Peter Hartley

Peter Hartley's poetry reflects his career as a restorer of sixteenth to twentieth century art and a world traveller who has climbed major peaks on five continents and visited all seven at least twice. He is a cryptic crosswords enthusiast whose delight in the use of words and language will be evident to anybody who reads this book. He is a lover of Renaissance and baroque music, Handel especially, of the novels of Thomas Hardy and the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. One of his biggest regrets...See more

Peter Hartley's poetry reflects his career as a restorer of sixteenth to twentieth century art and a world traveller who has climbed major peaks on five continents and visited all seven at least twice. He is a cryptic crosswords enthusiast whose delight in the use of words and language will be evident to anybody who reads this book. He is a lover of Renaissance and baroque music, Handel especially, of the novels of Thomas Hardy and the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. One of his biggest regrets in life is that he has never had the diligence or the application to learn to play any musical instrument more tuneful than a mouth organ. He was born in Liverpool and lives in Manchester. See less