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Reforging the Sampo: a defibrillator for poetry
I get about a bit as a poet, travelling across the country to tiny venues in the back rooms of pubs where an audience of three or four are there for the open mic night and have never heard of me, let alone read my poetry.
Read the full story..The Taming of the Sari: Rani Moorthy writes for Northern Soul
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1972
A 10-year-old Tamil girl steps into her first sari as she takes the giant leap into womanhood.
Read the full story..Aliens in America: A Northerner Writes
My friend Edgar saw a UFO while sipping wine and enjoying the cool night air on his porch in Bellflower, California, in 1968. He waved.
Read the full story..Oh lesbians, wherefore art thou?
There isn’t a massive amount out there that I relate to lezzy-wise. Lesbian shiz is kinda elusive.
Read the full story..Graeae Theatre Company: Write to Play
Write to Play is a bold new writing initiative from Graeae Theatre Company. It is committed to developing the skills and experience of deaf and disabled writers. In the second of our series, one of the participants explains how it all works and what it means to her.
Read the full story..Northern Sole: injury interrupts marathon training
In the second instalment of his marathon training blog, Northern Soul’s Drew Savage battles injury, embarks on physio and gets back on the road.
Read the full story..Graeae Theatre Company: breaking down barriers
Write to Play is a bold new writing initiative committed to developing the skills and experience of deaf and disabled writers. In the first of a new series, Graeae Theatre Company explains what it hopes to achieve in 2015.
Read the full story..Northern Sole – Drew Savage’s Marathon Training Blog
In marathon-running terms, this is the phoney war. I write this sitting at my desk at work in Salford Quays on my meal break, with nothing but a gentle ache from running the five kilometres to work earlier on and a sense of anticipation about the adventure that’s about to begin.
Read the full story..A natural antidote to stress from Fleetneedles Forage
For millions working in 21st century Britain the office is the new coal face.
Read the full story..Fleetneedles Forage: to begin at the beginning
Plants and their uses have always fascinated me.
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