On 26th October 2020 human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson addressed the Law Society of New College...
Events
The Book Launch of ‘The Edinburgh Companion to D. H. Lawrence and the Arts’ (2020)
Lawrencian sisters... co-editors Susan Reid and Catherine Brown INTRODUCTION On November 28th,...
Review of the International D. H. Lawrence Conference at the University of Nanterre April 2019
I was commissioned to write the following review of the 2019 D. H. Lawrence conference at the University...
‘The Character Assassination of Julian Assange’: Imperialism on Trial – Free Julian Assange, June 2019
Two events entitled 'Imperialism on Trial - Free Julian Assange' were held at the Crypt on the Green and St...
Fragile Peace in Derry, 2019
Yesterday evening a rally in Guildhall Square, Derry, marked the end of a three-day march by more than 160...
Visiting Tolstoy for his 190th Birthday
I have just reviewed Mud and Stars: Travels In Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses Of The Golden Age by Sara...
Lawrence’s Hampstead: A Walking Tour
The walking tour for which the notes appear below was written by John Worthen, and adapted and enlarged...
Lawrence’s Bloomsbury: Two Walking Tours
The walking tours for which the notes appear below were written by me and delivered during the...
Geoff Colman on Naturalistic Acting
Part way through this spring term Geoff Colman – Head of Acting at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama –...
Stop Trident Demonstration
Marble Arch to Trafalgar Square, Saturday 27th February 2016 CND supported by the Stop the War Coalition ...
Lines Written on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye
In late May Hay held its festival. I’ve always been sceptical of this event. Reflecting on it, I realise that...
The Saracen’s Head at Southwell
Recently my family and I visited Southwell. This pleasant North Nottinghamshire Cathedral town, stabilised into...
Howard Jacobson in Conversation
On 9th March 2015 Howard Jacobson, novelist, was interviewed by Jaya Savige, poet, at New College of the Humanities,...
Leveson Now – or at the latest in a year’s time…
This week I attended a Parliamentary Rally of Hacked Off, the campaign ‘for a free and accountable press’....
Banya No. 1
London has a banya. I stumbled across it in an advert, although it has apparently existed since 2013. On...
Victoriana in London 2013-14
The Invisible Woman (dir. Ralph Fiennes, 2013) The Dickens Museum (Doughty Street, London) The Midland...
An Evening of Greek Culture
Last Saturday evening I went to a talk on the Parthenon Marbles. Aka in less-Greek or...