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R.S. THOMAS – A DISLOCATION OF MIND

PUBLISHED 29/03/2026 ISBN: 9781838091590 SIZE: 216mm x 140mm 24 pages 8 B&W illustrations

The second part of a series on pilgrimages to places where artists have left enduring legacies (the first ‘Looking for Derek’ featured Derek Jarman’s Dungeness home – Prospect Cottage). Tucked away in the old Welsh fishing village of Aberdaron, St. Hywyn’s medieval pilgrim church stands tall above the shore of the Irish Sea at the end of the Llŷn Peninsula. It was the last parish of R.S. Thomas (from 1967-1978), the formidable poet and priest, one of Wales’ greatest poets writing in English. The booklet text is inspired by a spiritual journey to Aberdaron and the old pilgrimage route toward Bardsey Island (just 3 miles out to sea), and attempts to engage with the many contradictions swirling round the poet’s mind, his life, and standing in the local community. Interspersed throughout, a fantastic collection of black and white drawings by Glasgow based artist, Iain Sharpe compliment a selection of landscape photographs. The booklet is set to be published on March 29th 2026, to mark what would have been the poet’s 113th birthday…

In Pilgrim’s Corner at the end of the world, God is absent, there is no word.

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WE ARE ALL ADRIFT

PUBLISHED 27/11/2025 ISBN: 9781838091576 Size: 216mm x 216mm 50 pages printed in premium colour.

Text/Image: David Banning – Drawings: Iain Sharpe – Introduction by Philip Hoare

• Weaving together fragments of artists’ stories across time and place, David Banning embarks on a Sebaldian exploration of the enduring legacy of harbours and the sea. In a post-truth world, rising water levels are mapped into micro-conflict zones of resistance, with borders, loopholes and quotas absorbed into the bed of the English Channel. While elements of the current political hostility toward migration are underlined, a connection is established between the intertidal mudflats of Morecambe Bay and the chalky downlands surrounding Newhaven Harbour. Mixing, biography, fiction and history, a poetic odyssey probes the work of English Neo Romantic artist Eric Ravilious, and uncovers the ‘unknowing strangeness’ of Harold Mockford, a fine lyrical artist based in East Sussex.
• Introduction by Philip Hoare, award winning author of Leviathan and Albert and the Whale. Abundantly illustrated with a stunning collection of drawings by Glasgow based artist Iain Sharpe.

All profits go to The UN Refugee Agency

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