In-depth critical appreciations of literature from Ovid to Sylvia Plath.

Joined September 2018
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New book review on my Substack (free!): The Last Decade of Cinema by Scott Ryan. open.substack.com/pub/ashcat…
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My latest podcast on Robert Fergusson's The Daft Day is now on YouTube! youtu.be/dYzAfQ5x8ls?si=0Hlw…
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Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days': earreadthis.podbean.com/e/th… #edinburgh #LiteraturePosts
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My latest podcast on Robert Fergusson's The Daft Day is now on YouTube! youtu.be/dYzAfQ5x8ls?si=0Hlw…
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I wrote the second life of an existentialist classic: Mortal Leap by Macdonald Harris, reissued by @bhousepress. My full review: open.substack.com/pub/ashcat… #BookReview
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'A thrilling account of one artist’s evolutionary takeoff.' Over the moon with this fabulous, sensitive, and richly detailed review of SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS @ManchesterUP @YaleRepUK @earreadthis ashcaton.substack.com/p/shak…

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As a bird and bard lover, I had a lot to say about Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers by Darren Freebury-Jones @Freeburian. My full review here: open.substack.com/pub/ashcat… #Shakespeare #bookreviews
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Hospitalised myself last year opening a tuna can. Never seen so much blood
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Remembering all three Star Wars films on this most special of days 🖖
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Not All Mr. Men
Sometimes I look at the Mr Men lineup and I wonder which ones are most likely to have a criminal record
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Black lab from the black lodge #twinpeaks
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New video from the bookshop - Helen Vendler tribute (& her work on Plath's Ariel): youtu.be/XnjmbNRF8sY
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Hands up who's already written a poem about The Horses, then.
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Was there a pigs in blankets rally yesterday?
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Happy Shakespeare Day! New video to celebrate: "How Many Children Had Lady Macbeth?" youtu.be/tu24iddLk6U
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What it delivers, you soulless little shit, is an indelible stain on the reputation of our poor country. It might give your dwindling troglodyte base a brief twitching racism-boner but it makes the other 80% of us all the more determined to be rid of you forever. Get out.
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Start the flights. Stop the boats. That's what this bill delivers.
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Every last splodge of it.
Unpopular (yet demonstrably correct) opinion: Britpop is unlistenable. All of it.
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Revolting article by Lloyd Evans in the Spectator this week. My measured response: youtu.be/z_QG3I0SP_c?si=49Yd…
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