Pushing the faders into the red…

Scenes at Edgbaston where India are playing Pakistan but people are watching the England game. 2 sets of rival supporters united by their love of England! #PakvsInd #ENGSUI #comeonengland #england

#OTD The poet Shelley went the way of the water… #shelley WATCH FULL FILM: t.ly/9olhf

Talking to the dead….

Jan Noble Thank you to everyone who has had a good ol’ chuckle at The Actor’s Tale. That makes me very happy. Do check out Director Jan Noble whose poems and films are beautiful. The great John Nettles of Bergerac and Midsomer Murders does a superb job of performing some of Jan’s work.

We guarantee front-foot, attacking, free flowing poetry. None of your dull, defensive play here: bodyoneonefive.com Alma Tavern &Theatre Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre #ENGSPA

Today as grey as Southgate’s Euro ‘96 shirt…

#OTD 1821 Shelley sends Byron a copy of Adonais

Epic poem or verse drama. You decide. It’s an hour long. I do words and move about a bit. Bristol, Birmingham, London. bodyoneonefive.com Photo: lidia crisafulli #BODY115 #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #Poems

Edinburgh’s for rich kids and Glasto’s for wankers. Today I am here. Tomorrow I might be outside your front door… jannoble.co.uk/events/

“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire”

And again for his birthday… (although a poet’s death is generally the thing we like to celebrate… you may like to explain to me why this is the case) #OTD #shelley

Bristol, birth place of Thomas Chatterton, poet and forger. Raised in poverty Chatterton died by suicide (or accidental overdose) aged 17. Invoking poet ghosts ‘Body 115’ - part seance, part fire dance - heads west to the Alma Tavern &Theatre 5 September… tickettailor.com/events/almathe…?

Three shows… and a 333 mile round trip back to London… Everything is number. MORE: bodyoneonefive.com

Birmingham boasts an A - Z of poets from Auden to Zephaniah… now here come the numbers… #body115

A story of departures and arrivals… of delays and missed connections… of crossed lines... and old flames… London, Birmingham Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre and Bristol Alma Tavern &Theatre this September.… bodyoneonefive.com/book-now/

Beginning in Birmingham Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre ‘A triumph in poetic theatre performance. Utterly captivating’ ★★★★ The Reviews Hub Photo: lidia crisafulli

It’s about leaving old baggage behind, it’s about heading toward the light, it’s about leaning in closer, it’s about moving away, it’s about… bodyoneonefive.com Photo: lidia crisafulli

About those flags... and what they might be hiding... A short essay on the recent, national phenomena sometimes referred to as ‘raising the standard’. #flagging open.substack.com/pub/jannoble/p…