In 1969 I made a sketch score of an opera, Irma (finishing it as man first landed on the moon). I always had in mind a full score, making it the operatic equivalent of A Humument whose source it shared. Now, forty five years later, the Talfourd Press presents Irma in full, 120 pages in colour with libretto material and notated score, plus provocative instructions for director, dramaturge, designer and choreographer. With the parent work A Humument now approaching completion it seemed appropriate that its operatic offshoot should now be brought to its originally envisaged form as a full score....

Peter Robinson was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1953 and grew up mainly in Liverpool. He is an internationally appreciated poet, whose Collected Poems was published by Shearsman Books in 2017, and has been awarded the Cheltenham Prize, the John Florio Prize, and two Poetry Book Society Recommendations for volumes of his poetry and translations. The Salt Companion to Peter Robinson, edited by Adam Piette and Katy Price, appeared in 2007 and a new volume of critical studies edited by Tom Phillips, Peter Robinson: A Portrait of his Work, was published by Shearsman Books simultaneously with...

Ať už jde o satanskou paniku nebo antivaxerské hnutí, přistání na Měsíci nebo aféru Pizzagate, my lidé jsme odjakživa měli ve zvyku věřit, že nám mocní lžou (a abychom si nekřivdili, občas tomu tak skutečně je). Ačkoli je ale zábava přihlásit se do skupinového chatu a potlachat si tam o takzvaném deep state (hlubokém státu), události nedávných let nám ukázaly, že některé z těchto teorií si začaly žít vlastním životem - a že naše urputná honba za pravdou může ve skutečnosti páchat škody. V Konspiračních teoriích nás Tom Phillips a...