Tideway Alexandra Chreiteh boldly between the worlds of

boldly between the worlds of public engagement and the intimacies of domesticity

wondering about people’s presences and absences

combining prose and poetry in an experimental work of verse fiction

‘growing up’

The cathedral dates to the eleventh century and is one of the landmark buildings of both Cardiff and Wales

Tideway Alexandra Chreiteh boldly between the worlds ofA long awaited re issue, beautifully redesigned, of Jane Draycotts Tideway, a mesmeric sequence of poems about Londons working river in a time of transition, with paintings by Peter Hay specifically created for the first edition as companion pieces to the poems. The River Thames can be a dangerous place to work: powerful tides, strong winds, difficult bridges and paralysingly cold water. At the turn of the millennium, Jane Draycott spent several weeks