Last Thursday, March 21st, was World Poetry Day. Every culture on every continent has its own poetic tradition and it was great to see the day marked in countries all around the globe, and in so many different ways. Our own contribution to the celebrations brought two excellent local poets, Su King and Alyson Rees, in to the studio for The Writer's Room. Alyson was a returning guest on NHSound; a relative newcomer to the poetry scene, she has enjoyed considerable success in recent months and it was lovely to hear some of her new work. It was Su's first visit to us; she's a very accomplished performance poet and had us in stitches with her take on everything from hot flushes to seaside trips with Sunday School via the trials of looking after a demanding post-operative husband. As we discussed, in poetry nothing is off limits!
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| Alyson Rees |
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| Su King |
And yesterday I joined forces with a million other marchers from all around the UK. The People's Vote march has to be the biggest, friendliest, most orderly protest I've ever been on. It was a privilege to be there. Whilst I could wish it hadn't been necessary, in the circumstances I wouldn't have been anywhere else.
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| And it's for his generation we needed to do it |
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