Robin Houghton

How many times do you send out a poem?

Since my last post I had a very welcome email from Jan Fortune at Envoi to say she would take for the next […]

I’m sat here with a number of scribbled-on poems around me, trying to decide which one(s) to resume work on and which to […]

It was a arts-studenty sort of scene last night at the Faber Social in London: a narrow basement room, concrete floor, a sweaty […]

I was inspired by Mark Hewitt’s performance of ‘expiry tbc‘ the other evening here in Lewes. It was actually a 3-person production featuring […]

There seems to be plenty happening at the moment, so here’s a quick round-up of some things I’m going to / involved with […]

Having answered a call for volunteers on Facebook, I found myself yesterday at Conway Hall in London, donning a blue badge and helping […]

Swindon is a hotbed of poetry! I actually live 130 miles from there, but this year I’ve been drawn into its orbit […]

What a very sad loss. I think I’d be useless as an obituary writer, as anything I’ve tried writing about the death of […]

As a poet friend once said to me, it’s always lovely when a poem finds a home. It’s true – it gives you […]

What do you think about setting poetry to music? (As opposed to writing song lyrics, I suppose). Personally I rather baulk at […]