In autumn the bicycle teaches me a culture of fire

Here’s the soundscape to my poem ‘Real at Last’. This was the result of a collaboration between myself and sound artist Chris Renshaw. The project was supported by MediaActive, and funded through their Creative Conversations project, with thanks to Vibrant Shropshire, and The Inclusive Communities Fund awarded through the Heart of England Community Foundation. The poem was published in my book ‘The Bicycles of Ice … Continue reading In autumn the bicycle teaches me a culture of fire

Cinderloo 1821: a project in Telford schools

I’ve been working with artist Andrew Howe and filmmaker Jill Impey on this Heritage Lottery funded project to tell the dramatic story of the Cinderloo Uprising, which took place in Telford almost 200 years ago in February 1821. Some 3,000 men, women and children marched in protest at proposed pay cuts and increasing poverty.  They gathered on the ‘cinder hills’, the slag heaps, of Old … Continue reading Cinderloo 1821: a project in Telford schools