Psalms For The City

All kinds of things feeding each other

Psalms For The City brings together many of the things that matter most to me: recovery from a breakdown, writing, drawing, speaking, spiritual wandering – and realising that I have much to be grateful for.


With my editor, Elisabeth Neep.
Watch on YouTube | Download the Introduction.

There’s lots more on this page, gathered under the following headings.

Breakdown | Words, mostly | Illustration | Spiritual wandering | Grateful? | Making the book | Interviews | Order now



Breakdown


My Psychiatrist Said, 'Keep Drawing'
Speaking Honestly Can Have A Big Impact
Finding Encouragement - In Faith And Creativity

“Absolutely gorgeous… a beautiful, quirky, comforting little book.”
- Annalisa Barbieri, Guardian columnist

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Words, mostly


Journaling: Capture Beautiful, Heartfelt Fragments Of Your Life
Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes: Selected Poems by Billy Collins (drawing of the book)
Playing With Other Poets' Formats
Where Do Ideas Come From?

“This intimate, approachable book provides a collection of day-by-day songs, or psalms, that fit our busy contemporary lives. Always thoughtful, often celebratory, sometimes painful: these rueful verses – and their gorgeous, witty, illustrations – build up into something both serious and delightful.”
- Fiona Sampson, poet

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Illustration


Bearing Witness As An Illustrator: Hunger Strike In Whitehall
Drawing For Resilience
Illustration: Interviews With Illustrators
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Drawing To Build Connections In Lockdown
I Drew Pictures For A Book On Mental Health For Students
Drawings As An Attempt To Thank God

“Charming … I’m tickled by the wit and wordplay. I love the illustrations.”
- Edward Canfor-Dumas, author of The Buddha, Geoff and Me

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Spiritual Wandering


Richard Gere with the Dalai Lama
Richard Gere Changed My Life: Encounter With Buddhists
Soul For Sale: A Different Denomination Each Week For Six Months
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Mosque
In Rome For Work, I Asked For Advice On Doing The Rosary
Trainers on my desk
In Lockdown, A Desktop Pilgrimage To Canterbury via Google
Remembering Things I'd Forgotten

“Beautiful, charming, thoughtful, whimsical and frequently profound, this new little book of psalms, accompanied by some gorgeous art, is a surefire jumpstart to prayer.”
- James Martin, SJ, author of Learning to Pray

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Grateful to who?


I Sketched Portraits Of A Parish
Evelyn Underhill, Great Mystic Of The Anglicans
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Prayer, And Being Prayed For

“This book is a delight.”
- Richard Harries, author and former bishop of Oxford

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Making The Book


Composite image by John-Paul Flintoff
Inspired By An Illuminated Medieval Manuscript
The Handmade Prototype I Carried In My Pocket
How The Book Came To Be Published

“What a beautiful collection. Thoughtful, profound, funny, moving. The religious theme is so perfectly handled. And I adored the art – the whole thing is so charming. Loveable is the word that comes to mind.”
- Anthony McGowan, author and winner of the Carnegie Award

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Audio Interviews


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BBC Radio: A Lot Has Changed
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Times Radio: Drawing Myself To Recovery
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What Is An Allotment?
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Covering London With Virtual Graffiti
BBC Radio 2
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BBC Radio Kent: On Real Pilgrimages

Newspapers & Magazines


Daily Telegraph Breakdown story
The Daily Telegraph
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The Guardian
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JPF on his mental breakdown, Ham & High
Illustration for The Big Issue

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