Inspiration – Page 2 – Robin Houghton

Art/ 01/11/2022

A holiday and a vintage submissions spreadsheet

On a holiday Just back from a short trip to the Netherlands where the weather was spectacularly mild and dry for late October. […]

One of the highlights of my first year on the York MA in 2020 was being introduced to The House of Fame by […]

Blog/ 01/06/2022

Writing inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes I suppose. I was recently at a Charleston Festival event (Sheila Hancock in conversation with […]

Art/ 23/01/2022

What is it about January? You have to trust that living things are asleep and not dead. The garden is brown and damp. […]

Nothing wrong with distractions, and goodness I’m certainly welcoming them with open arms. But scroll down if you’re only here for the poetry […]

Blog/ 22/04/2021

Earlier this week I found myself pulling out old poems as well as some recent work, and giving them a bit of a […]

Blog/ 12/07/2020

I was doing a bit of editing yesterday and looked back on some of the notes I’d made from various workshops, and then […]

OK, what I’ve been up to generally Greetings from the Sunshine Coast. I can’t remember the last time it rained here, but the water […]

And so it goes on Life has settled into a gentle daily routine, namely breakfast (in the garden most days until this cold […]

How are you doing? Apparently we’re now all feasting on The Repair Shop and reruns of The Vicar of Dibley. The skies are […]