Tag Archives: david king

Commuting

Hell begins at six and has six lanes Damp black asphalt, slashed by hard white lines,
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Oxford’s Conservative Association: the other scandal

Writing condemnatory opinion pieces based on what one tabloid heard from a student rag is unbelievably sloppy journalism.
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Gentlemen of Bacchus

We are they whose loud carousing, Tankards deep and anthems rousing...
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June Sunset

Dusk comes gently here; the shadows creep Like furtive lovers,all things to enfold
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What Just Happened? The fringe appeal of the BNP

If anything, this all reminds me of a German fringe party that smartened up its act to win power back in the late 1920s.
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Sigurd and Gudrún is classic Tolkien, but not business as usual

This is the enduring quality of Eddaic poetry: economy of expression, in a haunting alliterative rhythm that memorably evokes each episode in terse, controlled strokes.
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Estuary Sands, 11:00

The sun’s young face is veiled in mourning weeds; The steel scar dulls to grey, bereaved of light.
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