Haunted by a Pathological Ghost Writer.

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

OMG I’ve started saying OMG. WTF. This is driving me nuts. I don’t mean driving my nuts. Driving my nuts would be nuts. The wheel could sit on my knees but the pain. The pain. I’m not driving Read more [...]

A free Arvon holiday for a young person in care or careleaver

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

For young people who are in or from care a free creative holiday at Arvon in Devon. TEN PLACES LEFT. Read on then please share this post. If you are between the ages of 16 and 24 a careleaver Read more [...]

Mix blessings and curses

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

It’s been a year. I was at the Olympics, at every game! But not in person. My three poems stood proud throughout. They’ll be at the Queen Elizabeth Park for the next hundred years. More public Read more [...]

This is our birthright

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

As the national alcohol recruitment drive of Xmas gets into full swing, as celebrities smirk through tinsel adorned television and fake snow gravitates towards their blushered faces, make sure to throw Read more [...]

Looking for beauty to buy for your beau?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Looking for the perfect gift for your beau this Christmas? Try Samson Soboye in Hoxton: A purveyor of style for all women with a discerning eye and a stylish look. Read more [...]

International Migrant Workers Day

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Photo taken at the end of a workshop I gave today at UNITE for international migrant workers in London. Photo below taken by Stewart Campbell of UNITE Read more [...]

The Stolen Ethiopian Prince buried in Windsor.

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

His story has been written by the victors of the Battle of Magdala, but is the truth inhumed beneath the battleground? There’s an Ethiopian prince buried in Windsor Castle at St Georges Chapel. He Read more [...]

If you flew the nest then you are an immigrant too.

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

We migrate when we leave home. Religious conversion is migration of the spirit. Facebook tells me that to process my profile into a page I must migrate the information. Migration is part of what Read more [...]

Islamabad scareport. A true story.

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

For the purpose of this tale I'll describe the reception area at Islamabad airport as an horizontal U in a space the size of two large kitchens. Stood at the beginning of the left hand column Read more [...]

Islamabad scareport. Part 2. A true story.

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

"We know you are a heroin trafficker.” It wasn’t a question I could answer because it wasn’t a question at all. It was a statement. I observed the customs official with wonder “Okay..” so Read more [...]