A Bench For Billie Holiday: 70 Sonnets

Apparently, it takes me three years to come up with a new book. I hadn’t realised this until my publisher pointed it out.  My first collection ‘Some Things Matter’ was published by that miracle of Yorkshire-based  publishing Valley Press in 2012.  Then came ‘Cinema Stories’ in 2015 written with the brilliant Otley Town Poet, Matthew … Read more

My Colour Wheel

At the splendid Civic Gallery in Barnsley from the 13th October is an exhibition from artist Liz West who grew up in the town. Entitled Colour Field, it runs all the way through to December and includes Our Spectral Vision, which was originally commissioned by Natural History Museum, London and Our Colour Wheel; a project that … Read more