hectic can be good!
I've been without e-mail for a couple of days thanks to a major disruption
in our metropolis.
thanks for the info on the cover. It really is gorgeous. And thanks for the
URL.
best
Randolph
PS if you think Billy Connolly wouldn't be quite the choice for reading
Heaney's thing, what about Rab C Nesbitt?
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From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:10 AM
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> Apologies for the delay in responding to this, Randolph (things have been
> a bit hectic round at the Loughborough ranch recently), and may thanks for
> your kind comments.
>
>> On a more upbeat note, am reading _Pacts and Conjurations_ with pleasure.
>> And at the risk of judging a book by its, well the cover is lovely.
>
> The cover is by my former wife, the artist Mary Byrne. It is (I think) an
> amalgam of me at an younger age and the central figure of one of the
> poems, the Great Maskelyn, the end result vaguely androgynous (like my
> given name).
>
> Mary has been very influenced by the painter Paula Rego (one of the few
> artists we both admire <g>), and I think this comes out productively in
> the cover illustration.
>
> It's also the first illustration, as such, that she's done. Lots of
> paintings and drawings of course.
>
> Here's the URL to her Webpage, if anyone is interested in seeing more of
> her work.
>
> http://www.artspace-lboro.co.uk/mary.html
>
> Robin
>
>> Great job by Arrowhead.At the moment I'm particularly enjoying
>> _Elizabethan Mysteries_ and _Reprise_. Hard to even hint at the range of
>> these.
>>
>> best
>>
>> Randolph
>
>
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