Just before lockdown, Samuel West (a British actor) asked his twitter followers what poems they’d like him to read for them. He was driven by a need to do something – the play he was about to perform in was cancelled – and a desire to offer something of meaning to people. Hundreds of peopleContinue reading “Pandemic Poems”
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Lockdown Listening
Sometimes listening is just easier than reading, isn’t it? And you can listen and do other things. Listen and iron, listen and empty the dishwasher, listen and lie on the sofa staring out of the window… According to a recently interviewed bookseller, Agatha Christie is going great guns at the moment. And why not? HasContinue reading “Lockdown Listening”