Author Archives: Bob
Too Good to Pass By
Best cartoon I’ve come across in ages. For all the Dickinson fans out there . . .
A Couple of Poems
Dunno why I keep chipping away at this particular seam, but they keep coming. Make of ’em what you will. Læne Duck Season in Babylon
A Few More Tunes
Robert Lloyd and I performing a few more of his songs . . .
Moonlighting
Robert Lloyd and I recording his ‘The White Giant’, a song about the Cerne Abbas Giant carved in white chalk into a hillside in Dorset many, many moons ago. Erm, yeah. You get the picture. Rough mix, but enough to … Continue reading
Keynote Speech at the Annual Conference of the Australian Early Medieval Society
In April I turned sixty while attending this very lively conference, at which I sold some books and delivered a keynote address. Belated photo below.
The MLS Refectory, series III
The MLS Refectory series continues . . . Wednesdays 1-2 in Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane. Schedule at link below. You bring $10, I bring the poems. The MLS Refectory 2017 Series Three
Still Experiencing Techinical Difficulties
Sorry for my long absence! The version of WordPress that drives this site has stopped uploading images, which has stalled my communications department. I’m still here, though! And you can still get in touch via the ‘contact us’ link or … Continue reading
A Malthouse Theatre Gig (sort of)
On 26 April I will be participating in an on-stage panel discussion at the Malthouse Theatre after Felix Nobis’s performance of his adaptation of Beowulf. Details at this Malthouse link. Beowulf · Malthouse Theatre . Based on his own translation … Continue reading
A Blast from the Past
Some time in 1988-1989 at the University of Toronto I did a large piece of palaeographical calligraphy (kind of insular minuscule): the latter half of one of my favorite shorter Old English poems, The Order of the World from The … Continue reading
Not Just for Anglo-Saxons . . .
My latest essay for Arena Magazine (no. 146), ‘Beowulf for Today’, has just been published. If you’d like to hear (among other things) how a sixth-century heroic boast might sound as a Trump tweet, read on . . .Arena 146 Beowulf … Continue reading