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SWANLOG DIARY, Sunday. 18 September 2011. Hastings Old Town

SWANLOG DIARY

Sunday. 18 September 2011. Hastings Old Town.

Taking a feather dipped in the blood of my companion, who is visibly wasting before my eyes – and seizing every opportunity to demonstrate the extent of the damage by peeling off jacket and shirt like a Premier League footballer who has scored an accidental goal [...]

American Smoke: Road Talk (by Iain Sinclair)

2011. March 23. Heathrow to Vancouver. The once in a lifetime experience of an upgrade to Business Class. Pulled from the check-in scramble, we expect to be bumped to another flight, but instead find ourselves in a privileged lounge, where we observe air-miles collectors and other canny freeloaders snacking and sipping, gratis. Broadband links are [...]

American Smoke: Road Talk (announcement)

Iain has decided to make a gift to all his readers: he will publish on this website the diary of his recent trip in North America accompanied by a selection of his own pictures.

I am working at preparing the pictures and I am hoping to have the post ready by Saturday 4/6, so come [...]

“A loud salute”

Sifting through emails between Iain and Andrew, I found the following quotes noteworthy:

“I’ve been scanning the bay for dolphins (as advertised on laminated boards) but never spotted so much as a sardine. ”

“it sounds very promising about Swan-sea. Which is hard to believe in these times, when funding is drying up all round. [...]

There will be another Re-Enchantment event (with myself and Ken Worpole) at Pages in Lower Clapton Road on late January

Last night’s panel at the London Review Bookshop, to launch Gareth Evans’ ‘Re-Enchantment’ gathering, was recorded (and photographed). And will appear on the shop’s website. There will be another Re-Enchantment event (with myself and Ken Worpole) at Pages in Lower Clapton Road on late January.

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