Matthew Hollis & Norman McBeath: The Seafarer

Matthew Hollis has reworked the classic Anglo-Saxon poem The Seafarer into a poem desperately relevant for our times: in a society threatened by climate change and the coming-loose of social bonds, Hollis invites us to hear, as the Anglo-Saxons did, the spirit music of land, wind and sea.

Hollis’s text is one half of a collaborative project with the photographer Norman McBeath, who were both here to discuss the project. The discussion was chaired by Sara Hudston of Hazel Press.