by Jo Weinberger | Jun 3, 2020 | blog post
Almost too late (The Glasgow Climate Summit 2020) By Juggy Pandit Friendly Thames our friend no more Now spreads a mile from shore to shore. Angry waves lap ancient domes And modern towers of rusting bones. The dark and viscous oil we burnt The trees we...
by Jo Weinberger | May 8, 2020 | blog post
As a means of bringing joy and creativity into homes during these uncertain times, the Rose Theatre, Kingston, is launching the ‘Readings from the Rose’ initiative today. Several prominent actors and creatives in the industry have filmed themselves reading their...
by Jo Weinberger | May 7, 2020 | blog post
To celebrate VE Day I thought I’d take this opportunity to post about an extraordinary poem by Lynette Roberts, the Welsh modernist poet. Roberts published two books of poetry with Faber and Faber in 1944 and 1951. She became friends with her editor, T.S. Eliot, and...
by Jo Weinberger | May 7, 2020 | blog post
Alun Lewis was a Welsh poet who came from the mining community of Cwmaman in the Cynon Valley. Following scholarships to Aberystwyth and Manchester Universities he became a journalist, poet and short story writer. Despite being a pacifist, Lewis enlisted in the army...
