I
have stopped buying newspapers. I only read papers that I find on the bus,
tube, waiting room or friends’ houses. I am not too particular about which
paper, although I studiously avoid tabloids. By tabloids I refer to those
papers which have that tradition as opposed to format. I confess that as a
result I miss quite a few decent pieces of writing and a number of topics evade
my perusal. I find that even when I was buying newspapers regularly, I missed
quite a few pieces of writing and a number of topics evaded my perusal. Why is
that?
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| Karpf |
Recently
I posted a blog on the 27th March 2013 entitled Where’s my security blanket? It was concerned with Donald Winnicott
and his notions on the true self, the false self and the transitional object. I
later heard a piece on Radio 4’s Archive on 4, broadcast on the 4th
May presented by Anne Karpf, which I find was based on an article by her in the
Guardian published on the 19th April. Anne Karpf is also a regular
contributor to the Guardian and has, according to her Linked in details, since
1975. Why did I not know that? Why have I missed reading her stuff? She lists her Education as South Hampstead
High School and was a postgraduate student at the Polytechnic of the South Bank
for one year (1980-81). She has been Reader in Professional Writing and
Cultural Enquiry at the London Metropolitan University for nearly 8 years. This
position is clearly based on her writing skills and writing practice as opposed
to her academic qualifications.
We
all have blind spots. Some of us have blind canyons. Had it not been for the coincidence
of an interest in the work of Donald Winnicott I would have continued in ignorance
of this accomplished writer. I am appalled at this growing and widening gap in
my thinking, despite my efforts at research.
It makes me want to reach out for any form of security blanket.
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