Round the blogs
Although readers of impeccable taste may justifiably feel that this blog offers all they need there are others out there. This is a brief glance at some of the things that have caught my eye recently. The hugely talented AZ Foreman reads and translates poetry from almost every language under the sun, up to and for all I know including demotic Ket, and is always worth a look. Still with poetry the people over at Politely Homicidal are always entertaining and often brilliant; the webmeister, Mish, is an amazing resource for all things art-related. John Wells's phonetic blog I have mentioned before and will no doubt do so again. For anyone interested in the sounds of language (and what poet isn't?) a basic knowledge of phonetics is a sine qua non. John deals with queries from all over the world with clarity and firmly-held conviction; you may not always agree with him, but he'll always make you think. Megan Hesse at Sugary Cynicism often makes me laugh ...