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Readings, giving myself a talking-to and some early Spring cleaning

Actually January was pretty good overall. Not for the pelargoniums in the garden that have been reduced to a frostbitten mess. But our […]

Blog/ 08/11/2023

It’s been a busy few weeks. Planet Poetry is two episodes into Season 4 and I’ve currently got three interviews to record before […]

Blog/ 10/10/2023

I like the word shenanigans, don’t you? Although as I just check its meaning I see it can mean underhand goings-on. I don’t […]

So Thursday is National Poetry Day, which I shall be celebrating with my Hastings Stanza group, doing what poets do… agonising over line-breaks, […]

I’ve got into a rhythm of reading a Canto of Dante’s Purgatory each night before falling asleep, sometimes I get through the chapter […]

Blog/ 05/11/2018

Things have been a bit quiet on this blog for the last month, mainly because I’ve been full-on with the new booklet which […]

Blog/ 08/07/2017

There’s been a flurry of poetry events lately and lovely things happening. Hastings Stanza reading A couple of weeks back the Hastings Poetry […]

Blog/ 15/08/2016

A new series begins here. I thought I’d have a fun Q & A with some of my poet friends, throwing them each […]

Blog/ 13/12/2015

It seems my blog posts of ‘micro reviews’ have set some sort of trend – who’d have thought? Anyway, I haven’t posted one for […]

Blog/ 29/11/2015

It’s been a busy week, still catching up, but I wanted to post a recap of things before we’re into the pre-Christmas week when […]