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A personal post

For various reasons, it was my intention not to waste readers' time with personal details. Until recently, when it was pointed out to me that the odd thing that slipped in was becoming the raw material for someone writing a poem using my personal words. Marguerite Heywood has now sent me the poem, here it is: The personal words of Tony Trehy as a city boy I steered clear of all this outdoor Romanticism although personally I don’t subscribe to this equation that makes a child death more meaningful I don’t often mention Galleries in Manchester though I visit them frequently as a city-dweller, I’m not sure that I would class fishing rods as “everyday objects”, but maybe books are ok why should I suffer alone o fuck paradise for me would be a cross between Berlin, Venice, Manchester people, noise, excitement, food, culture it is going to sound like I am in grumpy mood no wonder the majority of us have moved to cities fired or maybe sometimes bored by the academic analysis and the power

Dinner with the Rothenbergs

A first meeting and a delightful evening with Jerry and Diane Rothenberg http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/rothenberg/ , (plus Phil Davenport) visiting the UK to present a paper at the forthcoming Kurt Schwitters conference in the Lake District. Conversation about poetry - obviously - and art and travel - "it was nice to have people round who came to enjoy themselves" as Sue said. For anyone who has been to one of Sue's extraordinary dinner parties, it will be no surprise that the evening revolved around her fabulous cooking: Starter: Spiced roasted butternut squash soup Wine: Prosecco from Veneto Fish Course: Grilled fillet of Salmon marinated with lemon grass on a bed of courgette ribbons stir-fried with ginger and chilli with a lemon tarragon and parsley dressing Wine: Alsace Riesling Main Course: Roasted boned leg of lamb stuffed with garlic, rosemary, lemon and parsley with a flagelot bean gratin and roasted vine tomatoes Wine: 1998 Stag's Leap Fay vineyard Cabernet

The Safn Installation

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Back from a great visit to Reykjavik - the launch of the eponymous bookwork and the spatial edit. Met many interesting artists and writers - of whom more in later bulletins. The Safn collection looked brilliant - in this latter photo you can make out Dan Flavin and Roni Horn.