Angus Warburg
amjwarburg.bsky.social
Angus Warburg
@amjwarburg.bsky.social
Cambridge English graduate. Writing, hopefully.
https://abetterlanguage.substack.com/
Johnny and Thom playing to each other last night was beautiful to see. #radiohead #O2
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I want to learn more poetry by heart. There's no need to aim high, I'd just like to learn some gems. I have this one already – its mystery and its bliss.
April 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Term over at Cambridge. My final supervision was conducted under the plane tree at Emmanuel. It was funny and freezing and everything you'd want a lesson to be.

I shall miss Michaelmas and hope that I have a good Lent. Bring on visual culture and ethical imagination!
December 6, 2024 at 7:30 PM
This is one of the few poems that has overwhelmed me before.

I would love to read more of Holan's work.
November 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
This poem by James Wright was quoted in part in Granta Issue 164 'Last Notes'. It is beautiful and I have ordered Wright's collected poems based on its strength.
January 4, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Rang in the new year by watching "EMMA."

It lived up to expectations in that it was very stylish but overly silly. Reminded me how much I loved reading the novel at least, and Johnny Flynn raised it from almost-frippery to fun!

Also, that late line about being tongue-tied by love is glorious.
January 1, 2024 at 12:53 AM
I have read more beautiful passages in Proust, but absolutely none so affecting as this.
December 30, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Proust is occasionally misanthropic, so it's nice to cling to his more celebratory moments! This is one of his best from "Budding Grove".
December 30, 2023 at 11:22 AM
Finished 'Swann's Way' a while ago now, but this remains the standout moment for me.
December 30, 2023 at 1:41 AM