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I am a published author and English Tutor.
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My first time on a live Twitch stream for World Poetry Read Aloud day!
Just had a fantastic time on the twitch stream of ‘Sailing Ocelot’. What a fantastic host! She was generous enough to allow me to perform 4 of my poems which I think the audience enjoyed. I wish I had learned them all, as you can’t look at the camera properly when you read them, but…
‘Spare’ time.
Have I read the book? Yes, of course. I am not a royal watcher, fanatic or even much of a fan. I have to confess that when I took a tour through the crown jewels last year, I was slightly sickened as I had just walked past quite a few sleeping bags in shop doorways.…
To the New Year!
So, I am back. Today is one of those days where I just ave no energy and want to spend it hunkered down indoors in a cosy hoodie. I juts spent 1 hour deleting old emails, and I still have 8000 to go. Any suggestions? I find this gives me an utter headache and I…
Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friend.
Today is December 8th, and I wanted to remember John Lennon. In 1980, on this day, he was shot outside his home in New York. I remember it well. I was fairly young, but I do remember that he was important to my parents, and I was brought up on the music of the Beatles.…
Dracula’s Guest
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to take a trip to Felixstowe’s Two Sisters Arts Centre to see the play Dracula’s Guest, an adaption of works by Bram Stoker . The play, produced by Brother Wolf Productions starred award-winning actor James Hyland, who wrote the adaption, and also Ashton Spear. I was so impressed! As I…
A modern fairy tale.
Feeling inspired. A little poem: A Modern Fairy Tale. Envy is a mean-eyed bitch; a talentless witch, who sits in her empty coven, cooking up futile spells in her barren oven. Jealousy is her small-minded daughter; a shapeless lump, who sits hunched in her infertile cave, fingers poised with her poison pen; follows Envy to…
Today.
Today’s post is in memory of Uncle Richard, who left the earthly life one year ago today. A man with whom I enjoyed chatting about music, guitars, other instruments, lyrics and zany comedy. He could pick up any instrument and play it, and I was waiting for him to try out my violin. What I…
for the 11th hour..
So, a while back I had this poem published in Tourist to the Sun. I wrote it on the 11th November 2019, and it gives a nod to the the fact that as a child I actually lived next door to a man who fought in the First World War. There are few of his…
After shows: the year comes to a close…
It’s been an amazing and eventful year for me personally. I have met some incredible and talented people this year and had the privilege to be able to work with them. At he beginning of the year I was all set to publish my first books. They eventually came out in Summer, as I was…
The Dead Poets!
I am delighted to announce that the Dead Poets are now a theatre company and you can find us on Facebook. We are performing first at Gainsborough library in Ipswich https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/whats-on/the-dead-poets-present-a-ghostly-afternoon-of-performance and then at Cambridge Tall Trees. We’d love you to join us or like our page! https://www.facebook.com/The-Dead-Poets-Theatre-Company-105571079005455 Our second performance will be very spectacular…
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