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 [...]
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 [...]
Eltham is where Stephen Lawrence was killed sixteen years ago . A few days ago I called the other man who was attacked alongside him that fatal day – Duwayne Brooks - and invited him to come Read more [...]
It’s the poetry that surprises me. It’s embedded in this international festival of street theatre in Greenwich. Listen to the eloquent theatrics of the Bone Yard Tales. Visually arresting. Yes. Theatrics. Read more [...]
It's a beautiful morning for a festival. I'll be in Greenwich behind the Cutty Sark in the Mobile Library parked by The Whale in the grounds of The Naval College. How many times in my life will I say Read more [...]
The Greenwich whale will be open to public view on the lawns of the Royal Naval College where it will remain until 29 June as part of Greenwich Fair. Little known fact: since fourteenth century Read more [...]
Imagination and fact. One persons memory of an event is hardly ever the same as anothers. Who’s right? Is it through a moral framework that fact is seen as more real than imagination? Through a Read more [...]