BOOKS AS SPORT, ARTWORKS, WORDSEARCH, CARD TRICKS?
A piece about how the writer’s imagination works, using examples from my recently published novel, Love’s Register. My thoughts about writing Love’s Register begin with the image of the novel as a house of cards. What I see is an
DANCE, LAUGH, HAVE FUN WITH SHREWSBURY MORRIS
I interviewed Ray & Bev Langton, team leaders and founder members of Shrewsbury Morris, where people “Dance, Laugh, Have Fun, Repeat.” Bev & Ray talk about ‘distanced dancing’, the changing roles of men and women, plus the history and importance
JANET LEES – LAY BENEDICTINE QUILTER AND LONG-DISTANCE WALKER
I interviewed writer and person of faith Janet Lees, about her quilts and her major long-distance walks across Britain. Janet, who is a follower of
MAGICAL LIBERIAN POET EDWIN OLU BESTMAN SPEAKS ABOUT WAR AND LOSS
I interviewed Liberian poet Edwin Olu Bestman who writes about war and loss in magical and surprising ways. He says about his work, “My poems
EMILY DOOLITTLE – NEW MUSIC, BIRDSONG AND SAVING THE PLANET
I interviewed eco-composer Emily Doolittle, whose widely-performed music includes zoomusicological pieces inspired by animal songs, and a co-organising a words/music series Art Making in the
CAROLINE McPHERSON – THE DEEP, WILD, LOVING ART OF CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL TRUTH Part Two
In Part 2 of my interview with artist and environmentalist Caroline McPherson, I asked her about what lies behind the urgency of her art, how
CAROLINE McPHERSON – THE DEEP, WILD, LOVING ART OF CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL TRUTH Part One
I interviewed Caroline McPherson, whose art focuses on the Anthropocene, using nature as an expressive vehicle to make powerful statements about climate and ecological breakdown.
CHRIS EMERY, CO-DIRECTOR OF ‘SALT’, AND THE POETICS OF RUNNING A PUBLISHING HOUSE
I interviewed Chris Emery, poet and co-director of Salt Publishing, a highly-successful independent publishing house who have introduced many gifted writers to their readers. “We