tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.comments2023-07-26T13:14:34.834+01:00TonguefireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-89175681975723139872010-04-24T09:07:13.320+01:002010-04-24T09:07:13.320+01:00Glad you've found it useful. The blog has move...Glad you've found it useful. The blog has moved <a href="http://www.andrewphilip.net" rel="nofollow">here</a> (click on the "Tonguefire" tab beneath the banner).Andrew Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006232197499662437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-83770790353850768802009-08-21T05:08:21.702+01:002009-08-21T05:08:21.702+01:00Looks terrific and somehow therapeutic!Looks terrific and somehow therapeutic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-40930079742518818262009-08-05T20:56:42.470+01:002009-08-05T20:56:42.470+01:00Perhaps "penetrating" would be better th...Perhaps "penetrating" would be better than "tough".Andrew Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006232197499662437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-37369369783127644582009-07-31T08:04:29.609+01:002009-07-31T08:04:29.609+01:00Tough in the best possible sense, of course! I enj...Tough in the best possible sense, of course! I enjoyed it.Andrew Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006232197499662437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-46202776534296881232009-07-30T22:42:34.899+01:002009-07-30T22:42:34.899+01:00I didn't know I was tough! :-)I didn't know I was tough! :-)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-57798023500035006652009-07-27T14:48:39.036+01:002009-07-27T14:48:39.036+01:00Look forward to that.Look forward to that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-73556097155380452632009-07-15T12:55:59.454+01:002009-07-15T12:55:59.454+01:00Voila les pommes avec le sauce!Voila les pommes avec le sauce!Stephen Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321373971010017819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-64661488327535221402009-07-14T08:24:30.015+01:002009-07-14T08:24:30.015+01:00I've added the book to my Amazon wish list. Ch...I've added the book to my Amazon wish list. Christmas is a-comin'.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-1241535880899231632009-07-13T21:46:19.564+01:002009-07-13T21:46:19.564+01:00Well... tomorrow is Bastille Day...Well... tomorrow is Bastille Day...Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-2479206003476890802009-07-13T15:46:01.897+01:002009-07-13T15:46:01.897+01:00Oooh that's a sentence to get the blood near b...Oooh that's a sentence to get the blood near boiling point, isn't it? <br /><br />And welcome, Dave. Glad you like the blog.Andrew Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006232197499662437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-48720762472865714062009-07-13T13:58:57.023+01:002009-07-13T13:58:57.023+01:00PS I've enjoyed reading your blog over the pas...PS I've enjoyed reading your blog over the past couple of months... came here via Rob McKenzie's.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-11001070469234408592009-07-13T13:58:17.823+01:002009-07-13T13:58:17.823+01:00Let's hope it does... and I hope it goes some ...Let's hope it does... and I hope it goes some way to getting rid of the sentence "But it's only a translation..."deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-89587660022638625212009-07-09T15:33:03.388+01:002009-07-09T15:33:03.388+01:00Hi Andrew,
Enjoyed the listen - the interview cove...Hi Andrew,<br />Enjoyed the listen - the interview covered lots of areas...it was great to be able to use skype like that...cheers,<br />LizLizhttp://agcaint.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-39213360228959856732009-07-02T05:35:46.024+01:002009-07-02T05:35:46.024+01:00Congratulations on the third print run!Congratulations on the third print run!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-37709368829554621132009-06-07T19:40:25.746+01:002009-06-07T19:40:25.746+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-91657300733659368552009-06-05T23:00:29.217+01:002009-06-05T23:00:29.217+01:00I wanna Andy Philip Ambulance Box T-shirt! (No ser...I wanna Andy Philip Ambulance Box T-shirt! (No seriously - I wanna....!!!) Go talk to CafePress...<br /><br />A.alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-89958673346872532252009-06-04T23:21:04.150+01:002009-06-04T23:21:04.150+01:00Very much looking forward to having you on the sit...Very much looking forward to having you on the site during your tour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-35328710022335589382009-06-04T20:56:46.845+01:002009-06-04T20:56:46.845+01:00Bang on, Stephen. The season has included some gre...Bang on, Stephen. The season has included some great programmes for which I'm grateful, but the lack of contemporary poetry -- let alone non-mainstream contemporary poetry -- outside the brief slots on Radio 3's breakfast show has been woeful.<br /><br />Rachel, the presenter's intros infuriated me too. Full of such banal, silly journoisms, some of them downright ignorant. But she didn't do too badly handling the discussion.Andrew Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006232197499662437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-4345127275031871632009-06-01T17:53:59.659+01:002009-06-01T17:53:59.659+01:00It was an interesting half hour - thanks for the l...It was an interesting half hour - thanks for the link. I thought all of the people on the panel said interesting things at some point or other (and they had Scroobius Pip on the programme too - fantastic!). Overall it covered quite a lot of ground in a short time. I did wonder who gave the presenter her notes though...'pastoral and peaceful world' of poetry? She should visit some blogs...or even look at the tensions on the faces of her panellists now and again (there was quite a lot of disagreement...understated and polite but there all the same).Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-39729185418898729342009-05-30T22:27:01.271+01:002009-05-30T22:27:01.271+01:00Nice to see the cover flash across the screen!
