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From Peter Wayne's frank story of prison life to Michael Hamburger's translation of Friedrich Hölderlin. The architecture of Daniel Libeskind is presented, as are the drawings of Charles Avery. Peter Snow discusses how George Orwell's experience at public school may have informed '1984' and David Andrew Platzer records a turning point in the life of the young Bob Dylan. Poetry by David Holbrook, Brian Patten, Andy Croft, Hilary Llewellyn-Williams, & Nigel McLoughlin. POETRY David Holbrook, 'A Death' Brian Patten, 'Saint Peter and the Devil' Andy Croft, 'Too Much' Neil Ferguson, 'Merlot' & 'At the bottlebank' Jay Ramsay, 'Mdina' Hilary Llewellyn-Williams, 'From a Stone' Nigel McLoughlin, 'Into the Dark' & 'Discovery' Stella Davis, 'Caffè delle Arti' Niall McDevitt, 'George Orwell Is Following Me' & 'Moon Rituals' Gary Allen, 'To the Barmouth' Emil Wren, 'Secrets of the Stars' David Sergeant, 'Waking Midwinter' & 'Mirror Blow' Mary E. Frye, 'Do Not Stand At My Grave' John Donne, 'Holy Sonnet VII' FICTION Peter Wayne, 'Gaybaitin'' Jay Merill, 'Yellow Plastic Shoe' Jai Clare, 'The Lightest Blue' FEATURES David Andrew Platzer on Bob Fass & Bob Dylan Charles Avery, 'Drawings about o' Augustus Young on Madge Herron Peter Snow on George Orwell Daniel Libeskind, 'Space of Encounter' Nigel Foxell, 'A Sermon in Stone' REVIEWS Jeremy Reed on David Riggs & Christopher Marlowe Roger Caldwell on Wittgenstein & religion Richard Rudgley on David Parry James W. Wood on Andrew Crumey Fred Inglis on George Steiner & Peter Abbs Peter Carpenter on Charles Tomlinson & P.J. Kavanagh Jules Voetzsch & Sean Elliott on Hamburger's Hölderlin Cover: Daniel Libeskind (b.1946), 'Interior void', Jewish Museum, Berlin Gary Allen, b Ballymena, County Antrim, sixth collection Exile (Black Mountain 2004). Charles Avery, was born in Oban in 1973. He has exhibited in the UK and abroad, in 2004 at the 50th Venice Bienniale. Peter Carpenter's latest collection of poetry is The Black-Out Book (Arc). Roger Caldwell, poet, philosopher, & critic. Poetry This Being Eden (Peterloo 2001). Writes for the TLS, Philosophy Now, & Acumen. Jai Clare's fiction is published by The Barcelona Review, Night Train (USA), & Winedark Sea (Australia). Andy Croft's recent books include poetry Comrade Laughter (Flambard 2004) & a biography of Randall Swingler Comrade Heart (Manchester University Press). Stella Davis's poems from Winchester Cathedral, St Swithun's Day, was published in July 2004. John Donne, 1572-1631, poet and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Neil Ferguson, stories Bars of America, three novels Putting Out (Hamish Hamilton 1988), Double Helix Fall (Abacus 1990), English Weather (Gollancz 1996). Nigel Foxell, b London 1931, novelist. Mary E. Frye, b Dayton, Ohio 1905, d September 2004. David Holbrook is an Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, and the author of a number of books of verse, critical works and novels. Fred Inglis is Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield. His most recent book is Culture (Polity Press, 2004) Daniel Libeskind, architect. Hilary Llewellyn-Williams lives in Pontypool in Wales. Latest poetry Greenland (Seren 2003) reviewed by Paul Groves in our February/March 2004 issue. Niall McDevitt played the lyric poet Harry Fainlight in Neil Oram's play The Warp. Nigel McLoughlin, b Enniskillen 1968, PhD Lancaster University, poetry At The Waters' Clearing (2001), Songs For No Voices (2004), Blood (2005). Jay Merill. Published in Tears in the Fence, Night Train, Cadenza, Dream Catcher. Brian Patten, b 1946, poet. The Story Giant (Collins 2002). Channel 5 documentary of Brian Patten & Roger McGough (2004). David Andrew Platzer is a singer/songwriter/freelance writer living in Paris & Italy. Jay Ramsay, psychotherapist, 25 books of poetry, translation, & non-fiction. Jeremy Reed, new books, poetry Duck & Sally Inside (Enitharmon), biography of Anna Kavan Stranger on Earth (Peter Owen), & Genet, Born to Lose (Creation Books). Richard Rudgley, historian and anthropologist, author of The Alchemy of Culture: Intoxicants in Society (British Museum Press 1993), Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age (Century/Random House 1998), The Encyclopaedia of Psychoactive Substances (St Martin's Press New York 1999). Presenter of the Channel 4 documentaries Secrets of the Stone Age, Barbarians, & Pagans. David Sergeant, b 1979, civil servant, bookseller, waiter, teacher, tent erector. Reading for a PhD in English at Lincoln College, Oxford. Published in PNReview & Stand. Peter Snow, freelance writer & journalist, is an Associate Fellow of Templeton College, Oxford. Oxford Observed (John Murray 1992). Nicholas Stone, 1585-1647, b Devon, sculptor, mason, & architect. Master mason & architect at Windsor Castle (1626); master mason to the Crown (1632). Jules Voetzsch. Masters degree in writing & publishing. Sean Elliott, poet & essayist, teaches at London South Bank University and works for the National Theatre. Peter Wayne has spent 23 years in prison. Writes on architecture for the TLS & The Independent and reviews for The Spectator & The New Statesman. Contributions to The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, and Esquire Magazine on crime and punishment. His column 'The Prisoner' has appeared in Prospect since 1996. His novel April Fools is being filmed under the title My Drug, forthcoming summer 2005. James W. Wood's poems and reviews have appeared in the UK literary press. First collection 88°20´ forthcoming in 2005. Emil Wren. Career as a businessman. Lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Augustus Young, b Cork 1943, worked in London for 30 years as an epidemiologist. He lives in France. Light Years (London Magazine Editions/Menard Press 2002).
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