The first video on the Internet of me reading poetry. This is part of the Poetry without Pints event during Writers’ Week at Listowel. The poem is called Grandma’s Alarm Clock and was recorded on my phone. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I’m often reminded of this great slam-poem by Taylor Mali – What Teachers Make and now it’s been made into an illustrated comic strip: http://zenpencils.com/comic/124-taylor-mali-what-teachers-make/ (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Blackpool used to be a holiday hotspot back in the day. It hasn’t changed much though and probably needs a lick of paint. However one thing worth doing is to go there in October to see the illuminations. I thought they’d be really tacky but they are brilliant! It’s about 3km of Christmas lights without […]