RIP Dominic Raoul Lucas

Content Note: depression, suicide, grief In memoriam immortal of MSN, and the genre of ‘adult alternative rock’ with quarter speed scrubbing and Dave Matthews ‘Crash into me’ I would like to share some words of a dear friend, and my response, some  six years late, to them. Before I continue, I should put a content/trigger …

hoping for a revolution

When a revolutionary moment arrives may you not gather to spectatethe swarms of vultures are already foretold and they do not raise the dead they document. Fling yourselves far and wide to carry onwards and bring home the good tidings. Seek out the fertile soil in which to grow but also in the stony soil …

Spring Cleaning

Metaphors in this song were first jotted down in spring 2012, my first in London. I lived sparsely, in the attic of a friend’s father’s house, and worked 9 – 3.30pm in a special needs school 10 minutes down a quiet road on a bike. Aspirational lifestyle – I had more time on my hands …

The life-changing magic of tidying: book review

The Life-Changing-Magic of Tidying up: a book review Marie Kondo is the most endearing guru I have ever had the pleasure to read, and ‘The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying’ is her bible. Cathy Hirano translates from the Japanese for Vermilion books (pub 2014). Her Capitalisation Of Every Word in the contents does not come across …