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Issue#11

Articles ⸱ DC Thomas

Between the Trees: A Festival Worthy of the Shire

Four days in the Candleston Woods, Merthyr Mawr filled with music, traditional crafts and fireside storytelling. A serene tonic for the modern age.
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Simon Gardner

A few words on Simon "You’ll notice references to heaven and hell and the inner self in Simon’s poem in this offering of Write Speak Recover. So, I don’t think it was an accident that he was wearing a Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel t-shirt when we
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Poetry ⸱ Ameer Azad

Harvest in the Land of the Dead

And another from our Poet in Residence, Ameer Azad. Strap in...
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Interviews ⸱ Graham Thomas

Interview: Gareth Brookes, comic writer & academic

Reinvention, recontextualisation and remixing of culture. Big stuff from a big name in comics and academia. Smart hats on, and let's go...
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Hannah Stanislaus

"Hannah created the Lost Souls poetry nights and always videos the poets. Later sharing the recordings on Instagram as a lovely way to honour their work. The best part of this is you can hear Hannah’s “hmmms” and “wows” as the poets speak. Little offers of love and
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Articles ⸱ Tim Foley

WriteB4theMic Celebrate their First Anniversary

We spend an evening of poetry and performance with the WriteB4TheMic collective for their one-year anniversary!
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Live Reviews ⸱ Tim Foley

Report: The Language of Roses, Etcetera Theatre, 30.05.25

We take in a new live collaboration from Tifany MarSah and Solomon Prempeh in Camden. A beautiful evening of spoken word, performance and an unforgettable journey.
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Nielsen Fernandes

Nielsen is a Poetic Doctor - not something you find every day. He shares how he has found balance between those two parts of himself and how they become his collective, creative voice.
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Poetry

Original poetry from TheNeverPress - new work and also extracts and full pieces from old collections.

Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Rick McLean

At first look and listen Rick and his brand of performance poetry might seem a bit ballsy and belligerent. Righteous, chip paper written rants on the state of society. Scratch the surface though and you'll find a sensitive sage, a watcher, a man who sees through the surfaces
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