“As with the puns and ingenious rhymes, so with other things; there’s an opportunism, if you like, or just a huge openness. He goes for it.”
Alex Wong and I talked about Thomas Hood's strangely compelling - and deeply embarrassing - single-use spells. Please tuck in.
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Great stuff. Lots of nice quotes but Hugo Williams contributing in both 1962 and 2026 trumps everything ("Ted Hughes?! I can’t believe I wrote that. I’ve never liked him").
Congratulations to Jamie and everyone at TLM for pulling it off.
Some weekend reading from me. First up, a terrific edition of the Writer’s Bookshelf with @jwikeley.bsky.social.
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Really enjoyed this and, as a regular Writer's Bookshelf reader, was very flattered to be asked!
Thank you @mathewlyons.bsky.social.
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