Last time I said I’d be writing my fastest ever blog post, but I lied (at least in terms of overall length – in terms of words per minute it was pretty darn impressive). This time I’m not lying: in 30 minutes I’m going to be on Radio Solent again, being interviewed by the very …
This is going to be the fastest blog post in (my) history, which is appropriate, because it’s about the fastest poem I’ve ever written. Last Friday I went in my Hampshire Poet capacity to ‘How Old Is Old’, an event put on by Hampshire County Council’s Older People’s Well-Being team. The idea was to tell organisations …
It has been a long time since I blogged, but that’s not because I’ve been putting my feet up – quite the opposite. Finally I can catch up on some news, especially Hampshire Poet news. So: since I last wrote, my first commission as Hampshire Poet – a poem about Lymington, to celebrate the 10th …
Lymington poem: First Hampshire Poet commission done! Read More »
Things have been busy on the Hampshire Poet front this week: two radio interviews (JackFM Monday, Radio Solent Tuesday), articles in local newspapers (such as the Hampshire Chronicle), Winchester Uni putting out a press release, a first couple of places suggesting projects I could be involved in, and lots of people getting in touch to say …
Just a few days into the New Year and already I have two pretty darn good things to report. Not bad for less than 72 hours… (Actually I’m cheating a bit because I knew about them both at the end of December). First off, I am …
2012 kicks off: Hampshire Poet is… me! And other new things Read More »
