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 – Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Afternoon all! Seems strange to be starting writing this in daylight but I’m parked on the sofa for the rest of Sunday now. In fact I’m feeling so lazy I can’t even be bothered to go and get anything to…
Sunday Poem – Em Strang
Evening folks. This is again, going to be a short post but you can find out more about what I’ve been getting up to if you head over to The Poetry School Campus. You can find the transcript of a…
Sunday Poem – Gene Barry
Evening folks. This is going to be a very short post today – towards the end of last term I lost my pen drive which had all my resources on. I remember vaguely thinking it would turn up over the…
A week full of poetry
Evening folks. Lots has happened since last Sunday, so I thought I would blog today in the vain hope of cutting down the ginormous size of the Sunday Poem blog. I got back from my lovely friend Manon’s house very…
My Trumpet Teacher Is A Poet – Is That Cool?
Evening folks. This unashamedly cheesy title is the name of an article that I wrote that was recently published in Artemis Poetry. I was asked to write about what links the various activities in my life – and this is…
Lakeland Book of the Year Awards
Evening everybody. In an attempt to not do a mammoth post on Sunday I’ve decided to do a mini update about the week so far… It’s been absolutely full of poetry, which, as you all know, is how I like…
Sunday Poem – Joshua Weiner
Evening folks! It’s almost the end of the half term week – it’s my day off tomorrow so I’m not back at work quite yet. I’ve had quite a lazy week off – I’ve been doing lots of reading. I’ve…
Sunday Poem – Christopher Reid and musings on the Phantom
Afternoon everybody. It’s been a whole week since I’ve updated the blog – I’ve been playing trumpet in Phantom of the Opera this week for The Lakes School. This has involved teaching all day and then driving straight to Windermere,…
Sunday Poem: Niall Campbell
Today’s Sunday Poem is by Niall Campbell. I met Niall in 2011 at the Eric Gregory Award Night when we all went to London to the Calvary and Guards Club to collect our cheques and swan about being posh. The winners of…