robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My new poetry collection What Data Saw reimagines Data as a mythological being in the process of becoming. Launching at The Exhibit Bar, Balham, Thu 22 October, 7pm start. Tickets from lostsoulsevents.com 000
Reposted by @robinrvw.bsky.socialMatt Clegg @eyesfront.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The title Have You Always Been Here? came from my partner, inspired by a heron we encountered on our walks. It's also a question that runs through the project itself: about attention, presence and what we fail to notice. New blog post. longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/p...longbarrowblog.wordpress.comTzu-Jan in Post-Nature: A Process | Matthew CleggHistory has lured me here – a lining of moss on a crumbling log. During Covid lockdowns my partner [i] and I started taking our daily exercise along Sheffield’s Rivelin valley early in the morning … 0104
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Join us with @katenoakes.bsky.social and @bettergraces.bsky.social at Art & Talking in Chipping Norton on Sunday 6 Sep, 6–8pm! Open spots available. Entry is £10 (£5 concs) on the door. The art of Pato Bosich will be on the walls. zeroquality.net/art-and-talk... #poetry #oxfordshire #openmic 022
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 12/07/2026What do bog queens, white hills, Devon mud, and thin air have in common? They're all converging on Art and Talking, Chipping Norton's #1 haunt for art and poetry, this autumn. It's going to be cooler than summer! zeroquality.net/art-and-talk... @katenoakes.bsky.social @bettergraces.bsky.social 010
Reposted by @robinrvw.bsky.socialNols Nathankski @nolsnathankski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Why he no one heard about HOLD SPACE POETRY FESTIVAL? 7 nights during holy week 14 neurodivergent queer poets lived & worked in a crypt in London. sober. free. unfunded. hold space continues this summer in hackney wick. free entry. come as you are. www.outsavvy.com/event/35285/... #holdspace 052
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Fascinating conversation between Nols Nathanski and Mikey Kirkpatrick about improvisation on the Make Poetry Weird Again podcast (00:29:58) Media file: feeds.alitu.com/74258409/9fb...feeds.alitu.com 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Taupe sidelines | Adnate stem | Verdigris noodles | Petrichor chemicals | Mnemosyne and the nymph (what happens when I don't look up words in poems, @tearsinthefence.bsky.social #82) 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026It's that time of year, the elf on the elf shelf is chanting something, it's an Anglo-Saxon elf and you start moving, keep on moving till you find yourself in a place with pictures on the walls, Rachel Pantechnicon and Clare Mulley are saying things you half understand but it feels good... 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I guess that symbolic reality, the reality principle. 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Is this the death drive...an exhortation to exit the stage? Discover the Real. But then it says 'Ambush Reality'? 100
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Guest poets for the next couple of months at Art & Talking in #chippingnorton #oxfordshire are: Sun 3 May, Martyn Crucefix & @rehema.bsky.social; Sun 7 June, Rachel Pantechnicon + guest TBA. All at 6–8pm. zeroquality.net/art-and-talk...zeroquality.netRobin Vaughan-Williams poetry eventsArt & Talking poetry events by Robin Vaughan-Williams 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Free Verse poetry book fair 12-6.30pm this afternoon, Sat 25 Apr, St Columba's Church, London. I'll be there after 3pm. poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/fre...poetrysociety.org.ukFree Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair - The Poetry SocietyThe Poetry Society’s Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair celebrates the vitality of poetry in the UK – it’s an unrivalled opportunity to browse and buy the very best in contemporary poetry, and t... 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Samuel McCormick on split subjectivity (Lectures on Lacan) 2/2 020
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The picture of yourself that you post online is not the same as the person who's posting that picture online. In fact, it's usually that we feel hideous as embodied beings that we turn to Instagram in hopes of posting a better picture of ourselves and popping the "like" economy in our direction. 1/2 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 04/04/2026“Young people want to come together.... They want to meet up in real life." Exactly what we are running New Gen youth festival for in #Ealing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Young people want to come together’: experts respond to mass teen meet-ups in ClaphamAcademics and youth workers say cuts to services and lack of public space help explain recent unrest in south London 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Our next #poetry event at Art & Talking is on Sun 12 Apr 4–6pm with David Clarke and Jane Lovell. That's 6 Middle Row, #ChippingNorton, OX7 5NH. £5 on the door. Limited open spots available (max 5 mins/2 poems)...DM if interested. zeroquality.net/art-and-talk... 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Google Maps often takes the scenic route. Trying to mimic human behaviour, I suppose. 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Did you add that loop at the end to beef it up to 30? 100
