Radcliffe was worth a visit just to see the twelve stones by Ulrich Ruckriem, now with the addition of Alan Johnston's northern mirror sculpture to the same site, the Outwood Country Park is a special experience. Without exaggeration, Alan's sculpture is brilliant. I don't need to say much about it here, as the accompanying website is comprehensive, including Alan's voluminous research, image files and critical essays.
Genius, Novel and Thoughtcrime
As mentioned in the previous blog, my focus has been away from public activity, while there’s been a lot going on. Now more settled, Barce...

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As per the last blog, the first novel of my post-UK period, The Family Idiots , is near enough finished (just proofing, etc) so I have mov...
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Having done virtually no research about Leiria before I arrived, I was very enamored with it - a very charming little town, given what I im...
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Back in 2005, I launched the International Text Festival in Bury, Manchester. It's aim was to question, curate, display, distribute, ar...