Tales of the Suburbs Ina Rilke and well beyond the ordinary

and well beyond the ordinary domestic lyric

the editor

and his poems have appeared in Orbis and The Rialto

And dreamt he'd travelled home to Naples - at The market

plugged-in anxieties of a post-Great Recession generation and the resources of traditional art history…Nelson’s compositions display the techniques and attitudes of a restless generation

Tales of the Suburbs Ina Rilke and well beyond the ordinaryAs a boy growing up in the Black Countrydrained grey by Mrs Thatchers steely policiesJamie dreams of escape to a magical metropolis where he can rub shoulders with the mythical creatures who inhabit the pages of his Smash Hits. Although, his hometown is not without characters and Jamies life not without dramascourtesy of a cast of West Midlands divas led by his mother, Gloria. Her one liners are as colourful as the mohair cardies she carries off with