Humpback of the week

Recently, my relationship with Wednesdays has changed. It’s quite a long story, and one I don’t want to trouble you … More

Naomi Jaffa’s ‘Some of the Usual’ (LentBlog28)

Today is Saturday, and as with other Saturdays this Lent I am reposting a favourite blog post from my archive. … More

From the archives: Some of the Usual, by Naomi Jaffa

Some of the Usual Standing in the kitchen before breakfast, not including some of the usual — what to buy in … More

Laskey

Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds as you read … More

Guest blog post: On moving on, by Dean Parkin

I have been sorting. I have been chucking. It’s been the recurring theme over the last eighteen months. I cleared … More

What you read in 2015

This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More

Guest blog post: Endings and Legacies, by Naomi Jaffa

In terms of my poetry world, 2015 has turned out to be a year of endings and legacies. The Poetry … More

Naomi Jaffa on the legacy of The Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

Don’t miss tomorrow’s guest blog post by Naomi Jaffa, in which she reminisces about two of her favourite poets from … More

Why do it?

because of the words and because of the books because of the woman in the anorak at the swimming baths … More