Reflect & remember
Last Tuesday: 7/7/15. A time to remember what I observed on that day ten years ago. I was one of the many confused and bewildered London workers trying to phone…
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I See Red
Still nodding my head and tapping my fingers against last night’s pint. The evening lingers…. I made the short walk in glorious sunshine last night to Whitley Lodge Snooker Club….
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Tonight there’s something in the air
Just back from our penultimate Poetry with Friends at The Mission this summer. Even poetry lovers need a break but we’ll be back in the autumn. Tonight…there was something…
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Hatton & Laing Art Galleries
Who can forget Evening Standard art snob Brian Sewell’s upturned nose at the very idea of an exhibition in Gateshead but not London. That was almost a decade ago and…
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June’s long-lighted days
“Will it, won’t it rain?” I asked over and over yesterday morning as I prepped for our second Poetry with Friends session at The Station Masters’ Community Wildlife Garden next…
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Blooming Lovely Bloomsday
Last Tuesday Poetry with Friends at The Mission transferred to The Station Masters’ Community Wildlife Garden next to Whitley Bay Metro Station. It was the first of four visits…
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Follow Pilgham Platz
I’ve mentioned this writer before. I love the consistent and prolific Pilgham Platz blog. This week’s tale, The Collector is well worth checking out https://pilghamplatz.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/the-collector/
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Nurtured in Storms
“Nurtured in storms the infant year” one of the poems (by Henry Pye) shared in Poetry with Friends at The Mission on Tuesday May 26th. The subject matter was Weather,…
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Very Nearly Fuddled
Before bloggers we had diarists. Here are two entries from diaries written in London over 160 and 350 years respectively. Both taken from The Independent on Sunday 31st May 2015….
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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…