Remember, remember the 4th of November…
Full house and almost full moon at The Mission tonight. Poetry with Friends kicked off not with poems but Gail’s delicious homemade broth and stotties and baguette from Pat and…
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Pear Mallows on All Hallows
Pear flavoured marshmallows from Gareth James, the chocolatier in Tynemouth were sampled during this morning’s Poetry with Friends session at Whitley Bay Library. The jury is still out on the…
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Joseph Wilson Swan
The inaugural Newcastle Photography Festival is taking place this week until Sunday 26th. The festival was inspired by the considerable achievements of local legend, Joseph Swan. Tonight a play by…
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Great minds, great poetry
‘The Mind’ and ‘Humour’ were the themes explored in today’s Poetry with Friends @ Whitley Bay Library. Poetry by Robert Browning, Jean Sprackland, Spike Milligan, Carol Ann Duffy, John Clare,…
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Women without Secrets
The final weekend of Mima’s Louise Bourgeois retrospective is celebrated tomorrow, Saturday 11th October by North East women poets. Local poets in collaboration with local theatre company Precious Cargo have devised…
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The power of poetry
What links Groucho Marx and Alice Walker? Why, croquet of course! It’s amazing what you can learn at a Poetry with Friends session. Tonight’s Poetry with Friends at The Mission…
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Remembering National Poetry Day
I celebrated National Poetry Day by chairing a brand new Poetry with Friends meeting in Whitley Bay library. The session, run by Happy Planet Creative Arts CIC http://www.happyplanetcreativearts.org.uk/ was fun….
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Newcastle Photography Festival next month
I’m delighted to be involved in the inaugural Newcastle Photography Festival which takes place next month. Subtitled “A celebration of photography inspired by Joseph Swan and his adventures with carbon, collodion…
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Exceedingly Good Poems
Matsuo Bashō’s Haiku, William Carlos Williams’ Imagist classics plus poems by Ellen Phethean, Craig Charles, Sylvia Plath, Liz Lochhead, Charles Causley and more. Tonight’s Poetry with Friends at the Mission…
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Free as a Bard this coming Sunday
Poetry & Music at the Coast this weekend Free as a Bard returns to Whitley Bay’s Jam Jar Cinema this Sunday 28th September with poets Ellen Phethean and Kirsten Luckins…