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  • The End and the Beginning

      The End and the Beginning   Because others had named the day We can plot the moment When first in a church and then in the barn of an after bouquet of a wedding you caught a glimpse of the future in each other deftly like a slipping shadow at first then ripening boldly Read more

  • Dolce Domum (a message to Michael)

    Dolce Domum  (A Message to Michael) Enjoy every moment because it will be your first And one day your last Expect rather than hope What you will do next is written somewhere But not in law or statute Explore every metre, mile and meridian Sleep with the moon and rise with the sun And when Read more

  • Who Is Like God?

      Who is like God? Love was the father and love the mother. You arrived in December, anticipating another Christmas A reward in yourself rather than a present A pilgrimage more than a journey Because we cannot find love in ourselves Only with another And you were the purest love The world of love in Read more

  • Do It Yourself Celebrity

    Last Friday 29th July I went to the Holmbush Centre at Shoreham to help my old friend and radio colleague Patrick Souiljaert man (person?) a stand at the entrance to Tesco there. He has written an autobiography in microscopic detail about the challenges of his life as a person with Cerebral Palsy. He was starved Read more

  • On the day you said yes

    The famous last words of two stories That became one on that day On the day you said yes And every day since. Read more

  • Star Formation: Mike Kerr of Royal Blood

    Mike Kerr of Royal Blood agrees to a 2 hour radio interview and music journey.We play adrenalin-pumped rock and roll, we nod back to Led Zeppelin, and nod forward to Drenge. The Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, The Raconteurs, Them Crooked Vultures also feature. Musical signposts rather than antecedents, combined with… Read more

  • Words are Important. Do you Copy?

    A word in your shell-like.. If you are a business one of the best ways of making an impact on the people you want to impress is by writing and hosting good clear and compelling copy on your various web platforms. Words are like the air we breathe. You can’t avoid them and they infiltrate Read more

  • Farewell, Old Long Since

    It was a year that didn’t stop for anyone but there will be another one along in a minute. Read more

  • It Was Darker Then

    A poem about revolution inside and outside the heart. Read more

  • @petefij thanks 4 Homeboy – Terry and I did some stuff Brighton Festival FM project back in 1996. doing a weekly show on http://www.seahavenfm.com Read more