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

Dear John Smith I was deeply saddened to hear that you died earlier this year in March. I am told … More

We are in Richard and Andi’s kitchen in their minuscule flat on the Wandsworth Road in the early nineties. Richard … More

I am delighted to be included in Lyrical, a new anthology of poems with my friends Cole Moreton, Katherine Venn, … More

Photograph © Bloodaxe Books Ltd I am delighted to announce that my Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts has now become … More

Two readings stood out for me in 2013. The first was at an arts centre in the middle of nowhere … More

This is link to the MP3 of my reading ‘Life Begins With Cancer’, recorded at the Greenbelt Festival on Sunday 25th … 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