My new single Tinsel Round The Telly, as you may already have gleaned from the header there, is out today! Unashamedly sentimental with just a pinch of nostalgia, it’s a home-made Christmas song celebrating all that’s gloriously messy about the festive period and raising funds for foodbanks. As well as your regulation chiming bells and stompy 70s glam beat, it’s also got a singalong cameo … Continue reading Tinsel Round The Telly is released today
My first full-length collection of poems is out now from Salt Publishing, so here are some reflections on how it came about, and why Continue reading The Meanwhile Sites and the myth of permanance
Indietracks was more than just a music festival. So you can mourn it, but be sure to take inspiration from it too Continue reading The place where we belonged
Announcing the publication of Hemisphere as a short book by Longbarrow Press in October 2021 Continue reading Hemisphere: A short book, a long poem, an impossible journey
My realm is central to our continent Continue reading Poem: I am the king of Belgium
In which the poet visits a new estate which will be dismantled in 2024, and has a think about our understandings of home and the temporary Continue reading Nothing lasts forever: a visit to Hope Gardens
Poetry can still offer a kind of transformative power, but to appreciate it your gaze may have to shift in some unexpected ways Continue reading The provincial sublime: transcendence and the post-industrial
A distinctive aesthetic, a hand-crafted feel, beautiful objects… and now an all-dayer in Kent with the greatest line-up ever Continue reading The amazing convergence of indiepop and poetry
Railways do the job of poetry before poets even get on board – so different approaches are needed Continue reading Platform change: time, perception and railway poetry
It’s one year since my pamphlet was published. Here’s a quick look at three reviews of it Continue reading Praise for Sheffield Almanac
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