It's been an exciting few weeks for British politics. After a few years in which a low, dirty Labour party have dragged British politics to new depths (not listening to a million anti-war marchers, shaping legislation around the needs of ...Read More
You might notice I have an interest in place, in navigation, in the routes we take from one thing to another. While it usually takes a more serious tone, here's another new poem, just written to play with the descriptive ...Read More
Here's a short poem, from a batch of loose, scruffy and ragtag ideas I've been playing with lately. I've tried a couple out in public and they've gone down well... I may give them all a haircut and a shave ...Read More
"Carlisle's all about edges, borders, the delineation of one thing and another. It's on the edge of England, or maybe the edge of Scotland. It's a border town, a frontier place, a fringe; the edge of every empire that the ...Read More
I haven't been out and about much as a poet in the last year, as I'd lost the ability to write. But in the last couple of months I have felt inspired again and produced a few sketches, thoughts and ...Read More
A week ago, I joined a small group of other people running organisations exploring meanwhile projects and temporary spaces, to see how we could work together and collaborate. One of the ideas I put forward was a touring project, creating a ...Read More
I've probably made some old Tory very happy today; I got on my bike in search of work. Specifically, hunting down empty shops to use in Shoreham-by-Sea. In the Empty Shops Network's home town of Worthing, the Borough Council has forged ...Read More
What makes towns tick? I've been visiting a lot of town centres on the quest to fill empty shops. Why is Lewes such a lovely place to spend time, while Worthing feels a bit of a wasteland? It's more than just ...Read More
That old saying, 'there's no such thing as bad publicity'? Well, in a Web 2.0 world it just ain't true. That's mainly because in the old days, you could take a few hits and it didn't hurt too much. With a ...Read More
I wrote this post at the time of the expenses scandal. I have a great respect for Peter, as he's generally a principled politician, and has taken admirable stances on human rights. So finding that he had claimed the maximum ...Read More
