'B. Catling, R.A. (1948-2022) was born in London. He was a poet, sculptor, filmmaker, performance artist, painter, and writer. He held solo exhibitions and performances in the United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Israel, Holland, Norway, Germany, Greenland, USA, and Australia. His Vorrh trilogy and novels Earwig and Munky have drawn much critical acclaim. He was also Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.' I had never heard of B(rian) Catling when I received a review copy of this book , which comes with three intriguing postcards 'featuring photographs by Iain Sinclair and text by Alan Moore' . I was a little puzzled. So I did some Googling and YouTubing and discovered that Catling was a very significant figure in the UK arts scene. I feel slightly ashamed that his work passed me by, but I have tried to dispel some of my ignorance. This book certainly offers a good overview of some of the man's ideas and personal visio...
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Incidentally, here's Kim Newman's comment from Facebook re: Lee's obits.
'When Peter Cushing died, Christopher Lee and I did a radio obit show – and the host (can’t remember who) was tactless enough to ask ‘well, Vincent Price has gone and now Peter Cushing ... what do you think people will say when it’s your turn, Mr Lee?’ His response – amazingly polite in the circumstances - was to say that since he wasn’t as nice as Price and Cushing were he wouldn’t rate the kind of outpouring of affection and respect they got. As it happens, he was wrong about that.'