Lifesaving Lines: The Job of Paradise, by Roger Robinson

My personal poetry highlight of the summer was listening to Roger Robinson read and be in conversation with Pádraig Ó … More

Who are we serving?

One of the great joys for me this summer was being able to get back to Greenbelt, a festival of … More

Concluding this mini-series of poems I shared in my reading at the Greenbelt festival last weekend, here is Prayer by Marie … More

I listened to the most wonderful radio programme about failure the other day. It featured Anne Enright talking with clear-eyed … More

Seven Ways of Reading Gillian Allnutt: How The Bicycle Shone: New and Selected Poems (Bloodaxe; 216pp; £12) 1 It’s … More

I have just come back from the Greenbelt Festival where I was delighted to give a talk about writing poetry … More