Finding my way to the Flapper & Firkin

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

Striking, poetry, and other alternatives to work

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

Some reflections on the little miracles of how and why my debut poetry pamphlet came into the world this month

Ten brilliant sparkly things that have happened in the ten years since Atomic Beat Records released my first solo single in May 2007