REVIEW: KATY WAREHAM MORRIS’ ‘MAKING TRACKS’
By Stella Backhouse | Dilating and contracting like a beating heart, Wareham Morris’s dizzying perspectives are in themselves a commentary on the developers’ promotional blurb about “putting the heart back into/Longbridge”. To capture the multiple facets of memory, the collection deploys a variety of techniques including found poetry, shape poetry […]
It’s Always the Season to Read
By Eve Volungeviciute | While it may be March according to our calendars, the chill is still lingering outside – and what makes for a more perfect reading weather than cloudy skies? In a spirit of the short-lived snow we got to play in over here in the UK, I thought of compiling a winter-themed book list which I hope might help you to expand your reading horizons. […]
March 2021: List of Literary Events Online
Welcome to March! The HCE magazine team have created another list of digital literary open mics, events and workshops to help you plan for the weeks ahead. You can stay virus-free AND enjoy your favourite gigs! This is also the perfect chance to “travel” afar and attend events you never thought you could…
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS CLIVE OSEMAN
Clive Oseman is a Swindon-based Brummie spoken word artist, comedian and co-host of Oooh Beehive open mic events. He is a multi-slam winner and has twice competed in the UK slam finals […]
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS JIM CRICKARD
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS JIM CRICKARD Interviewed by Raef Boylan Jim Crickard writes and performs camp, entertaining poetry that explores culture, sexuality and identity. In 2019, he was selected by Poetry Ireland for the inaugural Versify...
ART EXPOSURE INTERVIEW: JOHN WHITMORE
Q&A with John Whitmore. John is a talented Coventry-based photographer who specialises in traditional analogue techniques and uses his own dark room (in a shed!) for printing. His vast portfolio includes black and white documentary and travel, as well as commissions for behind-the-scenes and events work. […]
Letters to Mary
Art Review: Sofia Furtado looks back at “Quinn”, The Herbert Gallery’s last temporary exhibition of 2020. […]
February 2021: Literary Events Online
The HCE magazine team have created another list of literary open mics, events and workshops, to help you plan for the weeks ahead. You can stay virus-free AND enjoy your favourite gigs! This February is also the perfect chance to “travel” afar and attend events you never thought you could…
REVIEW: JOELLE TAYLOR’S ‘SONGS MY ENEMY TAUGHT ME’
By Stella Backhouse || But what if that truth is brutal, ugly, controversial and not something people want to hear? What then is poetry’s role? Joelle Taylor’s 2017 collection Songs My Enemy Taught Me asks all these questions and more. It’s not an easy read; it isn’t meant to be. […]
THE JANUARY CHALLENGE 2021
The January Challenge 2021 By Eve Volungeviciute Keeping up one's spirits at this time can be difficult, but luckily, in this day and age there are plenty of chances for creative people to express themselves. 64 Million Artists organisation is doing a...