Toehold approximately

I would imagine that any change that makes it easier for first time novelists to be published is a good thing. So, reading this following story, I was quite pleased. We have all become aware of the problems following James Flint’s ‘bidding war’ for his novel ‘Habitus’ and if taking money from an advance makes [...]

Sorornal 1st year approximately

Being at home briefly for the Easter break I’ve had a chance to catch up with my sisters and how uni is going for them. I assume that their deadlines are at the beginning of term the same as mine, they, too, are within the university of london. They couldn’t tell me, with any modicum [...]

Unfinished experiment approximately

So this wednesday past I had an interview for a modern literature MA course at Birkbeck, university of London. It turned out to be a lot of fun really. There was a total good cop, bad cop feel to it all. The good cop was a pleasant gentleman I had met before and the bad [...]

Political idol approximately

No matter how much one might disagree with Tony Blair’s politics, one thing that is hard to refute is how well oiled his PR machine was. This is particularly evident in how well he was, and no doubt is, loved in America. It helped that, despite how much he aged over his ten years of [...]

New look approximately

Finally figured out how to change my dark and depressing blog page style…this one stood out as rather pretty!!!

A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose approximately

I’m not one for writing sentence long blogs. I like to write, when I do, about something with at least a modicum of ‘beef’ to it. But today I’l indulge myself to an exception.
Ok.
I was just watching UKTV Food, I’m a geek I know. And a cook on there was making ‘Pea Guacamole’….I mean come [...]

Vanity Fair approximately

I went to the new Vanity Fair photographic retrospective currently being held at the national portrait gallery this past easter weekend, and it really was impressive. If not for anything else it is a chance to see some fantastic pictures by Annie Liebovitz, whose control of lighting, in my opinion, is just fantastic. Looking at [...]

LOL approximately

I remember sitting in a lecture being taken by Steven Morrison. Im sure some of you have had classes with him also. He is one of the most engaging lecturers I have come accross at Holloway. Subsequently, I have always found his literary opinions particularly interesting, regardless of my agreement.
Having recently finished Beckett’s novel [...]

Making the darkness conscious approximately

Though I am trying as hard as I can not to let my research into my (proposed) novel infringe upon my other studies, it is invariably taking up most of my time. In my pursuit of an understanding of the current and historical evolution and perception of Islam I have come accross a great many [...]

2017 approximately

Looking back on this past year of your lord 2017 I come to think how many strange turns it has taken. January was a month unlike any other for a start. Having been found fucking the tea girl, by my wife in fact, at the office christmas party I was divorced by the months [...]