Category Archives: Literature

Speech to the Society of Young Publishers

Posted on 29 March 2010 by Robert

Publishing as a faith. Continue reading →

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Back-up Your Brain

Posted on 6 February 2010 by Robert

A human consciousness restored from my uploaded back-up would be indisputably my creation, a more detailed product of my life and times than anything I might write or carve, or anyone I might sire. Far better that they, in particular, get to witness the “more glorious dawn” of a Galaxy-rise, than some other generic homo sapien. Continue reading →

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Inside Time

Posted on 7 December 2009 by Robert

I celebrated a minor victory on Criminal Memoirs for Inside Time Magazine. There doesn’t seem to be a permalink for the article, so I’m reproducing it below. Continue reading →

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A True Born Englishman?

Posted on 11 November 2009 by Robert

Overall, my impression was that the other pannelists collectively agreed to discredit Griffin with ad hominems, rather than engage with, and demolish his arguments. What they needed was some poetry. Continue reading →

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Anti-free speech? UK courts can help

Posted on 21 June 2009 by Robert

Here’s another piece I have just had published at Comment is Free. Continue reading →

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Competitive Poetry?

Posted on 3 April 2009 by Robert

Poet (and colleague) Sophie Mayer is posting a poem-a-day throughout April, getting in on the action of America’s National Poetry Month. This frantic, deadline based creativity reminds me of Layer Tennis, still going strong and coming to the UK right … Continue reading →

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Mightier than the Sword

Posted on 23 February 2009 by Robert

Today I start a new job, as Campaigns Manager at English PEN, promoting literature and human rights worldwide.  A dream job for a blogger, I reckon. As before, consider this full disclosure to the bloggers’ register of interests, and sufficient … Continue reading →

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The Printed Blog

Posted on 27 January 2009 by Robert

Meanwhile, down the rabbit hole, The Printed Blog is a US newspaper created entirely from blog content. The founders are currently “beta testing” the newspaper at “select locations”. It reminds me of Things Our Friends Have Written on The Internet. The Main difference being that The Printed Blog is a paid for product, not a labour of love. Continue reading →

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Stephenson on Spam

Posted on 2 January 2009 by Robert

This quote seems prescient of our computer culture, our obsession with gagetry, and the vogue for cosmetic surgery. It also made me laugh. Continue reading →

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A Story for the Weekend

Posted on 8 June 2008 by Robert

The Last Dance by Sophie Khadr: There is a shelved alcove in the living room. Neither of them has ventured near the top shelf in years; it is an unspoken rule between them. That is the urn’s place, its curves … Continue reading →

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