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REBLOG: Exploring Poetry— Nigel Byng’s Brilliant Reading of My Poem
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A Social Delight of Art at the Burgh House
It’s always nice to get an invite to a Private View and take up the opportunity to go and see new paintings while enjoying…
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Beautiful Singing in the City at St Ethelburga’s
Happy Christmas! filming Oops! The timing for uploading this concert of Singing in the City Christmas Concert 2015 at St Ethelburga’s Church, Bishopsgate, London, might be…
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Drawn to Distraction in a Life-Class at the Mall Galleries
To get to the Mall Galleries I need to cross St James’s Park. It is fairly quiet and the swans and cygnets on the lake…
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A Private View at the Menier Art Gallery
My sister Teresa (no, not the Saint) has invited me to a private view at the Menier Gallery in Southwalk. We enter the gallery, and smart…
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Now is the Time to Ban Joggers from Tranquil Walkways
I was feeling a little stressed – the pace and trials of work and living in the city was getting to me – so I…
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Melissa Lemay interviews me on Collaborature!
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“One memorable time was when the producer called a breakfast meeting at a street café in Fulham. At the cusp of a wintry dawn, we found ourselves waiting for the first bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau to arrive. We cracked it open at 8 am, and I remember it as one of the best collaborative meetings ever!”
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✨ Honoured to illustrate the book cover of Broken Rengay
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The book features a rebellious take on the traditional rengay form—thirty six poems that bend the rules with humour, raw emotion, and poetic synergy.
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