Quick story about Sven-Goran Ericksson (RIP). Such a good man, open and easy to talk to. You needed humility being the first “foreign” England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 manager, but one night we realised just how humble (and witty) he was. At a charity dinner after the World Cup in 2006, when he was

Remembering the great Alice Coltrane who was born on this day in 1937. An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane was also one of the foremost exponents of spiritual jazz. Her eclectic music proved widely influential both within and

That Sven could so beautifully nuance a moment in his second language is a fabulous reminder of why people who ‘come over here’ can be such a profound asset.

My new picture book is out today! Full of FUN, family and one VERY cool haircut, I can’t wait for families to read it. Join Tyrone and Grandad Cleveland on a new adventure, this time to the barbershop! ✂️🪮 Brilliantly brought to life by SalomeyDraws 🦋 illustrations

New Pay What You Can Option on the workshop. We’re trying to make poetry education accessible to all . Let’s write those poems!!#twentywaystobeabetterpoet

Very excited that my pamphlet 'Year of the Rat' will be published by Blueprint Poetry Press around the end of the year. Many of the poems were written in 2020 (the Chinese Year of the Rat), so while it's not about COVID, it's more about survival ... and rats ... quite a few of them. 😉

When you’ve got the kids at 12 and a freestyle at 1 🤷🏾‍♂️😂

Dad rap from Mace The Great Big up!

Just saw this posted by Mace The Great. I'm going to check it out! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Poetry London Pamphlet Prize - our warmest congratulations to Tom Bailey (Tom Bailey) who has won this year's award. His pamphlet 'Please Do Not Touch or Feed the Horses' will be published by PL Editions this spring. Look out for work by Tom in our autumn issue too.

Many thanks 🙏🏿 including The Healing Next Time Nine Arches Press next to James Baldwin classics and Encounters with James Baldwin, blessed to be a part of this new book WLV Creative & Professional Writing 🔥

Final reminder for tomorrow's one-off Bandstand Poetry! Everybody welcome to share poems and words of encouragement. Free. No need to book, just turn up. Everybody gets to read. 3-5pm Hyde Park Bandstand (or nearby trees...)

I've pre-saved this bad boy on Spotify UK & Ireland. 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus, big up!

#NationalPoetryDay this year is on the theme of "counting". Lucky me, I'm already equipped with good kids' counting poems, starting with this one for early years. Better if you get it in person tho, dear teachers... youtube.com/watch?v=dKI1Lj…

Only 1 week until my new book, Cook Once, Eat Twice is published! This cottage pie is great for so many reasons - it uses easy, accessible ingredients and makes a perfect ready meal for when time is short. amzn.eu/d/13veEIP

NEW TRAILER DROP 🔥💥 ★★★★ 'A meditation on the power of legend' (Afridiziak) Tife Kusoro's G, plays until 21 September in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. 🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/GullyRCT 📽️ Black Apron Entertainment

👀 We’re OPENING SUBMISSIONS for our 2025-26 poetry list, for full collections and pamphlets, this incoming Monday 9 September 👀

It’s that time of the year again where we look for new poets to join the Out-Spoken Press list. Send us your manuscripts…pamphlets and full collections. Submissions open this coming Monday. 📨

A video of the Danish percussion duo Safri Duo performing the "Interstellar" theme