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Because words move...poetry & dance improv workshop with myself and choreographer Pepa Ubera coming up Friday 27 March at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham Common! 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Join us at Art & Talking in #ChippingNorton on Sun 8 Mar with @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social & @zoebrooks.bsky.social for more words that make you feel something / or at least sound like they mean something. 4–6pm, £5 on the door. Bios at www.instagram.com/p/DVWFQrCiFXH/ #poetry #openmic 031
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026A short audio snippet from my Poetry Remix workshop on 13 February 2026...here Ernesto Sarezale and myself riffing off 'A Nocturnal Opera' by Eleanor Rees. This started taking a neurological turn, after the recording stopped. Next improv workshops: 6 & 27 March zeroquality.net/poetry-impro... 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I'm collaborating with artist and choreographer Pepa Ubera on 27 March for a joint dance & poetry improv workshop exploring how the voice moves, how the body speaks. Details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroq... #poetry #dance #improvisation #workshop 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026A few shots from October's workshop, where we were working with fragments of existing texts torn or screwed up as a score to riff off, with Martin Lau circulating among us on his flute. See here for upcoming workshops: www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroq... #poetryimprov 020
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Poetry Remix, my next improv workshop, is coming up this Friday 13 Feb...and I will also be running a joint poetry-and-dance improv session called How the Voice Moves on 27 March with artist & choreographer Pepa Ubera. www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroq... 020
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026See you next Monday, Laura! Looking forward to it. 010
Reposted by @robinrvw.bsky.socialLaura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Very excited for this!! 221
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Planning my Poetry Improv Workshops. 13 Feb—Poetry Remix: how can we use existing texts as tools for improvisation? 6 Mar—Working the Space: how can we use the rehearsal space—its architectural features & objects within—as a source of ideas & interaction. www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroq...tickettailor.comBuy tickets – Collaborative Poetry Improvisation Workshops – Omnibus TheatreCollaborative Poetry Improvisation Workshops – Omnibus Theatre, Multiple dates and times - Poetry improvisation is about trusting in your voice, opening up to others, and seeing where it takes you. In... 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Poetry improv workshops coming up this spring @omnibustheatre.bsky.social in London on 13 Feb and 6 March, 7.15pm. Full details at zeroquality.net/poetry-impro... 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026We'll now be joined by Laura Theis on 9 February, alongside Mat Riches, as a previously booked guest has had to pull out for health reasons. 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026CHANGE IN PROGRAMME: We'll now be joined on 9 February by the wonderful @lauratheis.bsky.social who will be reading alongside @matriches.bsky.social and poets from the floor at Art & Talking #ChippingNorton. 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Stalin was known for his index cards. Like a PR maestro, had dirt on everyone. 100
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Currently racing through Alphabet Diaries by #SheilaHeti. Every sentence has a double context: the one it may have been ripped from, and the new one in the book. Lots of poetic-feeling repetition. A decade collapsed into an alphabetical present. 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Yes, reading rooms open and you can order books. Took a long time though...shows how much damage a cyber attack can do. Should have stuck with index cards! 100
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Great place, but doesn't open till noon, so I often end up at the British Library instead (which will also have your book!) 100
Reposted by @robinrvw.bsky.socialZoe Brooks @zoebrooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I am very much looking forward to reading at Art and Talking in March. It’s a lovely venue run by dedicated lovers of the arts. 241
