Telling tales
One day, when she was a little girl, my mother lost her temper with her older sister, Dinah, who had been telling lies about her. In her still barely articulate … Continue reading
December 14, 2019 · 1 Comment
A poem by Charles Causley
Why do you turn your head, Susanna, And why do you swim your eye? It’s only the children on Bellman Street Calling, ‘A penny for the guy!’ The underlying theme … Continue reading
September 17, 2014 · Leave a comment
Ghost stories
In the literature of classical Greece and Rome, it is the living who visit the dead, not the other way round. Odysseus, with the help of Circe, raises the dead … Continue reading
November 27, 2013 · 1 Comment
Charles Causley
Nobody ever knew quite what to make of Charles Causley. He wrote poems that rhymed and sounded a bit like John Betjeman’s, except that Betjeman’s were easy to understand and … Continue reading
May 15, 2013 · Leave a comment
