When as a youth at Caissa’s shrine I knelt
And marvelled at her magic, chequered maze,
At times, in deep euphoria I felt
That I could weave her weft for all my days.
But grim reality was ever near,
And though in turn I took my humble prize
The more I loved her, so too did I fear
That I, in truth, was nothing in her eyes.
And so it happened that I left her path
To wend my way far off the beaten track,
To seek my fortune and escape the wrath
Of marble queens and vengeful knights in black.
The Dragon’s fiery breath eluded me,
And quaint, romantic gambits played by kings
Were left to rust, the Frenchman’s legacy
And Greek gifts were left standing in the wings.
And yet, through all my travels down the years,
I never strayed so far as to forget
The pleasure in the pain, the smiles through tears,
And sometimes, even now, I still regret
The fact that I deserted her to chase
Another rainbow’s end where Fortune lies,
And where (as once with Caissa) I must face
The Cruellest Mistress in a sylph’s disguise.
An ad hoc interview with a homeless man in Sydenham:
https://thedarkman.substack.com/p/an-ad-hoc-interview-with-a-homeless-204
An update on homelessness in Sydenham:
https://thedarkman.substack.com/p/an-update-on-homelessness-in-sydenham
Link to the entire body of my published work:
https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/links.html
The Planned ERASURE Of The Natives Of These Islands:
https://archive.org/details/the-planned-erasure
The Evolution Of No-Platform:
https://archive.org/details/the-evolution-of-no-platform-enhanced-volume
The Great Free Speech Experiment:
https://archive.org/details/the-great-free-speech-experiment
Trump And Mosley — Parallels And Dissimilarities:
https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/wikinut/wikinut-trump-parallels-and-dissimilarities.html
What Came Before Repressive Tolerance
https://theduran.com/what-came-before-repressive-tolerance/
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If “Chestnuts” sounds extremely simply that is because it is the first piece of music I ever composed, circa 1979. It was written on the acoustic guitar at Chestnut Avenue, Leeds. The jazz musician Xero Slingsby lived in the same house for a time. I found out a year or two ago that he had died young.
This recording was arranged and performed by Diana Bliss in March 2026. Better late than never!
A much earlier recording played (badly) by me on the guitar can be found here:
“Transsanity”
https://archive.org/details/transsanity-enhanced
&
“Fight Like A Girl”
https://vennerroad.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/fight-like-girl.html
“Should Women Box Men? Should Women Box At All? ”
https://thedarkman.substack.com/p/should-women-box-men-should-women
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A slight clarification, Blenheim Square is the name the so-called developers have given this project. The shopping centre is actually called the Blenheim Centre. It also housed the Wilko store which closed sometime ago, and today I noticed the card shop CARD FACTORY had closed. Not that there is much call for cards nowadays.
The square outside the Blenheim Centre is called Empire Square.
This video was uploaded to YouTube on January 7, 2026.
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A photograph of Alexander Baron delivering THE TRUTH ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY at David Parry’s meeting. A later recording and transcript can be found at this link:
https://archive.org/details/the-truth-about-pornography