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026We look forward to welcoming you back, Zoe! 010
Reposted by @robinrvw.bsky.socialMat Riches @matriches.bsky.social · 19/01/2026People of the Chipping Nortons (or surrounding areas). Are you free at these times? Can you be free at these tiimes...If yes to either then why not come along and hear some ace poets and read some of your own..9th of Feb looks good, but those other dates are filled with stars... 042
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Six extraordinary poets are landing at Art and Talking this spring to steer a course through the uncanny, the foolish, and the elemental: @matriches.bsky.social, Lorna Burchell, Maria Whelan, @zoebrooks.bsky.social, Jane Lovell, David Clarke Get yourself a seat and be part of the journey! 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I'm wondering if there are any awards for things like poetry in the public realm or community settings? We completed Poetry High Streets in Ealing last autumn and I'd like to see if we can put it forward for anything. ealingculture.org/poetry-high-... [Image by Alex Sturrock] 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 17/12/2025One of my poetry improv experiments...I prepped for this by cycling through changing morphemes and pitches, building in intensity. When it stopped, I started speaking, and this is what came out. Kind of a lucid dreaming scenario...both watching and guiding in a remote kind of way. #poetryimprov 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Our six Poetry High Streets installations around Ealing are all launched now! www.aroundealing.com/news/poetry-...aroundealing.comPoetry on the high streets - Around EalingPoets worked with residents around the borough to create poetry art installations representing their feelings on the area. 000
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Join us for Poetry at Art & Talking in #ChippingNorton with @nessalampert.bsky.social and Zoe Brown this Monday, 3 November! Art on the walls by Pato Bosich. 7pm start and £5 entry. #openmic slots available. 021
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 20/10/2025When poets perform with musicians, why is it always the musician who does the improvising? This Friday the poets get a chance to make things up too, in my poetry improv workshop with sonic artist and improvisor Martin Lau. www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroq... 24 Oct, 7.15pm at the Omnibus Theatretickettailor.comBuy tickets – Collaborative Poetry Improvisation Workshops – Omnibus TheatreCollaborative Poetry Improvisation Workshops – Omnibus Theatre, Multiple dates and times - Poetry improvisation is about trusting in your voice, opening up to others, and seeing where it takes you. In... 000
Reposted by @robinrvw.bsky.socialSmall Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025It's #smallpublishersfair25 in London this Fri/Sat! Here's a quick link to the PDF of the Fair programme, with details of all 66 UK & international publishers, special exhibition, readings & talks: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/wp-content/u... (Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat) 01911
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Exciting to be on the Dithering Chaps longlist! Shortlist announced in 1 week. 041
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Doing a bit of planning for this Friday's #poetryimprov workshop. We will be trying out some pairwork and 'a game of offers', using ideas I've borrowed from both theatre and dance #improvisation. Details and booking: www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroq... 7pm at Omnibus Theatre, #ClaphamCommon.tickettailor.comBuy tickets – Collaborative Poetry Improvisation Workshops – Omnibus TheatreCollaborative Poetry Improvisation Workshops – Omnibus Theatre, Multiple dates and times - Poetry improvisation is about trusting in your voice, opening up to others, and seeing where it takes you. In... 010
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 29/09/20252 poetry #improvisation workshops around #NationalPoetryDay on 10 and 24 Oct at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social (Clapham Common), 7.15–8.45pm More info & tickets from www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroq... @nationalpoetryday #play #NPD2025 #PlayWithPoetry #poetryimprov 030
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Latest dates for Poetry at Art & Talking in #ChippingNorton, with more outstanding poets, changing exhibitions, conviviality, and open spots. Entry is £5 and shows start at 7pm. Mon 6 Oct: Tina Sederholm and Ranch Raquid Mon 3 Nov: Zoe Brown and @nessalampert.bsky.social 6 Middle Row, OX7 5NH 022
robinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 15/05/2025In the middle of John Ashberry's poem 'Clepsydra'. A form of self-erasure where I'm so focused on the present I've already lost sight of three lines ago. It's already been subducted. Become a forest of unknowing. 000
