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Opposed John Lucas

Ⓒ Rod Madocks Without Contraries “How wonderful that we have encountered a paradox. Now we can make some progress.” Niels Bohr I was an awkwardly precocious youth. I read The Metaphysical Poets all the time in that old orange Penguin edition by Helen Gardner and I...

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Hawkhurst Court

Hawkhurst Court

Ⓒ Rod Madocks Hawkhurst Court I hear that someone is writing a history of Hawkhurst Court School, Wisborough Green. Good luck to them. The school has now vanished, I understand some of the buildings survive in the guise of luxury homes. There is little documentary...

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Solstice at Shirley

Solstice at Shirley

Ⓒ Rod Madocks Solstice at Shirley: Re-encountering John Cowper Powys I pressed my spine to the coils of the beech roots. I hoped none of the villagers would come by. They’d probably think I was crazy like John Cowper Powys’ neighbours at Phudd Bottom, New York State,...

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