Don’t tell me writing is easy.

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

I am alone in a thirteenth century house. I’ve been here seven days. It has three floors, a fully equipped kitchen, stone floors and the walls are thick so when it's 30 degrees outside it’s cool Read more [...]

Chiwoniso Maraire: No such thing as a “short Life”.

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

We met a few years ago and fell in love. It happens out in the touring maelstrom of passing ships. We threw ropes across a platonic ocean and drew each other in. It was the right time, 2005, at the right Read more [...]

A message for Eastern Europeans on racism.

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

I'm hanging out with a couple of aliens to the left. BBC reports today “Bulgarian and Romanian citizens will have the same rights to work in the UK as other EU nationals from next year.” Polish Read more [...]

2nd Sissay PHD Scholarship announced

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

I’ve been Doctor Lemn Sissay since 2009 awarded from University of Huddersfield by Chancellor Patrick Stewart. The Vice Chancellor Professor Bob Cryan grew up on a council estate which he can see Read more [...]

Spark Catchers: The Matchgirls Festival

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

The match girls and women of Bow in East London took strike action and marched into Trade Union History 125 years ago to the day. They were mainly Irish immigrants. The first Matchgirls Festival Read more [...]

My police stop and search HELL.

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Policeman in police car sees me in my car. I see policeman seeing me in my car. Policeman sees me seeing him seeing me in car. He tails me. We play mirror tennis. He flashes his blue light. Predictably. Read more [...]

In The House of Lords

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

It's recorded in Hansard. On 2 July 2013 in The House of Lords at The Houses of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster (pic) Lord Smith of Leigh said . "Although I did not realise it at the Read more [...]

Whale Translation

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Royal Greenwich Time

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Eltham Library in Bloom

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

At Eltham library I have a desk to sit and write. A librarian asks if I might give an impromptu reading. I find myself stood in the comptuer room in front of seven adults ranging from twenty to Read more [...]