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  • P.S. In Victorian times, crowds of working class people would gather at Hyde Park corner on Saturday night to see the "Swells" going by in the carriages on their way to balls, house parties etc...

    London Assembly 7th July Review Committee Rachel 2006

  • Me and Swells wrote to each other for over ten years, but most of his Seething poetry days were before my time really.

    RIP Seething Wells « Squares of Wheat 2009

  • More : Speaking Out at Occupy SF Protest Union Members Join Anti-Wall Street Protests N.Y. Protest Swells in Number Evelyn DeHais, a 24-year-old freelance graphic artist and Occupy Chicago spokeswoman, said the group will obey the law but believes orders to suddenly enforce the restriction came from high in the chain of command.

    'Occupy Chicago' Protesters Face Resistance Jack Nicas 2011

  • Atilla the Stockbroker made a better career of it (even immortalising Swells himself in verse), but I always thought Wells was the better poet: there was something about the way the words came rolling straight out, their righteous hatred intact, no trace of technique, all sneer and attitude.

    RIP Seething Wells « Squares of Wheat 2009

  • Swells of massive waves clashed and rippled inches below our dangling feet.

    Blog Fiction | Sci-Fi | Dragonslayer | Station151 2010

  • Atilla the Stockbroker made a better career of it (even immortalising Swells himself in verse), but I always thought Wells was the better poet: there was something about the way the words came rolling straight out, their righteous hatred intact, no trace of technique, all sneer and attitude.

    June « 2009 « Squares of Wheat 2009

  • In this previously unseen blog from 2008, Swells imagines a future in which Earl Lemmy of Killmister and Viscount Morrissey go tearing through the opium dems of Soho

    Unseen Swells: Why rock stars should become aristocrats 2010

  • "Swells from the mouth of the bay wrap around the point and rise up, enhanced by the massive footing for the bridge," says McClain.

    America's Best Urban Surfing Spots 2010

  • "Swells from the mouth of the bay wrap around the point and rise up, enhanced by the massive footing for the bridge," says McClain.

    America's Best Urban Surfing Spots 2010

  • In the run-up to the 2008 US presidential election, Swells emailed his thoughts on the insipid Rock the Vote tour.

    Unseen Swells: A simple plan to secure the youth vote 2010

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