Atticus

18/05/2026

One of the earliest stories of environmental disaster

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Deadly fogs, moralistic diatribes, debunked medical theory — in his essay “Bad Air” Brett Beasley explores The Doom of the Great City (1880), a piece of Victorian science fiction considered to be the first modern tale of urban apocalypse: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/bad-air-pollution-sin-and-science-fiction-in-william-delisle-hay-s-the-doom-of-the-great-city-1880?utm_content=bufferb6f4d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

13/05/2026

A UK Premiere Angel’s Bone is the Pulitzer prize-winning opera – theatre work composed by Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek

13/05/2026

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09/05/2026

Many thanks to the man who donated a fantastic collection of books to Atticus yesterday. I was so overwhelmed I forgot to ask his name. The books were on a wonderful variety of subjects including how to raise a Jewish dog. For the rest, you will have to come into the shop and browse. Thank you again very much, you have helped the shop to survive another year.

28/04/2026

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my first ever paid translation!

22/04/2026

A Riddle for Atticus translated by Emily Spinach.

Moððe word fræt. Me þæt þuhte
wrætlicu wyrd, þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn,
þæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes,
þeof in þystro, þrymfæstne cwide
ond þæs strangan staþol. Stælgiest ne wæs
wihte þy gleawra, þe he þam wordum swealg.
A moth eats words. I found that
An odd kind of wonder, when I heard it.
So the worm swallows up the songs we write,
Little thief in the dark, devours great speeches
And everything they’re built on. Little stealing guest –
You don’t get any cleverer, for all the words you swallow.
With spacing changed:
A moth eats words.
I found that
An odd kind of wonder, when I heard it.
So the worm swallows up the songs we write,
Little thief in the dark, devours great speeches
And everything they’re built on.
Little stealing guest –
You don’t get any cleverer, for all the words you swallow.

18/04/2026

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14/03/2026

An event at the library on Sat 28th of March is in aid of Lancaster Womens Refuge and is looking for readers. One hour of it is readings from female poets.
Contact either Atticus or The library.

14/03/2026

https://thefollyflaneuse.com/perrotts-folly-birmingham-west-midlands/

It is not everyday that someone builds a seven-storey brick tower on the edge of one of the busiest and...

12/03/2026

Most of you may have seen the tarot cards without realising who the artist was. I always used to think it was.A E Waite himself.

Pamela Colman Smith (16 February 1878 – 16 September 1951), nicknamed "Pixie", was a British artist, illustrator, writer, publisher, and occultist. She is best-known for illustrating the Rider–Waite Tarot (also known as the Rider–Waite–Smith or Waite–Smith Tarot) for Arthur Edward Waite. T...

19/02/2026

Poet, musician and artist, Bill Pook's your book can be ordered from Atticus. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, while stocks still last!