Louise Halvardsson: Lou Ice

A Swedish writer living in Brighton....I meet Louise at our e.g. Poetry workshops.  Lou Ice is her performing name and last month she turned up at Hammer and Tongue and delivered an excellent poem about her ex-landlord, where she used various toxic cleaning agents on him.  Great piece. V Clever.  She has a book in... Continue Reading →

A lazy post – point to a friend’s blog

I meet Annie Kerr in my music and poetry life here in Brighton-Hove.  She is a classically trained violinist and I first met her as a musician at Safehouse, then met her as a writer-musician at Tom's Poetry and Music workshop, then last night she was there in the audience at e.g. Poetry and participated... Continue Reading →

Craft Before Content? Teaching English as a Foreign Language

John T. Trigonis draws a comparison between the craft of writing and the craft of painting in his post Craft Before Content, Part One: The Bob Ross Effect. What better way to hone that craft than through daily journaling? Throughout my life, ever since I learned to hold a pencil and form words on the... Continue Reading →

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