29^th September 2015

Two Ballads, North

  Ruined Mills of Leek  We drove by the ruined mills of Leek In the dead time of the year When the land had become like a faded song We could no longer hear.   Down where the mouldering sandst… Read article

25^th April 2014

North Sea Travelogue

  Exhausted, feeling hemmed in, I took the first northbound train. Making notes in a moleskine pad I wrote down everything good I had: girlfriend, sister, one or two friends, some skill with words, … Read article

Alex Niven is a lecturer in modernist literature at Newcastle University. His first book of poetry, The Last Tape, was published last year. @Alex_Niven