My oil painting

Attercliffe, 1973 photo - Daniel Meadows #Sheffield

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RIP the great artist Norman Ackroyd (1938-16.09.24): etcher-magician who conjured weather & light from metal & acid; his work constitutes one of the great visual records of this archipelago’s edges. We travelled together—& I made this programme with him: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The Two-way Poetry Podcast is back for season two where I talk to poets about influential poems & how these works have influenced their own writing. Featuring Fay Musselwhite Abbi Flint Katharine Towers 🍃 Vicky Morris Steve Ely Robert Hamberger among others twowaypoetry.podbean.com

Join us on October 19th for a national demonstration against immigration detention. Coach from Sheffield leaving at 9am. Tickets here⬇️ eventbrite.com/e/no-to-hassoc… #DignityNotDetention #Hassockfield #SetHerFree

Night Taxi, My oil painting

The Marton Oak, Cheshire A Sessile Oak. The trunk has split into three, but still with its single root system Up to 1,200 years old

Morning Cafe, My oil painting

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From 'Eely' by Steve Ely #nationalpoetryday

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Come with us to #Hassockfield on October 19th to call for an end to immigration detention. Book your place on the Sheffield coach here⬇️ eventbrite.com/e/no-to-hassoc… #DignityNotDetention #SetHerFree