Women Rise
I celebrated International Women’s Day at Segedunum in Wallsend. Segedunum is the Roman Fort at the end of Hadrian’s Wall. The event had been organised for women on North Tyneside…
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Poetry with Friends cancelled!
Unfortunately this coming Tuesday’s Poetry with Friends session in Whitley Bay has been cancelled. Sorry for the short notice, chums. Please pass on the message to other Poetry with Friends…
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Life after Death (at Dawn)
It was Death at Dawn’s final performance on Wednesday 2nd March and as I walked home in the sleety rain I wondered what on earth to do with myself. The…
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Collection launch!!
Pleased to see Kirsten Luckins is launching her first full collection of poetry. Here is her blog….. Today I polish my boots, practice my poems and pack my bags,…
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Death at Dawn: Review
Death at Dawn has got under the skin of Jennifer C Wilson! Only three more performances left plus a school matinee!
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European History
At dawn one hundred years today, a North Shields soldier was shot for desertion by members of his own platoon in a French abbatoir. The teenage solider was young William…
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Death at Dawn
I’m pleased and really rather excited to be involved in the promotion of this award-winning WW1 play. Thanks to Jennifer for blogging about it…
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Workshop updates
I’ll be running another Haiku workshop on Tuesday 12th April from 7pm to 9pm in Whitley Bay. Before that one there will be the Writing the Unwritten workshop on Thursday…
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Radio Radio
I love radio and thoroughly enjoyed contributing to this programme broadcast on local radio station BBC Radio Newcastle http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03ghspt#play I won’t say anything else. Listen and enjoy
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Dawn of time
Man, I get so much out of co-running Poetry with Friends. Thursday’s session in Whitley Bay library was meant to be about Love and its opposite but we went all…