Express Yourself
Do you fancy sampling a creative Smörgåsbord next weekend? Then join me at the Shipley Art Gallery on Saturday 10th February for Express Yourself, a half day filled with workshops…
Do you fancy sampling a creative Smörgåsbord next weekend? Then join me at the Shipley Art Gallery on Saturday 10th February for Express Yourself, a half day filled with workshops…
I feel compelled to share my friend Sandy Chadwin’s blog. What do you think about subsidies?
I met Santa Claus yesterday. Yes, he was real. How do I know? Because it was in my hometown of Felling. Santa’s always real in your childhood neighbourhood. Santa was…
Poetry with Friends, the poetry appreciation session with a difference has been running for over three years now. Gail Curry and I started the sessions back in summer 2014 in…
Most of my friends are writers. Sorry if that sounds pretentious but it’s true. Well, it’s inevitable, innit? Especially here in Whitley Bay. There must be something in that salty…
At last! The annual excuse to celebrate poetry returns this Thursday 28th September. It’s National Poetry Day here in the UK. It happens every year, usually in October but this…
How well do you know your home town or the city closest to your home? I like to think I know my nearest city, Newcastle upon Tyne pretty well. I…
Two and a half hours spent listening, learning, thinking, writing, walking, talking, feeling, being and drinking tea. This sounds like the perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Yes, this…
Did I ever tell you I’ve a 10 year old living and growing in Cambridge? Don’t worry, I haven’t left a school age child to fend for themselves in a…
Poetry with Friends is three years old! Gail Curry and I held our first Poetry with Friends session on a Tuesday night in June 2014. Those early poetry appreciation with…