Blog | Nichola Deane

Dec 20, 20222 min

Terry Hall

'Ghost Town' was the first thing I reached for on YouTube when, earlier this evening, I learned of Terry Hall's death. When the song came...

Nov 23, 20213 min

Living in Bloom: Sarah Westcott

When we read Bloom, we are in Bloom. This isn’t some kind of terrible pun. When we read Sarah Westcott we know ourselves, instantly, to...

May 16, 20213 min

Spring is Absolute: Catching up with David Hockney

I was looking at the pile of books next to my bed, all the ones I want to read. Starting to get mildly panicky about my lack of progress...

May 4, 20211 min

6 Things 3 May 2021

The cherry is the only tree in M's yard the only thing left to say I am beautiful among the junk and sacks of rubble and soil and now her...

May 2, 20212 min

Water Gifted

Richard Skinner, Invisible Sun, (Ripon, Smokestack Books, 2021) Invisible Sun is a moving collection of poems about the death of the...

Apr 27, 20211 min

6 Things 19 April 2021

Detail of St Michael by della Francesca a sword near his groin with blood smeared on the fat tip Feathers and more feathers on the path...

Apr 25, 20214 min

Linda Gregg in Lockdown 1

Linda Gregg is one of my closest poetry friends. Yet Linda Gregg died of cancer in March 2019, and I never met her. A great American...