Tag: borders
War and Culture in the Olchon Valley
When I first walked the Olchon Valley north of Abergavenny, Bruce Chatwin had just published On the Black Hill, his novel about two farming brothers i …
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The Life of Almost
A dreary, dry Sunday afternoon. Far from the sea coast. Stifled; sick; quiet in the wrong way. Border country. Stiff-backed and wondering. The back of …
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Punks and Safety Pins
Even as we are all still in shock following the folly of the EU referendum, now is the time to try and counteract the potentially evil influence of a …
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Crossings: A Journey Through Borders
In the opening essay of his collection, Crossings, Nicholas Murray, as a method of interrogating the existence of borders, introduces Foucault’s idea …
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The Art of David Jones: Vision and Memory
David Jones (1895–1974) is better known as a poet than an artist. His first book-length poem, In Parenthesis, published by Faber & Faber in 1937 – …
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Borders on the Brink?
The bookshop Borders facing possible administration, the Guardian reports.
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