Kate ClarkeMay 152 minGerry from Kilkee i understand now why everyone comes home from Ireland with stories. While I was with him and Maureen in Enniskillen, Joe Corrigan...
Kate ClarkeMay 52 minThey're All Wild Seeds Now I'm taking to boat from Fishguard to Rosslare tomorrow. Crossing the same sea Terry crossed with his mum and dad when he was three or...
Kate ClarkeApr 291 minSadness, Sinbad, Swiss RollThe trick is, I suppose, not to attribute your sadness to the wrong thing. I’m not sad because of you or us, or because of waiting, or...
Kate ClarkeApr 272 minOld Ladies At Bus Stops I am being haunted by the old ladies at bus stops again. I'm sure these women are going about their business perfectly happily, but I...
Kate ClarkeMar 251 minNo Deadly Nightshade It is no accident that Shakespeare cast Romeo and Juliet as 13 or 14-year-olds. Separation is so heavily laced with grief when you are a...
Kate ClarkeMar 191 minHeartache Spoken HereI realise we are a grain of sand on a speck of dust but I’m beginning to think that The Universe actually does care about us. Why else...
Kate ClarkeMar 171 minLooking For Angels I know it should bring some comfort to the grieving that perhaps life really does flash before you when you die, but it makes me a little...
Kate ClarkeMar 142 minCowboy ManWith his body bent strangely at knee and hip and with that twisting face turned ghostly under stage lights, Lyle Lovett makes me think of...
Kate ClarkeFeb 131 minSt Valentine Drove a Red Continental Norman B from Life Elsewhere radio very kindly asked me to take part in his Valentine's Day show. He quizzed a panel of arty-types about...
Kate ClarkeFeb 112 minMusic Wednesday I had those videos digitised The ones that sat in a slouching stack. “Yeah, I must get around to that," you said. Too late – they’re...
Kate ClarkeJan 231 minMoon Songs Terry wrote more moon songs than anyone I know. He loved other people's moon songs too, particularly that heartbreaker from Jimmy Webb....
Kate ClarkeJan 192 minLuke WrightLuke Wright is touring. Go and see him if you can - he's a smart, bright talent and while he's excellent at 40-something he'll be even...
Kate ClarkeDec 30, 20211 minMcIlroyThere’s a photograph taken with a neighbour’s camera of you on McIlroy hill with your mother. Her curls blowing into her eyes, she’s...
Kate ClarkeDec 11, 20212 minMick Green - Archive Mick Green I'd forgotten I'd written this obituary - 11 January 2010 - for Mick Green. He was bloody great. For those of us who saw one...
Kate ClarkeNov 29, 20213 minDunblane, The Alan Water, Tom Thumb Drops, Square Pies. We used to go to Dunblane every year to see Terry's mum, Florrie. I'm fond of that little town. It has a soft character and charm about...
Kate ClarkeNov 21, 20212 minDo You Reckon Adam and Eve Did This? I had a conversation with a guy today about that thing some men do. The ‘How can I present myself to this one in a way that would...
Kate ClarkeOct 9, 20211 minOut of Mind I found an old leather pouch, shiny as a Prospect Park conker, with a stubborn, time-worn brass catch. It was tucked behind an attic beam...
Kate ClarkeSep 6, 20211 minSteve Gibbons, TulaneHere's Steve Gibbons singing Tulane at The Robin, Bilston. I went to this gig for complicated reasons. Mainly because Steve was, for...
Kate ClarkeAug 19, 20218 minJimmy Webb On Elvis, the Sinatra/Webb Album We Almost Got to Hear and The Tyranny of MelismaAn interview I did with Jimmy Webb some years ago. He was, as you would hope, a darling. Like Michelangelo’s bafflingly intricate flying...
Kate ClarkeAug 15, 20212 minGladiolusAs soon as they came into season Terry would buy gladiolus - for me, for the house, for those audacious colours, but mostly because they...