Nichola DeaneDec 20, 20222 minTerry 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...
Nichola DeaneNov 23, 20213 minLiving in Bloom: Sarah WestcottWhen 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...
Nichola DeaneMay 16, 20213 minSpring is Absolute: Catching up with David HockneyI 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...
Nichola DeaneMay 4, 20211 min6 Things 3 May 2021The 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...
Nichola DeaneMay 2, 20212 minWater Gifted Richard Skinner, Invisible Sun, (Ripon, Smokestack Books, 2021) Invisible Sun is a moving collection of poems about the death of the...
Nichola DeaneApr 27, 20211 min6 Things 19 April 2021Detail 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...
Nichola DeaneApr 25, 20214 minLinda Gregg in Lockdown 1Linda 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...