Aug 11, 2001
Blake would have relished the clergyman who banned Jerusalem The Guardian, 11 August 2001 With so many trying to claim a share in William Blake’s legacy these days, it’s refreshing to see someone roundly reject him. The Reverend Donald Allister, rector of Cheadle, may even have done Blake a favour. Certainly he’ll make a lot… Read more
Jan 1, 2001
Red Pepper, January, 2001 “The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God,” Blake declares (via his imaginary interlocutor, the prophet Isaiah) in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, “I cared not for consequences, but wrote.” Clearly, not a personality for an era of emollience and expediency! Nonetheless, crowds are flocking to the exhibition… Read more
Sep 6, 1997
Frontline, 6 September 1997 POLITICIANS and family members were quick to put the blame for Princess Diana’s death on the overzealous attentions of the tabloid press, in particular the ‘paparazzi’, the roving squad of photographers who will, notoriously, go to any lengths in their pursuit of celebrity snaps. Viscount Althorp, Diana’s brother, bitterly declared that… Read more
