The hot days of the summer lockdown here in the UK have passed but now it’s second time round for the covid-19 precautions and, in classic English autumn style, it has been raining and, more importantly, it has got cold.…
Artemisia Gentileschi at The National Gallery, London. Last week I went to the new exhibition at London’s National Gallery. It is the first major exhibition in Britain of the magnificent Baroque paintings by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 –…
When I moved into my house here in Lewes, the door was red. It was OK, but not great – one of those shades of red that wasn’t quite confident enough to be either red or pink. Anyway, it was…
How I survived lockdown. I have finally got round to writing a blog now that, wisely or foolishly, the great British lockdown is being eased. Until now, I haven’t quite managed to write about this, the strangest of times. I…
I am thrilled to be the new Featured Poet International for American poetry publisher, Muse-Pie Press, producers of the three highly-respected poetry journals: Fibonacci poetry specialist, The Fib Review; short-form poetry publishers, Shot Glass Journal; and the spoken-word magazine, Bent…
I am not sure exactly if I can be described as a Reluctant Hero or any other kind of hero for that matter but whenever I hear my name called it is often accompanied by that phrase reluctant hero. I…
Here is a poem called Lazy. I wrote it in 2009. It is very short and it was published on the First of March this year in The Shot Glass Journal: Just because it is short doesn’t…
I just had to go and grab my camera after my taichi practice in the garden here in Lewes, England, this morning. One of the many good things about challenging the stay-in-bed in me, is the early morning dew on…