Temporary impermanence
I visit London three, four, sometimes five times a year. Most of my visits include a stay at the same central London hotel. It’s conveniently situated and the breakfasts are…
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FaaB October
Free as a Bard, the popular poetry and music evening I co-organise with Peter Mortimer returns to Whitley Bay’s Jam Jar Cinema in just over a fortnight on Sunday 11th…
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Lloyd George looked at me
On Saturday I found myself, as I often do, in London. Work takes me there several times a year and I’m always pleased to reconnect with the city I called…
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Autumn Songs
Poetry with Friends at The Mission returned on Tuesday of this week. Thank goodness! We’ve missed both high and low brow banter, our poetic chums and the poetry over the…
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Weeping Window at Woodhorn
Last autumn I viewed the iconic Weeping Window sculpture at the Tower of London. Seeing the integral part of British history (the Tower) swathed in red then surrounded by onlookers…
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Gravy Wrestling
Great Britain is full of weird and wonderful customs and traditions. Take the Palnackie World Flounder Tramping Championships. Or the Oasby Baboon Night. Or Whittlesey’s Straw Bear Festival. Then there’s…
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God says Yes
I posted earlier today about the Poetry with Friends sessions restarting in September after our summer break. Some of us can’t wait until term starts and are meeting for lunch…
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Return of Poetry with Friends
It’s over a year now since artist Gail Curry and I started Poetry with Friends at The Mission in North Shields. We had no idea how popular our poetry appreciation…
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Corbynmania on Tyneside
The Silly Season has been part of British Culture for years. It’s that time of year (i.e. the summer holidays) covering the gap between the recess of Parliament and the…
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Review: Twelfth Night
Last night I had my second Theatre Space North East experience this summer. Amazing actors, wonderful setting and the perfect companion, Jennifer C Wilson!