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		<title>Problem Child, Difficult Child. Imagination in Recession.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moses was a foster child and look at the trauma his foster parents experienced. Superman was a foster child and I’m sure the ability to see through walls didn’t do him any favours in childhood. Harry Potter was fostered  and &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/14/problem-child-difficult-child-a-recession-of-imagination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Byng Brings Me to The Cave by The Mountain of Gil Scott-Heron</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From 4pm yesterday &#8217;till  5am today!    With Jamie Byng  his bag of books and a box of records we  drove to brighton and to the the recording studio &#8211; The Cave &#8211; of Nick Cave.  He&#8217;s a friend of &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/09/jamie-byng-brings-me-to-the-caves-by-the-mountain-of-gil-scott-heron/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Important Date in Gil Scott-Heron&#8217;s Life</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/08/the-most-important-date-in-gil-scott-herons-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s eighteen days before the first anniversary of Gil Scott-Heron&#8217;s passing. In the picture below Jamie Byng and I are on stage discussing his life at A Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron.  The night curated by Sarah-Jane Roberts was run by &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/08/the-most-important-date-in-gil-scott-herons-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In 24 hrs your message to Gil Scott-Heron on stage at Brighton Festival.</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/07/in-24-hrs-your-message-to-gil-scott-heron-on-stage-at-brighton-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 21:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 24 hours I&#8217;ll be hosting A tribute to Gil Scott Heron at Brighton Festival. Is there a message for Gil that you would like me to say from the stage?  This is an open request to everyone for your &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/07/in-24-hrs-your-message-to-gil-scott-heron-on-stage-at-brighton-festival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dust Shakes Parnassus with Winning Words in 2012.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poetry Parnassus, Winning Words, Shake The Dust and The World of Shakespeare festivals could make 2012 the biggest year for poetry since 1965 when The Royal Albert Hall sold out for a poetry reading by the likes of Ted Hughes &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/07/the-dust-shakes-parnassus-with-winning-words-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video of my poem with the people of Thanet by the people of Thanet</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/06/for-work-for-love-video-of-my-work-with-the-people-of-thanet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 10:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got this. It was a short complete residency earlier this year and as good as a residency gets.  It surrounded the making of one poem thoroughly researched with the people of Thanet. Originally I wanted to call the poem &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/06/for-work-for-love-video-of-my-work-with-the-people-of-thanet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why This Blog is Called The Emperor&#8217;s Watchmaker (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/06/why-this-blog-is-called-the-emperors-watchmaker-part-2-of-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 06:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Emperor&#8217;s Watchmaker is my one and only children’s book. It’s inspired by Ryszard Kapuscinski&#8216;s The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat.   Kapuscinski  transcribes interviews with the workers of the palace as it crumbles from the outside in – The &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/06/why-this-blog-is-called-the-emperors-watchmaker-part-2-of-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why This Blog is Called The Emperor&#8217;s Watchmaker (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/06/why-this-blog-is-called-the-emperors-watchmaker-part-1-of-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 06:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1999  Emma Mathewson of   Bloomsbury Children&#8217;s Books and Daniella Bernadette a literary agent  from David Higham Associates  conspired to offer me the opportunity of writing a children’s book of poetry. 12 months later the slim volume was published with  &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/05/06/why-this-blog-is-called-the-emperors-watchmaker-part-1-of-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SAVAGES.</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/04/26/savages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This ALL WOMEN band have NEVER played live except here. Record companies across the world are shouting and screaming to sign them. Right now. If you trust me, that I don&#8217;t say anything that isn&#8217;t true, then trust me you &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/04/26/savages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>50th Anniversary Issue of Sunday Times Celebrates Forthcoming  Olympics</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/04/26/50th-anniversary-issue-of-sunday-times-celebrates-forthcoming-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fiftieth Anniversary Issue of Sunday Times  &#8211; February 2012 &#8211; Celebrates Olympics. Zoom for captions. That&#8217;s me on the far left. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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