16th June 2026 (Bloomsday): Talbot & The Fall: A Comedy (With Support), published today. Thanks to @Indirect_Books. Purchase via Waterstones, or Itasca Books. Launch No1: @CovertoCoverUK, Swansea, June 19th, 18.00 hours.
Caught in the chaotic energies of this worldly mandala, I appear to have missed a certain 70th anniversary by a couple of weeks. Salutations to you CW, you opened the portal to a labyrinth many of us are still puzzling our way through!
#ColinWilson#TheOutsider
16th June is ‘Bloomsday’: celebrating the life & works of James Joyce. It’s also publication day for the PB edition of Anthony Burgess’s A Shorter Ulysses: his abridgement of Joyce’s world-renowned novel, with a foreword, preface & commentary.
Jonathan Meades on Edward Chisholm's new book "Murder in Paris '68" — "[Delon] infects Chisholm's book like a malign revenant."
https://t.co/K6ADAQpVbF
MEN AGAINST DARKNESS, @lukesgilfedder, #Islander 5
"Innocence, humility, and the great medieval virtue of compassion are vulgarised and exploited in modern democracies for pragmatic, often violent ends"
Good article on Fox & Lion archetypes, and true art against de-individuation.
@lukesgilfedder presents part 6 of his story. A twist appears, and Miro makes a decision… but is it based on reason or fear?
Grab your copy, link in comments.
If you're finding this website a little frantic these days, you might enjoy my Substack.
Tomorrow I'm publishing an essay on art in the digital age, and some things I don't think can be found through endless scrolling.
Would love to continue the conversation there, frens 👇
Oh reader, take up your Aeolian Harp and chime the bell – a new issue of the Corncrake has arrived.
Featureing Ivey R Herndon IV's Seed Pearl, which explores facing fate in the everyday, while @lukesgilfedder and @NathanCJHood continue their series.
Paolo Sorrentino’s cinema, much like his characters, always navigates between contemplative melancholy and hedonistic joy.
To celebrate his 56th birthday, we’ve put together this visual tribute through the magic of 'The Great Beauty', 'The Hand of God', and ‘Parthenope’ 🇮🇹✨
In "Touched by the Presence" (@innertraditions), former Blondie bassist Gary Lachman offers a characteristically idiosyncratic contribution to the otherwise generic annals of rock autobiography. New review by Luke Gilfedder in our Online Edition: https://t.co/dahLkZEWTw
Luke Gilfedder (@lukesgilfedder) recently published a book on Wyndham Lewis, based on his PhD research. Author and playwright, his articles have been featured in Islander, Decadent Serpent, Jackdaw, Corncrake & Miskatonian.
Join us at the Witan this August to hear him speak.