Monday, July 30, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
…But is Born Again
The most enjoyable (for me) and apparently most popular thing to come out of TofE has been the poetry.
I have put the best poems, and some new ones, on a new website: http://www.thinkofengland.co.uk/.
This is an ongoing project, and I intend to use this blog to flag up additions as they emerge.
(If you are interested, you could subscribe to the feed – thus saving you the need to check up on this site when it isn’t doing anything much.)
I have put the best poems, and some new ones, on a new website: http://www.thinkofengland.co.uk/.
This is an ongoing project, and I intend to use this blog to flag up additions as they emerge.
(If you are interested, you could subscribe to the feed – thus saving you the need to check up on this site when it isn’t doing anything much.)
Think of England dies
Following the month-long intermission, it seems unlikely that Think of England will be continuing in its traditional rip-roaring, nearly-daily form. As such, I apologise to the people who’ve been kind and bored enough to read the blog and demand more.
I suppose the concept of ‘demand’ is really the problem. Blogs are curious things – they start (and continue) as vanity projects/outlets for quiet loudmouths, but can end up being almost a moral duty and a daily grind. I don’t have the time now to spend on writing lots of posts, and the time and energy that I do have should really be spent on more profitable (literally and literarily) pursuits.
Brit will continue to post comments on other blogs, but a lot less prolifically.
For the record – this is not about the Islamophobia thing, though that did help put things into perspective.
Thanks to all who have contributed, with a special mention for my ex-fellow Duckians, and a very special mention for Peter and David. I’ve spent more time locked in forthright argument with them than with anybody else alive (apart from my sister), despite actually agreeing with them on nearly everything that I think is important.
TofE may be back at some point. Never say never and all that.
Andrew
I suppose the concept of ‘demand’ is really the problem. Blogs are curious things – they start (and continue) as vanity projects/outlets for quiet loudmouths, but can end up being almost a moral duty and a daily grind. I don’t have the time now to spend on writing lots of posts, and the time and energy that I do have should really be spent on more profitable (literally and literarily) pursuits.
Brit will continue to post comments on other blogs, but a lot less prolifically.
For the record – this is not about the Islamophobia thing, though that did help put things into perspective.
Thanks to all who have contributed, with a special mention for my ex-fellow Duckians, and a very special mention for Peter and David. I’ve spent more time locked in forthright argument with them than with anybody else alive (apart from my sister), despite actually agreeing with them on nearly everything that I think is important.
TofE may be back at some point. Never say never and all that.
Andrew