Authors

Iain Bamforth

Iain Bamforth

writer

Iain Bamforth is a much-travelled doctor of medicine and of letters, whose work has appeared in many periodicals, including ‘Quadrant‘, ‘London Review of Books’, ‘Times Literary Supplement’ and ’Lapham’s Quarterly’. His latest collection of essays is The Good European (Carcanet, 2006), and he is currently preparing a volume of poems for publication in autumn 2012.

— Articles by Iain Bamforth —

Magazine article

Exploring Lisbon with Pessoa

by Iain Bamforth

Think of writers who are intimately associated with a particular city: Kafka and Prague, Joyce and Dublin, Svevo and Trieste... or Pessoa and Lisbon. Pessoa did for Lisbon something which few other leading writers have done for their home city. He wrote a guide for tourists visiting the city. With Pessoa to hand, Iain Bamforth sets out to explore the Portuguese capital.

Magazine article

Into the Blue

by Iain Bamforth

For Swiss scientist and mountaineer HB de Saussure, the sky held "in its grandeur and its dazzling purity, an element of death and infinite sadness." Guest writer Iain Bamforth invites us to jump into the blue. Wrap up warm, and bring your cyanometer along.

Magazine article

Botany in Paradise

by Iain Bamforth

Iain Bamforth, a first-time contributor to hidden europe, wanders through the fruit markets of his home town of Strasbourg and reflects on apples and apricots, persimmons and pomegranates. Join us on a botanical tourof Paradise.