Had a great evening yesterday at the Troubadour as Coffee House Poetry, Anne-Marie Fyfe’s fortnightly poetry readings, got underway for its summer season. It’s a…
Poetry
Had a great evening yesterday at the Troubadour as Coffee House Poetry, Anne-Marie Fyfe’s fortnightly poetry readings, got underway for its summer season. It’s a…
Pighog Press has hosted a poetry night at the Redroaster cafe in Brighton for many years. I’ve attended quite a few times and it’s always…
This is question I’ve been asked (and have asked myself) every since I knew I would be doing jury service these two weeks. Having been…
Well I did it. Yesterday evening at Lauderdale House in Highgate I recited two of my poems from memory. It was actually the perfect set-up…
Memorising poems has been much in the news lately. Classrooms recitals for children seem to be making a comeback. Julianne Moore’s character in ‘Still Alice’ is…
I’m currently in the middle of what the meedja likes to tell us is one of life’s most stressful times – moving house. I’ve managed…
Just a quick update… I haven’t been blogging as much lately as I am knee-deep in a job, and paid work must be paid attention…
Back from a couple of days away at Standen, a National Trust house in the Sussex countryside about 45 minutes from where I live. The idea…
This blog post has been some weeks in the prep – I realise my ambition to have a Regional Focus every month was a bit,…
I always seem to be having a moan about submissions-constipation and other niggly stuff on here but I thought I ought to share some of…