Walking Commentary

Thoughts and cycling from Manchester to Rome in 2023

Dispassionate Eye

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I created this chapbook after my van’s side mirror was clipped and broken by a passing truck. I cursed its crossing into my lane on the narrow suburban road. Then I exchanged shards of mirror-glass tidied up from the tarmac. Perhaps I should have exchanged insurance particulars. My thinking was that the delivery truck company would have recorded the incident, establishing their driver’s culpability beyond doubt.

The outer covers for Dispassionate Eye, the 29th chapbook in the series.
Images © Simon Robinson | Campark X30 | 18 mm | 1/3800s | f/2.6 | ISO 100 | cycle helmet mount
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.

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Acid Yellow

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This chapbook started with oat milk sweetened coffee. Truth and consequences took over.

The outer covers for Acid Yellow, the 28th chapbook in the series.
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.
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Dissolution

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The fundamentals of graph theory, the mathematical structures that model relations between paired objects, may only have been formalised recently but lattices have been recognised since humans started to trap, build and weave.

The outer covers for Dissolution, the 27th in the chapbook series.
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.
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Lady Birds

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A question like “Why have there been no great women artists?” implies inadequacy in the 50% of the human population that births everyone. One wonders if perceptions have improved since Linda Nochlin posed the question in 1971.

The outer covers for Lady Birds
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Rounded

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That a circle can’t be squared was proven in 1872. That gave rise to the metaphor of ‘squaring the circle’ to describe the impossible. You’ll recall that 22/7 aka π is transcendental and irrational; it’s a number that neither ends nor repeats. Forgetting their maths, media and politicians often talk of squaring circles when discussing crises, crises that never end but do repeat.  

Front Cover - a ceiling light, inverted.
Rear Cover - a ceiling light in infrared.
The outer covers for Rounded
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.
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