Evening all – it has taken me a while but I’ve finally worked out how to upload a video to Youtube. I’ve been wanting to do this to keep the pressure up for my Poetry By Heart challenge – inspired…
Sunday Poem – Jennifer Copley
I got back from Stanza at 10.30pm – about an hour ago and am severely regretting not writing this blog over the weekend. I even dragged my laptop all the way to St Andrews but it did not come out…
Sunday Poem – Mir Mahfuz Ali
Evening all – it has been a hectic week as usual here in the cultural hot spot that is Barrow in Furness. Working backwards, I’ve been away all weekend as an extra staff member on a residential trip for 30…
Sunday Poem – Lindsey Holland
Today I was supposed to be running the Great North-West half marathon. However, with my dodgy inflamed tendon and random hip pains I decided it probably wasn’t sensible. In fact, yesterday, after doing 5k at Barrow Park Run and having…
Sunday Poem – Keith Hutson
It has been a funny old week this week – overshadowed by the poet Graham Austin’s funeral. It was sad and funny all at the same time. Graham’s son and two daughters read beautiful eulogies for him which were really…
Sunday Poem – Graham Austin
I’ve just got back from a really enjoyable evening playing the trumpet at a fundraising concert at St Mary’s Church. It’s been about a year since I played any solo stuff on the trumpet but I really enjoyed it. The…
Sunday Poem – Michael Conley
While a lot of the country has been covered in snow, Barrow has been basking in winter sunshine. We have had two days where the sky is that crisp kind of blue you only get when it is cold, which…
Sunday Poem – Roz Goddard
I am so relieved this week is over. It has been filled with the misery of the annual tax return. I think I’ve spent about three full days on it. Every year at this time I make a resolution to…
Draft Timetable for Residential Poetry Course
Hi All – below is a draft timetable for the residential poetry course that I will be running with Jennifer Copley in Grange over Sands at Abbot Hall Hotel from the 30th March to the 3rd April. There are only…
Sunday Poem – Allison McVety
This week has gone by really quickly – it’s been pretty busy but in a manageable way, rather than a manic way. On Monday I drove to Kendal to pick two of the young writers, Ellie and Lizzie who attend…