Lyric Video: Leaving of Ballymun

Yes, it’s going viral, like the pandemic. Like the narrator’s emigration, there’s no going back now.

Motion Aftereffect Illusion: The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

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The best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting.

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— Alexander Verbeek 🌍 (@Alex_Verbeek) September 15, 2022

Follow the instructions and prepare to have your mind blown!

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh (1889) is currently in the the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ref. Wikipedia

The Stepping Feet Illusion

The Stepping-Feet Illusion features two rectangles apparently moving like a pair of stepping feet, but they're actually moving at the same constant speed.

The illusion is broken when the striped texture is removed.

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 13, 2022

Who’s Afraid of the Cold East Wind?

We're excited to share another great poem from one of our talented @citylit writers. Please enjoy Stephen Moran reading his poem "Who’s Afraid of the Cold East Wind?"#poetrylovers #performancepoetry #poetrycommunity pic.twitter.com/lS1o6ZRbxY

— City Lit Writing Dpt (@CityLitWriting) September 18, 2020

18/9/2020: Featured in the City Lit Writing Department poetry performance showcase

Election 2019 – Evict Johnson from No. 10

We'll negotiate a credible deal and give you the final say. pic.twitter.com/aoIxOW8pPO

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) December 6, 2019

This is my position exactly. I can’t wait to see that horrible Boris Johnson & his mob slink out of Downing Street before Christmas. If Johnson wins, will life in Britain even be worth living? It’s not clear.

Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 11

Yes, I put together this collection of short stories. If you like it tell your friends. If you don't like it, tell your enemies.

Unboxing

If you read the book, a review on Amazon or elsewhere would be very welcome, no matter whether positive, negative or mixed.

Available from: Waterstones, Powells, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Book Depository & other online booksellers.

Book Depository, which is also owned by Amazon, offers this with “free delivery worldwide.” Sounds a bit too good to be true, no? If you successfully order from a research station in the Antarctic or the heart of Amazonia, I’d love to hear about it.

To order from a local bookshop, quote publisher Willesden Herald, ISBN 9780999527764, which they can find in their Ingram catalogue and order for you.

If you want to avoid buying from Amazon, and don’t want to buy from Powells or Waterstones or order from your local bookshop, I have a small stash of copies, which you’re welcome to have at cost. If that appeals, contact me to by email to arrange.

Garden rain

“That’s some serious rain, ladies and gentlemen.”

Small Faces favourites

It’s ages since I shared any YouTube videos. So here are some Small Faces videos that always perk me up.

All or Nothing

Itchycoo Park

Sha La La La Lee (A pity the screen is stretched wide, distorting the picture. No?

If you want some more, here’s a bit of a riot of a TV show, where they start before the suave host finishes talking and generally muck about. It’s a lot of fun. “Colour Me Pop” entire show, with lots of Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake and links by the hilarious Stanley Unwin. Very London.

Update: New discovery, July 2020

I’m Only Dreaming

Story in Liars’ League

Lin Sagovsky brings the characters in my story to vivid life in the Liars’ League “Justice & Mercy” event at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square in London’s West End (8 March 2016).

Good morning, Autumn

Antony & the Johnsons playlist on YouTube, starting with Fistful of Love, River of Sorrow and You are my Sister. It’s a blue grey morning and post-summer tristesse is upon me.