Last week has been unusual for me because I’ve managed to get some writing done. It’s not a surprise that this has coincided with the school holidays. Although I only teach two days a week, which doesn’t sound like very…
Blog Post From Kendal Poetry Festival
Below is the latest blog post from the directors of Kendal Poetry Festival (myself and Pauline Yarwood) If you would like to receive regular updates from the Festival Team, please head over to our website, www.kendalpoetryfestival.co.uk and sign up to…
Sunday Poem – Meg Cox
I can’t believe it is already the end of the first week of the Easter Holidays. I’m feeling much better than I was feeling last Sunday which is a relief. The last week has been a busy one, leaving me…
Sunday Poem – Maurice Riordan
A couple of my friends have been saying to me for a while that I need to slow down and start taking it easy and I’ve pretty much been nodding, agreeing but ignoring them. It all caught up with me this week…
Kendal Poetry Festival
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you will, by now, know that the website for Kendal Poetry Festival has finally gone live! You can find us at www.kendalpoetryfestival.co.uk. The festival will take place from the 24th-26th June 2016,…
My Express Column
Sad to read this story from Ian Clayton about writing for the local paper and then being laid off.
Sunday Poem – Heidi Williamson
This is a photo of my triple gig bag, which is now 15 years old. I bought this bag in my first year at music college. Sometimes it did have three trumpets in, my Bb, my D/Eb trumpet and a…
Sunday Poem – Martin Reed
I am writing this post quite bleary-eyed again – not because it is particularly late – it’s only just gone 10pm but just because I’m exhausted. I’ve spent the day at the South Cumbria Music Festival today conducting three of my…
Sunday Poem – Mona Arshi
It feels strange to be back blogging again after my slightly unplanned month off. True to form, I have left it until the last minute, and I doubt very much whether this will be up before midnight, as it is…
Poetry makes nothing happen
It has been a whole month since the last time I wrote on here – this is the longest time I’ve gone without blogging since I started. I didn’t plan to take a break, although at first it seemed necessary.…