Habitat
Homo sapiens speedwelli, while frequently elusive, has been identified in a variety
of habitats (see sightings, below). When not in damp woodland or venturing onto foreshores, it is frequently found taking cover in municipal and specialist libraries.
Should you wish to convey a message or request an
appearance, Germander Speedwell can be contacted via:
Tel: London (020) 8341-2873
Mobile: 07986 776488
E-mail: g. speedwell@yahoo.co.uk
or click here for link.
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Reported Sightings
Upcoming sightings:
Saturday 30 August:
A bike ride to the Hoo Peninsula, organised by Southwark Cyclists
Estuary bikes, words, birds and big big skies. Punctuated with stops for words by Germander Speedwell.
Three start points: 9am Cutty Sark Gardens for the 20 mile quickish ride with me to Gravesend or get yourself onto the 10.14am train from London Bridge to Gravesend and all meet for coffee at Promenade Cafe, Gravesend
at 11.15am: http://www.about-gravesend.co.uk/gpromenade.php . Then the lovely Shorne Marshes cycle path and onto the Hoo Peninsula for a grand tour to include a lateish cafe lunch 6pm or so....ride back or train from Lower Higham. The Gravesend/Hoo tour is about 20 easy miles and we'll pace it for all.
Free, all welcome. Queries: Barry 07905 889 005
Past sightings include:
Venues such as the Klinker, the Bonnington and the VortexGuest appearances on London's art radio station, Resonance FM 104.4fm Various water-borne vesselsThe Sea Sheppey maritime festival in Kent, 2005, 2006, 2007 - see Diagrams page.Jubilate Agno - reading on Resonance FM 104.4fmA recording of this epic poem by Christopher Smart, read by Frank Key of Hooting Yard with Germander
Speedwell. Originally broadcast on Resonance FM on December 27, 2007 (the first ever complete reading
of this work?), it is still available to listen to as a podcast. Christopher Smart was an 18th C religious poet,
who wrote this bizarre, all-encompassing and sometimes unintentionally hilarious epic while in a period of
madness. Go to http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/877 to hear it in podcast form.
Read about it here: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/12/for_i_will_consider_jubliate_a.html
Link to the actual text: http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=290
Atlantic Basin Project - Germander is one of the artists featured on the newly launched Atlantic Basin Project, based in Newfoundland and launched in December 2007. See www.atlanticbasinproject.com .Soundings from the Estuary - see Estuary Exhibition in the menu.
