The Halt

An attempt at a 'cartographic ekphrasis' of Frank Auerbach's 'Maples Demolition, Euston Road', written and presented in July 2018, and shared in the wake of the painter's death. RIP Frank Auerbach, and thank you.

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As part of @SmallPublishers 2024, and in a late change to the advertised programme, I'll be reading in The Green Room (at the back of the Conway Hall, via the stage) at 3.30pm today.

Full listings for the Fair's readings and talks today and Saturday: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/readings-2024/

As part of @SmallPublishers 2024, and in a late change to the advertised programme, I'll be reading in The Green Room (at the rear of the Conway Hall) at 3.30pm on Friday.

Full listings for the Fair's readings and talks on Friday and Saturday: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/readings-2024/

"I thought of how, as a child, I’d used pylons to calculate distance and time, and how they seemed to anchor space. The turbines resisted this. How unmeasurable they seemed, in a nightscape with few other visual referents."

'Landscapes of Power'
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"A pylon was a unit of length. It was a means of calculating distance and time. The legs of the towers were callipers that pivoted through the landscape."

'Landscapes of Power': a conversation between photographer Martyn J Bull and Brian Lewis.
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