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Blog/ 20/09/2023

On spirituality, a submission and the wonder of lists

Wow, I felt a lot of love for RS Thomas after my last blog post. I wonder if we need more spirituality today, […]

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biography of RS Thomas
Blog/ 15/09/2023

In the land of RS Thomas

Back from a scorching hot week in North Wales, to which we took waterproofs, heavy duty walking boots and woollies, none of which […]

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Poetry books I'm reading
Blog/ 01/09/202327/08/2023

Current poetry reading and podcast prep

My phase of reading nowt but historical novels is over (for now) as I get my poetry head back on in preparation for […]

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Blog/ 27/08/2023

The positives of submitting less to magazines

I recently came across this blog post by Naush Sabah about why we send our poems to magazines (or not). I’m in agreement […]

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home grown tomatoes and beans
Angst/ 07/08/2023

In the summertime when the weather is fine…

July seemed to pass in a soggy blur How’s your summer going? As I recall, I went to several concerts last month, as […]

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Robin Houghton photo by Sarah Weal
Blog/ 16/07/202316/07/2023

Round up: poems, podcast, garden, new photos…

News round-up time… written in haste, before the Wimbledon Men’s final… The Pod Peter Kenny and I have just wrapped up the last […]

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Blog/ 21/06/202322/06/2023

Midsummer update: poetry projects, novel stuff, podcast…

It’s been a busy few weeks. Today started very well by my getting the Wordle in one – third time this year! If […]

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford
Blog/ 15/05/202315/05/2023

Launches, project updates and two disputed works

The poor weather has meant I’ve not been spending time in the garden as I normally would at this time of year. Still […]

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Death comes for the poet
Angst/ 18/04/2023

And in other writing…

Not much new to report on the poetry writing front, except for a dozen or so poems in submission (“in submission”? Should it […]

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Lee Stockdale wins the National POetry Competition 2022
Blog/ 08/04/2023

National Poetry Competition and a Finished Creatures launch

Just grabbing a few minutes on Easter Saturday to write this. There’s only so much gardening you can do before needing a break. […]

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