The Superhero Project Wins Awards

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

The Superhero Project launched by Michael Rosen this summer is not a sentimental notion. Of the ten attendants to The Superhero Workshops two have been shortlisted in national writing competitions: Read more [...]

Barnado’s Advert. You must see this.

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

Backstage Pass.

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

The three elegant and powerful dancers are Elena Jacinta, Kamala Devan and Johanna Devi. They made it easy for me to work through rehearsals this week. Tonight we performed at Bloomsbury Theatre at Read more [...]

The British Adoption Drive: The Forced Generation.

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

Adoption is difficult? Birth is difficult. During the year ending last March Three thousand and fifty looked after children were adopted. Sixty were classified babies. Two percent. Point twenty of Read more [...]

Love London

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

East. 1pm. I cycle the canal to Viewtube on The Olympic Site. I’m with sixteen young people from the Superhero Project in Ealing. They are an intelligent charming group of young adolescents who would Read more [...]

Love Manchester.

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

It’s satisfying leaving my apartment in London at 8am and arriving perfectly on time in Manchester. At 12.30pm I walk through Dark Matters at Whitworth Art Gallery to the launch of Trade Read more [...]

Photoshoot by Dominique Brewster ©

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

Kate Tempest Occupies The City

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

It made me angry. I’d never heard a poetry reading described as a “sales conference” before. I wasn’t sure if I was angry because of the detached coldness of the remark from the young Read more [...]

York University Toronto

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

I called the Wendy Michener lecture I gave at York University “Life is not worth living if there is no-one you would die for”. It’s not the snappiest title but it means well. The lecture Read more [...]

Photographs: York University Event in Toronto, Canada.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Lemn Sissay