Mike Gould
The Storm-chasers’ Daughter
When you create a story, the characters take on a life of their own. How many times have we heard this said? But what does it mean? No...
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Mike Gould
- Mar 30
- 3 min
Do words matter in the climate debate?
Can writing about climate change make a difference or are we just scribbling lines in the water? The power of the writer If there has...
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Mike Gould
- Feb 13
- 3 min
For Venice read Berlin
How cities such as Berlin and Venice offer exciting opportunities to speak to each other through film and story.
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Mike Gould
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Listen to the quiet ones
We might like to pretend otherwise, but it's often the case that those who shout the loudest and ignore other voices, are those whose...
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Mike Gould
- Nov 23, 2022
- 4 min
Welcome to the shadows at the garden's edge
On literature's journey from darkness to light Literature has a long history of equating darkness with sin and shade with evil. Speaking...
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Mike Gould
- Jun 8, 2022
- 3 min
Learning from The Boss
Bruce Springsteen's brilliant 'Badlands' features these unforgettable lines: Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And a king...
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Mike Gould
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min
Firing up
Gosh. My last blog post was in July, so something happened, or more accurately didn't happen. How did I become blocked in this my most...
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Mike Gould
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
Unquiet slumbers for a sleepy world
" I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind...
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Mike Gould
- Jun 4, 2021
- 3 min
A Nightingale sang in a West Sussex park
Writing about nightingales - that's a lot of literary and musical baggage to contend with. But, hey, let's give it a go! So, earlier in...
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Mike Gould
- Apr 14, 2021
- 3 min
The power of the short
Bear with me, the gratuitous Spring picture has a purpose and it's not just an excuse to ramble on about Wordsworth again. Ok - it is a...
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Mike Gould
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
The voice of a visible woman - in memoriam, Jean Gould.
My mother Jean passed away at the start of February. Whilst I would not presume to entirely look inside another's mind, especially one so...
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Mike Gould
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
A moment of hubris at the end of a crazy year
I was determined to go into the sea before the end of the year and cross off 'swim in December' from the resolutions I didn't make at the...
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Mike Gould
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Find the rhythm in running and words
Let me say that I still hate jogging, unlike my wife who used to hate it and now loves it. This is not me taking a contrary position to...
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Mike Gould
- Sep 14, 2020
- 3 min
Give it time and space
On a boring beach, and how Wordsworth teaches us to give experience time and space.
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Mike Gould
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
It's complicated - when is a forest not a forest?
How 'Wilding' has thrown me off the forest track.
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Mike Gould
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
Sea swimming with Kylie
I have been reading The Guardian's list of the best 100 Number One singles in the UK. Definitely worth checking out - but before you do,...
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Mike Gould
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Ode to Belly Mujinga
A poem from me about rail worker Belly Mujinga, who died after an incident at Victoria.
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Mike Gould
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
Past the wit of man to say
My thoughts on the failure of language to express our fears during Covid-19.
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Mike Gould
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
A poem about the space between us
In response to a call-out from Heather at Director's Cut Theatre, I wrote this short poem for actors to perform. I'll upload any videos...
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Mike Gould
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
On liberty, Paul Eluard, and a century of exchanges
Shortly after the end of World War Two, a young English woman travelled to France as part of an exchange to stay with a French family...
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