Bricks and Mortars.

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

David Pritchard is a coralent. He’s received the blueprints of the house he intends to build in the future. He commissioned and paid for it himself. Right now he is learning the trade of bricklayer (or Read more [...]

The Forgotten Cancer in Derry

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

The man with the sign is Francie Coyle. The sun is scorching as we walk to the car. It’s a black Mercedes. The doors have a confident slam and the air conditioning kicks in. Quicker than you can Read more [...]

Timing

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

Two weeks ago I arrived at 10 downing st. The guard looked at my invite and said “wrong day” Today I arrived at Latitude festival and the woman at the performers check-in looked at my artist pass, Read more [...]

TED Radio Hour and Me

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

Within a few hours of stepping off the plane after 24 hours travelling from South Africa at The National Arts Festival. I’m sat in studio at the BBC in central London. I'm talking to Guy Raz Read more [...]

Elinor Sisulu and the isiXhosa life writing workshop at Rhodes University

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

“Each person has a praise poem unique to their family and each praise poem traces back generation after generation” explained Elinor Sisulu. Elinor is turned towards me and the audience of inspired Read more [...]

Disappearing Files Abuse.

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

The scandal tearing through Britain about missing home office files on alleged child abuse rankles. It's happening to me. Now NSPCC wants to make covering up chlid abuse, by hiding files, a crime. Read more [...]

War Centenary, The 7/7 bombings & a Military Secret.

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

Let There Be Peace will be tattooed into the skin of the world. Why have small ambitions? It all began on the wall of Manchester University. Presently Let There Be Peace is going up on walls at Huddersfield Read more [...]

100 words on dangers of back-biting for a contemporary poet

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

In 100 words today I'm talking of a distraction from the creative process - back biting. Cultivating a fellow poet as an enemy is like finding an angry Marshmallow in the bag. You really have to do Read more [...]

Black Book Swap

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

This is Amanda Epe and we are discussing the event which has just finished. In contrast to the previous blog I'm at Black book swap in Brixton, an afternoon of literary discussion and debate. In Read more [...]

Chip on the Shoulder

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Lemn Sissay

Minutes after this photograph was taken in the small park at the centre of leafy De Beauvoir (East London) a man lolloped by on that pathway shouting “Black monkey” repeatedly. I was the only Read more [...]

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