Sunday, 21 November 2010

Long Night

Stepping over the vomit, you remember too late: only a fool would go out into a provincial English town centre late in the evening. It’s night of the living dead out here.

Screams that sound like they come from the Dante-damned. And that’s just from the people who are enjoying themselves.

The lurching zombie threat of violence simmering.

Saw two fights on West Street last night, and a third on Division Street. None of them amounted to much; the second came closest when a girl took off her heels and went for the chap with whom she had her grievance. Police jumped out of a van and intervened, but not before his shirt was ruined.

Later, walking to The Wicker to get a taxi, I attempted some photos of Castle Market.

None of them came out.

Saturday, 6 November 2010

The steaming bowels of the earth

J.B. Priestley, English Journey (1933)