When we applied for Arts Council funding last year, our venue, the Abbot Hall Art Gallery had a small cafe on site. However, Kendal suffered terribly in the floods, and the cafe at Abbot Hall is now unusable. Pauline and…
Sunday Poem – Anna Lewis
I’m writing this very late at night, because instead of getting on with my blog post, I distracted myself with watching the highlights of the London marathon. This is the first year I’ve not watched it on the television. I’ve…
Sunday Poem – Katrina Naomi
Today has consisted of an 11k run in the morning, and then stripping wallpaper from a ceiling in my living room. We started stripping the wallpaper off the actual walls in this room a while ago, which wasn’t too traumatizing,…
Sunday Poem – John Foggin
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…