The greatest of Landmark Poetics in Britain is by Gwyneth Lewis. Opened in 2004 "In these stones Horizons Sing" is The Millenium Centre in Wales. It's uncompromising and contemporary nature Read more [...]
Today hunting packs of drones stalk the skies. Against a backdrop of World War One commemoration and present-day conflict around the world, my poem "Let There Be Peace" will be prominently Read more [...]
On 8th October I’ll be on stage at The Foundling Museum in the Court Room where this picture was taken. Please come. I’ll be reading my poems, giving a talk on my life and showing a film. There’ll Read more [...]
Grahamstown sits in a valley of mist in the Eastern Cape. A few weeks ago Lebo Mashile and I attended the first ever South African National Poetry Slam Final. We watched with widening eyes, mouths Read more [...]
I drive through the most photographed front yard in the world, beneath the arches, into the safest courtyard in England. 5.40pm. Buckingham Palace. “No need to lock your car sir” says the policeman. Read more [...]
Refugee Boy is brilliant novel written by Benjamin Zephaniah. It was adapted by yours truly for the stage and played a sell out run to great national reviews at West Yorkshire Playhouse earlier Read more [...]
You’re requested to write poems for an organization with a budget and imagination. It’s for an event, for TV, for YouTube, for radio, for a public art piece, for an album, for a book. Welcome to Read more [...]