‘Write this down’
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
Mik Godley’s portraits of older artists
Here are Mik Godley’s final portraits, which are reproduced in Winter Fires. They start with photographs I made, in discussion with the
The second book is (nearly) here
Winter Fires is printed, and copies are on their way to London for the launch on 27 November. The work
An immodest proposal
In 1729, Jonathan Swift published A Modest Proposal, his brutal satire of English policy in Ireland; in it, he proposed
First words (from ‘Winter Fires’)
A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Aristotle, 335 BCE When Edward Said died
The journey is not the record of the journey
‘What form do these projects take?’ It was one of several questions that came up after my talk at Banlieues
Talking it over
This evening I’ll be speaking about Regular Marvels in Lyon (France), for my old friends at Banlieues d’Europe. It will
‘Winter Fires’ publication date
Winter Fires, Art and Agency in Old Age will be published by Baring Foundation on 27 November 2012 and will be
Frightening ourselves silly
It is not easy to resist the frightening stories of old age that dominate contemporary culture. Even when programme makers
Living in language
Mohan Rana is an Indian poet who has lived in Britain for over 20 years, but always writing in Hindi
Nothing about us, without us
The draft text of Winter Fires should be complete by the end of August. Everyone who has contributed to it
Regular Marvels 