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– and + and so it goes

by Robin Houghton on November 27, 2020

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A teeny bit of a moan How’s things with you? Well, I hope. During the first lockdown I was happy to enjoy the garden and revel in the novelty of…

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Planet Poetry takes off

by Robin Houghton on October 22, 2020

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A quick time out from poring over Virgil… The first episode of Planet Poetry is launching this afternoon, stand back! We’re starting with a big hitter – Pascale Petit gives…

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New podcast, plus new updated ‘Guide to getting published in UK poetry mags’

by Robin Houghton on October 17, 2020

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Eeek! I’m trying to fight a sense of overwhelm at the moment even though it’s all good things that are overwhelming me. Keeping my weekly work commitments going and doing…

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Into the serious reading, plus a podcast brewing

by Robin Houghton on September 24, 2020

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In the last few weeks I’ve been gearing up to the start of my course at York. The logistics are all up in the air, not surprisingly given the many…

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Getting all Elizabethan, new writing and emerging from the gloom

by Robin Houghton on June 19, 2020

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I’m not sure what it’s taken but I’ve started writing again. Not a great outpouring, but something. Maybe it’s been the eclectic reading I’ve been doing. As well as Mary…

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Fabulous reading arranged by super-supportive publisher Live Canon

by Robin Houghton on March 13, 2020

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Last weekend I had the great pleasure of a trip to London with my fellow Telltale poets, Peter Kenny & Sarah Barnsley. Live Canon, who published my pamphlet ‘Why?’ last…

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Music, art, poetry launch and a party

by Robin Houghton on February 16, 2020

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It’s February. It’s rainy and windy. What better reason for arty distractions? On Wednesday we slipped over to Chichester to see The Sixteen perform Handel’s Acis & Galatea in the…

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Sin Cycle, a new poetry sequence from Peter Kenny

by Robin Houghton on January 28, 2020

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Epigraphs, we’re told, are risky – they have a habit of upstaging the poem that follows. But the quote from William Blake is an apt start to Peter Kenny’s Sin…

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From Picasso to Garsdale: news roundup

by Robin Houghton on May 14, 2018

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Taking a leaf out of Peter Kenny’s book, here are seven items from the imaginary newsdesk at Kenny Houghton Towers (sorry Peter – but as Picasso said – possibly – ‘Good artists…

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Giveaway winner PLUS 2 tickets for the TS Eliots at bargain price

by Robin Houghton on January 9, 2018

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It seems to be the thing at the moment when it comes to ‘picking a name out of the hat’ to make a wee film of it. I can see…

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