Delighted to have my latest poem, ‘Valley of Breath’, published in this week’s The Tablet thetablet.co.uk/features/2/192…

I am the London Pigeon And I know what to do. I catch the train at Richmond But then get out at Kew. Sometimes there’s a cuckoo, Sometimes there’s a crow, Sometimes shifty-lookers Whom I cannot claim to know. The #London Pigeon alanfranks.org/2021/07/10/the… #poetry

Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Doesn’t dwell, and never did, in Devon But Derbyshire, while the Duke of Gloucester lives In Kensington and seldom sees the Severn. Read my poem ‘Distantly’ at alanfranks.com Pix by Ruth Gledhill #poetry #London

Who knows where this is? Where I was last Friday working on an exciting new project with Alan Franks. More coming soon! Am v excited by this #FridayFeeling #FridayMotivation

The true villain of the piece - the #alcohol finding its way down #GeorgeBest’s throat. Not that Best needs to be Yellow Carded on this. He already has his own number - this is the tragedy. The Space @LondonTheatre1 🦄 #london #theatre londontheatre1.com/reviews/hello-…

‘In the room of his honeymoon hotel in Dover, Matthew Arnold beckons his young wife to come to the window and share the view.’ Photos by Ruth Gledhill Matthew Arnold and 'On Dover Beach' alanfranks.org/2021/08/22/mat… #Dover #poetry #literature

I’ve often thought it would be a nice idea to visit the places behind some of our most enduring #poems, and to ask why they have lasted so well. With Ruth Gledhill, today we publish the first essay in #ThePlaceofthePoem alanfranks.org/the-place-of-t… #poetry #photography #dover

Twelfth Night at The Globe Theatre 2021 | Review by Alan Franks "Such stuff as dreams are made on, as Shakespeare was to write in a later play." londontheatre1.com/reviews/twelft…

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter | Review by Alan Franks Greenwich + Docklands International Festival "Since De Roovers is a directorless company, credit must go to all seven cast members, and Lieven Slabbinck for the show-stopping pyrotechnics..." londontheatre1.com/reviews/blue-r…

The Memory of Water at Hampstead Theatre | Review by Alan Franks "In this process, director Alice Hamilton draws tremendous performances from her cast of six, with Lucy Black outstanding as Teresa..." londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-me…

#rutting season at #RichmondPark - have used these photos of a young stag roaring to illustrate my latest website upload, Common Ground, my poem about the park #royalparks alanfranks.org/2021/09/22/com… (thank you Ruth Gledhill for the pix)

‘The sound of the neighbouring room comes into range. We hear the noise of nothing, and find it strange.’ alanfranks.org/2021/10/07/wai…. My poem ‘Waiting Room’ posted just now on my website to mark #NationalPoetryDay

Ruth Ruth Gledhill and my latest trip for our #PlaceofthePoem project: Adlestrop, site of #EdwardThomas’s world-famous poem. alanfranks.org/2021/10/10/adl… #poetry #MotivationMonday

Honoured to be narrating the Hillingdon Choral Society #christmas concert on 4 December. Looking forward to it immensely #Christmas2021 #music #carols

Terence Rattigan’s While The Sun Shines at The Orange Tree Theatre - "This production helps to explain why the sun did indeed shine on the young Rattigan while he was making mayhem along with the hay." Alan Franks londontheatre1.com/reviews/terenc…

Join us Pentameters Theatre #hampstead #london on Friday for an evening of short stories with Charles Harris Jan Woolf and friends. #TGIF

Excited to be taking part in this with Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band Cadogan Hall this evening #Christmas

Enjoyed listening to BBC Woman's Hour item on #folk Hampstead Theatre - read my review @LondonTheatre1 🦄 really loved this show Nell Leyshon #folkmusic

Had such a good time with Alan Franks researching and taking pix for the latest in our project #theplaceofthepoem. This time we went to Helpston and Stamford for #JohnClare. See alanfranks.org for this and #edwardthomas #matthewarnold #johnkeats #poetry #landscape

Giffords Circus 2023 Tour – ‘Les Enfants du Paradis’ "This is Big Top entertainment like they used to make it in those now-remote heydays of such names as Bertram Mills and Chipperfield. Only better, to tell the truth." Alan Franks londontheatre1.com/reviews/giffor…