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Events and Ideas, Jean Atkin's poetry, Poet in Residence

‘Luck’s Weight’ exhibition opens January 2015

LUCK’S WEIGHT, an exhibition of my poetry and the beautiful photographs of Andrew Fusek Peters, will open in January 2015.  Its very first outing will be at the beautiful Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms. The poems are from from my residency earlier this year at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm.  I wrote about the working horses, the ancient breed of Silver Dorking hens, the … Continue reading ‘Luck’s Weight’ exhibition opens January 2015

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EAFS, and How We Live in the Landscape

I parked beside an intensely blue Stroan Loch, and went in search of ‘Things That Befell Us in those Strange Years’.  It’s the inaugural Environmental Art Festival Scotland, aka EAFS, and I was there both to read from my pamphlet, ‘The Dark Farms‘, and to enjoy this exciting new festival. For Gavin Macgregor and Ingrid Shearer, creators of ‘Things That Befell Us in those Strange … Continue reading EAFS, and How We Live in the Landscape

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