{"id":2693,"date":"2023-09-29T09:04:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T08:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?page_id=2693"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:31:38","slug":"new-poems-thames-valley-texas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?page_id=2693","title":{"rendered":"THAMES VALLEY TEXAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This PHOTOBOOK WITH POEMS will be about my hometown of Didcot, Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a Working-Class boy from a council estate in Didcot, Oxfordshire which is the wrong side of the tracks from Oxford and all it stands for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a kind of auto-biography of myself and my hometown of Didcot where I lived for a good part of 30 years. The title is a reference to the love of country music that my family had instilled in me from a young age and the experience of hearing Dolly Parton at full volume drifting across the estate from the working-men\u2019s club on a saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to publish the poems alongside a sequence of photographs I took in 2011-12 for a multimedia project called <a href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/rpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRACK<\/a> which almost but not quite became a PHD in 2018\u2026<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped is-style-rectangular wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00149-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00134-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00143-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00142-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00144-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-356\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00139-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00138-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00133-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00132-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00131-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00125-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00135-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00119-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-346\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_0109-1024x683.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/texas.jpg.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-340\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"853\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00136-768x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00137-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00145-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00146-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00147-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-376\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00148-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-375\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00149-1-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"853\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00150-768x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00151-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00153-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"853\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00155-768x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00157-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-379\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00158-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00159-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-380\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00160-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00162-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00163-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"853\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00164-768x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00166-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00170-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00171-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PDF is available in the Bandcamp bundle but for those who wish to download separately it also available HERE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TVTNEW.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of TVTNEW.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-91770557-b1c5-4fc6-8722-c64b88280cdf\" href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TVTNEW.pdf\">TVTNEW<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TVTNEW.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-91770557-b1c5-4fc6-8722-c64b88280cdf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This PHOTOBOOK WITH POEMS will be about my hometown of Didcot, Oxfordshire. I am a Working-Class boy from a council estate in Didcot, Oxfordshire which is the wrong side of the tracks from Oxford and all it stands for. This is a kind of auto-biography of myself and my hometown of Didcot where I lived&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6nhh-Hr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3780,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2693\/revisions\/3780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}