...Nice to see the cover flash across the screen! <br /><br />I agree Simon Armitage made a lot of sense. However I thought the women represented everything I dislike about the poetry world - name dropping, conventional thinking, aligning herself with "the canon" and being just downright fusty, musty and dusty. There are new ways of teaching poetry that don't name drop all the canonical faves!<br /><br />All seems pretty narrow to me - as if poetry is represented by one particular way of writing (with the usual concessions to performance poetry and song writing), instead of the multi-coloured, multi-dimensional garment it is. What about prose poetry, minimalism, language poetry, writing in freakin Scots (or Mancunian for that matter?? <br /><br />On one hand I'm thankful for a little exposure; on the other, I can't help thinking these BBC programmes only serve to marginalise less mainstream forms and expresion thus towing the line with the Oxford circus, as if it and it alone represented poetry. Why not do something on concrete poetry or experimental writing instead of going over Milton and Donne (yes, lukewright, we all did modules on these guys at university) or poor old Sylvia Plath for the zillionth time? Indeed why not focus on a contemporary young poet instead of a cursory nod in that direction via some barely memorable anthology.<br /><br />Still, good that SALT got a mention. Hope it helps sales and keeps things going down there for a while.Stephen Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321373971010017819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-27989428074145203762009-04-27T21:29:00.000+01:002009-04-27T21:29:00.000+01:00Fantastic poem, Rob.
Thanks for posting it, Andre...Fantastic poem, Rob.<br /><br />Thanks for posting it, Andrew.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747839768257543728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-14814156021283913312009-04-23T21:25:00.000+01:002009-04-23T21:25:00.000+01:00Well done Andy! Delighted for you.
RuthWell done Andy! Delighted for you.<br /><br />RuthRuthhttp://www.rsdownie.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-26963837937702299152009-04-23T14:42:00.000+01:002009-04-23T14:42:00.000+01:00Can't be there, alas, but all the best for a succe...Can't be there, alas, but all the best for a successful occasion.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-5564683000270487932009-04-19T00:52:00.000+01:002009-04-19T00:52:00.000+01:00Thanks for the kind comments, Andy. There are many...Thanks for the kind comments, Andy. There are many good things to say about St Andrews, but Fisher & Donaldson, our renowned baker, is right up there with the best and their pies and bridies are second to none.Roddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-1591712605585188652009-04-19T00:26:00.000+01:002009-04-19T00:26:00.000+01:00I've related this story before, but it bears repea...I've related this story before, but it bears repeating. When my first book came out, I did a reading with Don P at the Assembly Rooms. Wateratone's organised it - and they bought 50 or so copies of my book and sold only a dozen or so. Waterstone's East End were left with 40 copies and so they put it in the window and actually rigged up a stand near the poetry section, with my books on it. They all went in a week or two.Roddynoreply@blogger.com