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REBLOG: Exploring Poetry— Nigel Byng’s Brilliant Reading of My Poem
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I Won A Prize! How Great Is That?
How to Make a Ceramic and Win a Prize at the First Attempt Inspired by… V&A Exhibition: Private View and Awards The Venue The Emma…
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How to Make a Ceramic and Win a Prize at the First Attempt
‘Walking in the Rain’ detail It was pouring with rain. My head is bowed down against the torrent, and I am holding my umbrella forward…
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IseOluwa – Traditional Yoroba spiritual
Ise Oluwa ‘The work of the creator cannot be destroyed’ My video clip features Singing in the City community choir singing ISE OLUWA – a Yoruba…
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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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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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