"Saying you're a feminist is not enough" Metal Founder & Chair Jude Kelly in the Guardian on why she's leaving the Southbank to devote herself to @WOWtweetUK metalculture.com/our-jude-in-th…

Want to know how to get published? Book yourself onto this essential seminar - part of our #PopUpEssexWritersHouse, in partnership with @EssexBookFest 9TH MARCH metalculture.com/event/southend… #Writers #Publishing #Southend #Essex #MetalSouthend

Spend a day with author @LeeRourke discussing Situated Practice - writing to evoke an unmistakable sense of place; people, atmosphere, soundscape & landscape 17 MAR Part of our #PopUpEssexWritersHouse, in partnership with @EssexBookFest metalculture.com/event/southend…

Lovely event coming up from an exciting new choir if anyone fancies blowing away the winter cobwebs with some cracking vocals! Introducing Choir Twenty One, led by the brilliant Cleo Lane... Every Wed from 21st Feb @ 8pm @unittwentyone #Southend #choir facebook.com/events/7971049…

Like a good story? Old Trunk are back with Damn Write - their fast-paced, fun, & often raucous #Storytelling night 🌟 Here at #ChalkwellHall as part of #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest Fri 2 March, £5 BOOK YOUR SEAT NOW: metalculture.com/event/southend… #Southend #Leigh

DAMN WRITE IS BACK! We're very excited to be doing our super fun evening of #Storytelling as part of #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest The theme? Feminist As Fuck. Friday 2nd March, £5 #ChalkwellHall Metal Southend #Southend #DamnWrite BOOK: metalculture.com/event/southend…

Look who we've got coming to speak at #FuturePark THE BRILLIANT HELEN LINEHAN! Creator & Co-Writer of hilarious BBC hit comedy #MOTHERLAND Hooray! Plus our usual 10 x 3 min open mic spots 8th March FREE BUT BOOKING ESSENTIAL metalculture.com/event/southend… #Southend

As part of an exciting new partnership with Essex Book Festival, Metal Southend is transforming Chalkwell Hall into a pop-up Essex Writers House for the whole month of March 2018 😱 Read all about it here: metalculture.com/projects/popup… 💛

come and see @soslamsounds young musicians celebrate their one year anniversary with - Sun 4 March peggy sues - 4pm till 7pm Emily Frith baVard Aaron Wong Michaela Freeman scarlett

Essex. Destination for writerly inspiration, or dull place best escaped? Join writer & journalist Tim Burrows as he ponders & reads from some of the great classic & contemporary ‘Essex’ literature. #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest 21st Mar - £5 metalculture.com/event/southend…

THIS WEEK: PRIVATE VIEW ELSA JAMES: FORGOTTEN BLACK ESSEX Artistic treatment: surprising tales of magnetic women - buried by white history #ChalkwellHall Thurs 6-9pm ELSA JAMES Arts Council England, South East #Southend #ACESupported #Essex READ Essex Echo PIECE: metalculture.com/southend-forgo…

READ: #PopUpEssexWritersHouse feature in Essex Echo #MetalSouthend #ChalkwellHall @EssexBookFest - March metalculture.com/southend-pop-u… #Writers #Writing #Southend #Westcliff #Leigh #Essex

EXCITING NEW PUBLIC ART SPACE: TOMA GOES POP-UP! CURIOUS? metalculture.com/southend-excit… Congrats TOMA on snazzy The Royals Shopping Centre fun @southendbid #Southend #Art #PopUp #AlternativeArtEducation

SHORT FILM CASTING CALL: AUDITIONS THIS SUNDAY, 10-2 GIRL, AGED 9-11 BOY, AGED 8-11 Retweet please, lovely people! #YoungActors #Auditions #ShortFilm #Southend #Westcliff #Leigh

ARE YOU AN ASPIRING SHORT FILM WRITER? Get along to this & learn from a pro - @MariaSolecki WRITING THE SHORT FILM 28TH MARCH - 11-2:30 #PopUpEssexWritersHouse #MetalSouthend @EssexBookFest metalculture.com/event/southend…

LITTLE BUSY BOOKCLUB A weekend celebrating families & mothers throughout literature, with loads to captivate all ages With the fantastic @jacqsondiego 10 & 11 Mar Part of our #PopUpEssexWritersHouse - @EssexBookFest Southend metalculture.com/event/southend…

LAST FEW PLACES REMAINING FOR 'WHAT WRITERS WANT' Long table discussion with some brilliant authors & industry experts The first event in our month-long programme dedicated to Writers! #PopUpEssexWritersHouse March 2018 @EssexBookFest BOOK NOW! metalculture.com/event/southend…

Coming soon from busy Art bods TOMA INTERIOR ILLUSION: EXHIBITION OPENING Featuring artists Kristina & Grace Defreitas 7th March Paul Robinson Solicitors London Road, Westcliff #Art #southend

Ever wanted to write Historical Fiction? Here's how to get started! Join author SamLierens AKA Author Lizzie Page on one of 2 brain-packing days learning how to tackle this ever-popular genre 14th & 25th March #PopUpEssexWritersHouse @EssexBookFest metalculture.com/event/southend…

PLEASE NOTE: Old Trunk DAMN WRITE STORYTELLING EVE TONIGHT IS NOW CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER. Very disappointed & we hope to reschedule. Refunds can be sought on Eventbrite. Stay safe, people! x