Thanks to Bad Lilies for publishing ‘A Book of Days.’ I’m beyond honoured. Here’s the link: https://www.badlilies.uk/adrian-masters You could lose hours reading the twelve issues, all of them amazing, that they’ve so far published online. Here’s that link: https://www.badlilies.uk
Back in 1994 I interviewed the poet Dannie Absie in Cardiff when he was promoting his Selected Poems, then newly-published by Penguin. He was a patient and affable interviewee, laughing a lot – thankfully not at my questions. I wish I’d asked him more. I certainly wish I’d asked him about the lines he quoted … More Dannie Absie interview 1994
These brilliant sketches show that, even to the surprise of ‘the Saint’ author Leslie Charteris, Jean Cocteau was a fully paid-up fan of Simon Templar. … More Jean Cocteau and the Saint
One year on, this is my diary account of the most extraordinary day. … More A year ago today: an extract from ‘Nothing Has Changed’
Just a day before it closed, I was lucky enough to see the recent Tate St Ives show which used Virginia Woolf’s life, writing and ideas as a starting point for an exhibition of art, craft and activism by women over the last century or so. I’ll add some pictures below but for now … More Tate St Ives Virginia Woolf exhibition
It’s those steps. How many times have I seen fading photos of those steps? With Henry James sitting on them or Julia Stephen or the young Virginia Woolf or Vanessa Bell? And to stand in front of them, on them, in the rooms into which they lead is just incredible. It’s amazing to have been … More A visit to Talland House
It’s a sort of twilight in this room. People are sitting on folding chairs or the floor, leaning against a wall or holding their knees in the middle of the room, sitting alone or in small groups. Some of the children are restless, two of them are lying on their fronts, heads held in their … More The Sky in a Room, Ragnar Kjartansson
It was an extraordinary experience seeing this up close. You can read what I made of it here in Wales Arts Review or here on this site.
My first book is an account of the extraordinary 2017 General Election as seen by me. It was an election like no other and I hope I’ve given some sense of the excitement, energy and sometimes downright bafflement involved in covering it. You can buy ‘Nothing Has Changed’ directly from the Parthian books website here. Here’s … More Nothing Has Changed
Three songs have haunted me in 2016 and will do so for a long time. Each one is among the most extraordinary that I’ve ever heard. In order, they are:
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