THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’   By Stella Backhouse   One of the most important strands of twenty-first century revisionist history has been its prioritising of Britain’s slaving and colonialist past to the building of the modern nation. Like...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BEN DAVIS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BEN DAVIS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BEN DAVIS     Ben Davis is a multi-slam winning Midlands poet, an award-winning author of children’s books, and a journalist. He was also a stand-up comedian for a decade, and his poems are packed with wit, playfulness...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROBIN LAMBOLL

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROBIN LAMBOLL

INTERVIEW: ROBIN LAMBOLL AT FIRE&DUST     Dr Robin Lamboll is a research fellow studying climate change at Imperial College London, and writes poetry inspired by the intersection between the human and natural world. Robin has won the UK, Vogon and Madrid...
Cork-Coventry Poetry Exchange 2024: Part One

Cork-Coventry Poetry Exchange 2024: Part One

  It’s that time again! The annual Cork-Coventry poetry exchange is now in its sixteenth year. Two rising stars of Coventry’s local poetry and spoken word scene, Ann Atkins and Amy Rugg, have been selected to represent the city for 2024, which involves...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROSALIN BLUE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROSALIN BLUE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROSALIN BLUE   “And wild as creatures of the dark we love like hunting through the forest of Eden rising in the mists of fragrance releasing our desire to the moon” -Excerpt from ‘Hunters Moon’ [unpublished]      ...