Simon Maddrell on Memory, Desire and the Poetics of Survival

found commentary from The Green Planet, Human Worlds episode The relationship between plants  humans  and humans is extra-ordinary. We’ve been adapting to each other for as long as we’ve ...

Simon Maddrell as September's Guest Poet was a joy to behold, to hear and to learn from. Stunning in its content and beautifully rhythmic in its heart beat paced delivery, Simon's set was sharply focu...

This episode opens with a selection of poems from David Constantine's A Bird Called Elaeus, introduced and read by the author. Many thanks to Bloodaxe for allowing us to usse these poems. The prompt f...

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents

From the need for music to thriving on feedback, get an understanding of how the award-winning poet crafts his lines.

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It’s a cliche that people go on a journey in their lifetime. But for Jonathan Blake, actor, gay activist, costumier, and the subject of a poetry collection, it’s got to be true. His journey has tak…

"Through remembering the dead to fight like hell for the living - we act up and fight back!" writes Dan Glass of his response to the news

Cafe Writers Featuring Pascale Petit and Simon Maddrell

When poets write blurbs

An evening of poetry and spoken word celebrating older members of the queer community. We are joined for the evening by special guest, Simon Maddrell who will be reading his works a finger in derek ja...