Blog | Nichola Deane

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...

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...

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...

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...

Water Gifted

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

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...

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...