poetry

Storm Isha, Storm Jocelyn... and the endless distraction of fallen trees

This week, poet and artist Frieda Hughes reflects on wind damage to her London home – and the way in which the weather can take us away from our normal lives with its own tumultuous urgency

Friday 26 January 2024 14:23 GMT
‘The trees were thrashing themselves with their own branches, doing penance’
‘The trees were thrashing themselves with their own branches, doing penance’ (REUTERS)

After the Portimao racetrack I rode the Estoril circuit, where Ian Hutchinson

Crashed at the end of the start-finish straight at 180 miles an hour;

He walked away from motorcycle wreckage they could fit into a handbag.

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