“It was thundering for hours the other day. But did it rain? Not a drop.” Said the woman, fifty-something, strong Norwich accent.

“Yeh. Yeh.” The bloke’s head was in his hands as he struggled with the heat from the sauna. He was probably in his forties, but in good shape, athletic, a [...]

My new show - A Poet’s Work Is Never Done - is available in its entirety on Youtube.

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When I’m not writing and performing I work for New Writing Partnership as their Live Literature Co-ordinator. It’s a fantastic job. In short I get a pot of money to spend on projects that help develop other live literature artists and producers. I job share with a friend of mine called Laura Stimson [...]

It’s the final day of the fringe. Well, it is for us. Those poor bastards at the Pleasance limp on for another day but all of us at the good ship Underbelly bail today. Hurrah for the Fringe. Hurrah for the end. It’s been a lovely run. I didn’t have a great time [...]

I’m still listening to Noah and The Whale. This album is amazing.

This is the first post I have made since moving my blog across to my own website. For those of you who do read this regularly I apologise for yet another move. This is definitely the last one. I’ve been [...]

My solo run has now finished. Saturday sold out and I also got two five star reviews to add to the four star one I got from Fest.

“Just very, very good.” * * * * * ThreeWeeks

“Here is wit, beauty and unashamed intelligence, in a show which should reap [...]

I started my solo show on Sunday. A Poet’s Work Is Never Done was never meant to be a proper show. I just wanted to do a week’s worth of poetry at the fringe. I figured with the reputation I had built up over the last few years I’d get an alright audience. I figured [...]

I have just found out from a friend of mine that someone going by the name of poetrycriminal (see his page here) has been putting my poems on his blog and passing them off as his own.

His profile has been set to private (embarrassed perhaps?) so I can’t see them, but the lovely Penny Sailor [...]

Dear World,

It seems as if I have been away for months, though a cursory glance at my iCal confirms it is a mere ten days or so. Life is different here.

The show have been going well. Probably the most exciting thing is the fast rising audience figures. We sold 45 tickets yesterday, which suggests that [...]