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Poet, essayist, dancer, performance artist....

Tango Schumann

Tango has always been a love of mine, and Lindi Kopke and I worked together for a number of years, exploring the notion of dancing tango to classical music. Click on the link below to watch some videos on the … Continue reading

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Shadows and Vegetation

The Crown Prince gets preferential treatment In the Hanoi Hilton. Hear the songbird sing Of kind handling by the people he has injured From the air. What will the rear admiral think though, Should his son accept that offer of … Continue reading

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Heron of Hawthornden

HERON OF HAWTHORNDEN – a chap-book of dizains by Anthony Howell celebrating his residency at the castle in the Autumn of 2017. Illustrations by the author. Limited edition from Grey Suit Editions, UK. 20th November x Our very first breakfast. … Continue reading

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Poetry at The Room – Saturday 5 May

Saturday 5 May at 7.30 pm at The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale, London N17 9AS  – £5 entry plus donation for refreshments. David Cooke David Cooke was born in Wokingham and grew up in Reading, although his family roots … Continue reading

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Semper Occultus

Sergei Skripal turns out to have been Christopher Steele’s associate. During the presidential elections, They had worked together on a dossier Laced with detrimental footage   Russian operatives allegedly Had to dish on Donald Trump. Steele was MI6. An adept … Continue reading

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The Distance Measured in Days

Click the link for an e-book version of my novel – The Distance Measured in Days. This novel is now published in book form by Grey Suit Editions (2021). The Distance Measured in Days A young poet and his wife … Continue reading

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POETRY READINGS TO CELEBRATE GREY SUIT EDITIONS – Poetry at the Room – Oct 11.

Wonderful evening. Thanks to all who came. POETRY At The Room Thursday 11 October 2018 – at 7.30 at The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale, London N17 9AS 7.30 pm. Special GREY SUIT launch addition – for Dialysis Days by Hugo … Continue reading

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The Melancholy of Making Poetry

Poetry is perhaps the most difficult of arts because the easiest to set about – you don’t need a chisel or a canvas or an instrument or a studio. Writing is eminently convenient. But melancholy derives from the need of … Continue reading

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Two Poems by Penny Boxall

I posted this when I got back from Hawthornden in the winter of 2017, where I spent a month writing and painting watercolours. And here are two poems by Penny – who was also a fellow, one for Jean Findlay … Continue reading

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SONNETS FOR ALL TASTES

  Lady Mary Wroth – one of our first sonneteers. Here is a link to my essay on Sonnets. It is published by the Fortnightly Review. See also the Corona What went on – in Rosanne Wasserman’s No Archive on Earth which … Continue reading

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