Here’s a snap of one of my blogs for V Press….in July, 2016
A Career in Accompaniment by Alex Reed draws us into an intimate experience of caring for a lover that leaves your palate aching for tea – strong, comforting tea.
I recommend the high-tannin punch of the mighty Assam leaf, or for the connoisseur, the coppery tones of Sapphire Earl Grey, with just a touch of bergamot and blue malva flowers. Infuse longer for a more robust flavour – you will need it to be strong to help you through this journey of love, loss and challenge in the face of long-term illness.
From a “beery dance” club on a Northern quay to a lonely café table in Padua –the observations of a trip that becomes a fall and then “the trace of a limp” will leave your palate dry. Dry as the “flame licking dry wood” of Reed’s love and stifled rage (in ‘Woken by your Cough’) as he tries to hold on to what he is about to lose…
For more of this blog and V Press publications – see here