Paul Weller, Dame Edith Sitwell, Abstract Poetry, and a search for meaning. Find out what conspired to drive a writer crazy.

Paul Weller, Dame Edith Sitwell, Abstract Poetry, and a search for meaning. Find out what conspired to drive a writer crazy.
The British actress, Dame Judy Dench, once said “a bad experience of Shakespeare is like a bad oyster – it puts you off for life.”
This, it appears, is the case for me.
Before you all start screaming, “Philistine,” I would like to put on record, Shakespeare is probably the greatest and most influential writer to have graced this planet. The fact his work, 400 years on,..