The North East Artist Development Network
What do you do if you’re a newish dance artist or theatre company in the North East keen to be reviewed? It’s hard to get your name in the local…
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Strange, Eclectic & FaaB
Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene…
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Had yer jaw!
“Had yer Jaw!” What an expression! Yer divven’t need a Phd in Sociolinguistics to work out the meaning. It means “Shut up!” here in Geordieland and was part of a…
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Moonkwayk update
My artistic collaborator, Anne Proctor creates our beautiful hand made books under the name Moonkwayk Studio. She’s had a busy few months working with my words. She’s currently working on…
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Talking and Sharing with Friends
Poetry with Friends at Whitley Bay last Thursday morning with Gail, Joyce, Carol, Geoff, Elizabeth and myself. We talked about facial hair, Durham, clothes, plagiarism, South versus North, Jerusalem (the…
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Free as a Bard next Sunday May 24th
Just a week to go before the next Free as a Bard in Whitley Bay’s wonderful Jam Jar Cinema. This event’s line up consists of poet and publisher Andy Croft,…
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Rainbows over Late Shows
Just back from The Late Shows, Newcastle-Gateshead’s annual nocturnal free fun fest. I’m typing this at 10pm which proves I’m not taking full advantage of the er, late opening of…
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North Tyneside’s winners
Winners and Losers was the theme I chose for last Tuesday’s Poetry with Friends at The Mission. I chose it because our meeting was two days ahead of the general…
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Wansbeck Writers’ Group
I spent this morning with the Wansbeck Writers’ Group. I’d been invited along to perform and discuss my work during one of their Wednesday morning sessions. The group’s based in…
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What’s in a name?
Poetry with Friends returned to The Mission in North Shields last night. The clocks had gone forward since our last meeting which meant we had amazing views of the river…