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 Library in Bloom
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Another World in Books
Libraries are community cohesion in action so it’s a pleasure to be writer in residence in the libraries of Royal Greenwich. This whole borough loves reading. As trustee of World Book Night , Read more [...]
Eltham Library Flowers
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 [...]
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Street Theatre is Complete Theatre. Poetry.
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 [...]
Windrush Day in the festival spirit before the Supermoon.
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 Whale Transported to The Royal Naval College at Cutty Sark.
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 or Fact.
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 [...]
Cutty Sark Train Station Attack
On 19th June at 5.45pm I walked into Cutty Sark Station. Alone. I took the escalator. (In Pic) The metal bars line the right end of disembarkment area of downward escalator. Two drunk men blocked Read more [...]
GREENWICH DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Greenwich Means Time or If Time flies When Your Having Fun Set Your Clocks Back. Let’s rock the boat of time stop the clock and light Let’s have nights in the daytime, daytime at night Let’s Read more [...]