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Know What You Write
I’ve recently been writing a new scene for the novel involving street art. As readers of the blog will know, I’ve spent plenty of time recently learning about street art and observing it around Shoreditch (on Thursday this week I was … Continue reading
Posted in Influences, Research
Tagged Adam Neate, art, art galleries, artists, Berlin, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, graffiti, Kim, Love Art London, method acting, psychology, setting, sex, Shoreditch, Street art, Tate Gallery
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Time Out With London’s Lucky Kunsts
When I started writing the novel there were certain themes that I thought IÂ was fairly knowledgeable about: pubs, for example — I knew a lot about those. And food. And London geography and the pleasures of the Chilterns. And Germany … Continue reading
Posted in Influences, Research
Tagged acid house, Art Fund Pass, artists, Brain Activity, Damien Hirst, David Shrigley, Germany, global capital, Jeremy Dellar, Joy in People, Kim, KLF, london art fair, Manchester, miners' strike, Picasso and Modern British Art, Shoreditch, Tate Gallery, The Battle of Orgreave, theme
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Shardenfreude
Google Analytics tells me that there must be a lot of disappointed people who happen to land on some of this blog’s pages. Aside from my ardent and dedicated regular followers people land on the blog by via search terms … Continue reading
Fields Inspired by Eric Ravilious
One of my favourite paintings — and one that is very germane to The Angel’s setting is John Nash’s The Cornfield, which I’ve blogged about previously. It’s relatively well-known, providing a motif for David Dimbleby’s BBC series on landscape painting a … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged artists, Eric Ravilious, Hay baling, John Nash, Kim, landscapes, London, Paul Nash, setting, Tate Britain, Tate Gallery, The Ridgeway, theme, White Horse Brewery
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Art for Art’s Sake?
I’m not sure about Kim’s personal taste in modern art but with her training she’d be sure to be able to hold forth about Cy Twombly, the American painter who died last week, and was the subject of some posts on … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged art, collectors, criticism, Cy Twombly, finance, James, Kim, modern art, Picasso, Research, Shoreditch, Tate Gallery, The City, theme, wealth, World's Most Expensive Paintings
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John Nash in Meadle
An update to the post on ‘Totes Meer’ below. I was in Tesco’s and they’ve started to do a small selection of ‘local’ books. One was a walks in Buckinghamshire guide. I like to flick through these as they usually … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged artists, Germany, John Nash, psychology, Research, setting, subconscious, Tate Gallery, The Cornfield, The Moat Grange Farm Kimble, theme, walking, War
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Totes Meer
I’m finding it quite tricky to write a section of ‘The Angel’ in which Kim is in transition between London and the rural countryside. Part of the reason is that she’s currently making a journey alone, which isn’t a great … Continue reading
Bean Doing Some Research
I’m writing this from ‘The Bean’ a cafe on Rivington Street, Shoreditch. I had to come into London for a meeting with a colleague in the rather different surroundings of the Holiday Inn, Mayfair. He was offering me some careers … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged careers, Mark Rothko, Miroslaw Balka, Research, Shoreditch, Simon Scharma, Tate Gallery, The Economist, theme, Village Underground
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Back to the Tate
Had a meeting in London today between Mansion House and Cannon Street that I’d partly arranged in the hope of hitting the pub with friends afterwards and getting well lubricated. This didn’t come to pass but I didn’t waste the trip … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, modern art, Roy Lichtenstein, Tate Gallery
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The Shock of the New
It’s going to be quite an intense day on Saturday for a few of us: Rick, Nick and myself have both a reading and a tutorial. The reading is c. 2,250 words and the tutorial extract can be up to … Continue reading
Posted in The Angel
Tagged Alan Ayckbourn, Andy Warhol, character, cliche, Cy Twombly, ending, Miroslaw Balka, Roy Lichtenstein, Structure, Tate Gallery, theme, tutorials, wine tasting scene
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Some Research
IÂ was in London yesterday for work purposes and had two quite contrasting experiences that could be used in research for my novels in progress. I had a meeting with a management consultant at Price Waterhouse Cooper’s famous office at 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged Cowley Road, Cy Twombly, Miroslaw Balka, Oxford, PWC, Tate Gallery
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