Platform change: time, perception and railway poetry

Railways do the job of poetry before poets even get on board – so different approaches are needed

Praise for Sheffield Almanac

It’s one year since my pamphlet was published. Here’s a quick look at three reviews of it

Another important small venue is about to fall under the developer’s wrecking ball. The Flapper helped me find my way… in more ways than one

Liberation from the office means a chance to write, cook, and ponder the absurdity of the Western work ethic as we know it

Re-exploring your hometown can reveal surprises, on the edgelands between the familiar and the unknown

On the one hand, nice furniture and 400 new jobs… on the other, corporate uniformity, dirty air and premature deaths

The unique Grimsby pub that defined me is under threat of closure because of a cinema. This 2010 blogpost explains why it must be saved