Astounding Messages from the First Readers of “My Name Is Why”.

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Lemn Sissay

My memoir "My Name Is Why" is available to pre-order now. The hardback is at the printers now. There are.42 days left until release date. Proofs of My Name Is Why have been sent. to various Read more [...]

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Posted on June 23, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Windrush Day in the festival spirit before the Supermoon.

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

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.

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

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.

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

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 [...]

“Whales Weep Not” performed by Dylan Thomas written by DH Lawrence

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

"Metaphor is as close as human beings can be to their environment" - John Burnside. Read more [...]

Invisible Kisses

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

INVISIBLE KISSES written by Lemn Sissay If there was ever one Whom when you were sleeping Would wipe your tears When in dreams you were weeping; Who would offer you time When others demand; Whose Read more [...]

INTERNAL FLIGHT. BBC TV Documentary on Lemn Sissay

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvwFcrKbvWY

Two Random Acts from Channel Four: Architecture and Speed.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Over Two and an half million people have seen my random acts over the past month. Below are the final two. The other three can be seen by clicking here. ARCHITECTURE SPEED Read more [...]

The Last Holiday. A Memoir by Gil Scott-Heron

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

It’s surprising that anyone can expect anything of his or her perspective in someone else’s memoir. The clue is in the title. Memoir. When we look in the mirror we see an image but we never see Read more [...]

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