In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. Apparently they were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these “lost words” included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail. The news of these substitutions — the outdoor and natural being displaced by the indoor and virtual — became seen by many as a powerful sign of the growing gulf between childhood and the natural world.
Ten years later, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to make a “spell book” that will conjure back twenty of these lost words, and the beings they name, from acorn to wren. By the magic of word and paint, they sought to summon these words again into the voices, stories, and dreams of children and adults alike, and to celebrate the wonder and importance of everyday nature. The Lost Words is that book — a work that has already cast its extraordinary spell on hundreds of thousands of people and begun a grass-roots movement to re-wild childhood across Britain, Europe, and North America.
in the middle of tracey thorne’s bedsit disco queen and truly enjoying it. never really into everything but the girl, few exceptions, but she is such a good writer! the short essays in the new statesman got me into following her more. such a good read, the low key DIY ethos, post punk time, just heartwarming and smart, and for a change from a girl’s persoective. stumbling over many names i never connected to her, elvis costello, dave haslam and yes, good old tim pope, and some curespotting :- ) crazy how small that scene was! hoping to finish it these holidays and start her new book, another planet: a teenager in suburbia.
Didn't know where else to put this but I randomly came across the old Swing Tour pages from Cof earlier today. Christ what a way to travel back, so many interesting reviews and comments from dedicated Cure fans trying to figure out what the hell was going on. All the ups and downs, disbelief that they were playing to 1500 people at Hanau and using the mic stand as a slide etc. Highly recommended.
Didn't know where else to put this but I randomly came across the old Swing Tour pages from Cof earlier today. Christ what a way to travel back, so many interesting reviews and comments from dedicated Cure fans trying to figure out what the hell was going on. All the ups and downs, disbelief that they were playing to 1500 people at Hanau and using the mic stand as a slide etc. Highly recommended.
Cof? Central One Financial? College opportunity fund?
Didn't know where else to put this but I randomly came across the old Swing Tour pages from Cof earlier today. Christ what a way to travel back, so many interesting reviews and comments from dedicated Cure fans trying to figure out what the hell was going on. All the ups and downs, disbelief that they were playing to 1500 people at Hanau and using the mic stand as a slide etc. Highly recommended.
Cof? Central One Financial? College opportunity fund?
Chain of flowers Steve I accessed it through browsing the relevant tour pages on Cureconcerts, it's really good.
FINALLY I’m done with this one! Crime and Punishment! It took me more than two years to read! TWO YEARS!!!
I have Alan Moore's Jerusalem on my to-read pile. It is an intimidating tome (1000+ pages of the tiniest typeset in a massive heavey to hold hardback) but I love everything he's done and I will finish it!
Currently reading:
Entertaining, page turning stuff. Really tightly written though - very punchy
Only 30 some odd pages in and this book really gives me the willies. It's just really unsettling and foreboding. Heavy for kids, which is good. I will see if my son wants to read it to himself.
I didn't know RS had taken some of the lyrics for the song verbatim from the text. Straight off, first paragraph. Should have his knuckles wrapped with a ruler for plagiarism! Flogging time!