Dark horses: 21 Lifesaving Poems which should be better known

Readers of this blog will know that I make a list at the end of each year showing the most … More

Researching writers’ engagement with teachers: the Teachers as Writers research project

Along with colleagues from the Arvon Foundation, The Open University and University of Exeter I have just begun … More

Today marks the start of a new series of guest blog posts on overlooked poets. With thanks to Mike Ferguson … More

‘Which is why Aldeburgh going is such a disaster. It took years to achieve what they did, years. Of slog, … More

I am grateful to Victoria Field of NAWE for reviewing Lifesaving Poems in the current edition of Writing in Education. You can download … More

Teachers’ words should not be ‘How to write’ but ‘How to try to say what you really mean’ – which … More

Photo credit: from Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (p 138) This is a poster presentation I gave at … More

Here is a quotation from Seth Godin’s The Icarus Deception that I have been meditating on for a while now. I have … More

An event of this magnitude Overshadows the destruction of the Berlin Wall And the troubles in the Caucasus. –Robert Rehder, … More

The value of poetry is that it should matter … first to the writer and then to the reader. Michael … More

‘80% of success is showing up.’ -Woody Allen I was chatting with a student the other day when I said … More

Below is the text of a PowerPoint presentation that I am giving today at the Directors of Studies Conference 2015, at Port … More

In the rift between what is going to happen and whatever we would wish to happen, poetry holds attention for … More

Sporting occasions are bad. Or the Corbyn result, that was hard. I seem to remember (no one else does) a … More

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More

How I put The Art of Falling together In May 2012 my first pamphlet If We Could Speak Like Wolves … More