James Joyce’s Birmingham: Confessions of the Artist as a Young Man (1974)
Tom LennonCert X, Dir. Alan Smithee. Stockland Green Plaza from 16th June, 1974. Showtimes vary.
James Joyce’s Birmingham: Ulysses on the Buses
Tom LennonStateless, scrawny James Joyce and his mistressmusewife, Nora Barnacle, were waiting for a number eleven omnibus in the Perry Barr district of Birmingham. It was […]
11-11-11: Aston Lane
Tom LennonAm 11. November 2008 Clare und ich verbrachten einige Stunden circumnavigating die […]
11-11-11: Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr
Tom LennonLe 11 novembre 2008 Clare et moi avons passé plusieurs […]
11-11-11: Handsworth
Tom Lennon(By way of a recap: on 11th November 2008 Clare & I embarked on a public transport-based Kerouacian Carousel […]
11-11-11: Winson Green
Tom Lennon“The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on.”
Lao-Tse – Tao Te […]
11-11-11: From Bearwood to Edgbaston
Tom LennonBy 2pm we’ve left Harborne. It happens to us all eventually.
After crossing Hagley Road (home to my old […]
11-11-11: Lost Souls and Plimsoles
Tom LennonWell we know where we’re goin’
But we dont know where we’ve been
And we know what were knowin’
But we can’t say what weve […]
11-11-11: From Selly Oak to Harborne
Tom LennonAt 1.43pm we cross the Bristol Road and head down Harborne Lane. From the front seat on the top deck of the number 11 […]
11-11-11: From Cotteridge to Bournville
Tom LennonTwo days later and so far I’ve only covered the first two miles. Typical.
We pass a fancy dress store in Cotteridge, where […]
11-11-11: from Kings Heath to Cotteridge
Tom Lennon1.25pm: Kick off.
1.26pm: Boost bars are unwrapped.
We make our way down Vicarage Road onto Fordhouse Lane – from Kings […]
11-11-11: Kings Heath departure lounge
Tom LennonBe warned: the following contains personal minutiae that might be deemed offensive or, possibly, inconsequential.
At about 12.45pm (- […]