Planet Poetry
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The wizard and the birdcage
It has been a while since I updated this blog. I like to lead a double life, and my commercial work with my favourite art director Keith Hardy has taken up lots of my time and energy. Luckily, I have made time to continue to present and produce the Planet Poetry Podcast with my pal…
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Learning by listening
Recently my conceptual copywriter alter ego has been roughly shaken awake and made to get on with some work for a change. After a year of freelancer’s famine, I have been scrambling to manage a weird glut of work over the last couple of months. Not having to commute allows me the odd stolen hour…
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Twice is a charm
Merry Christmas! With 2020 heading for the dustbin of history, I’m beginning to take stock of what has been — at the very least — a year of thwarted plans. However, it has forced me to innovate a little. And one of the best innovations was starting the Planet Poetry podcast with Robin Houghton. The…
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It’s uncanny – Tess Jolly and Krishan Coupland on Planet Poetry
Robin and I have just uploaded the latest episode of Planet Poetry. This one dabbles in the Uncanny, and is an overlap in the Venn diagram of my interests, with my interests in dark fiction and black comedy. Tess Jolly has cropped up severally in this blog. I have always been a fan of Tess’s…
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Zoom launches, Planet Poetry, and a spot of horror
England is in its second day of its second national lockdown. The outcome of the US Presidential Election is on a knife edge, but I know readers of this blog will have lain awake at night wondering what on earth has Peter Kenny been doing? Yesterday Robin Houghton and I — the Smashy and Nicey…
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Planet Poetry launches with an in-depth interview with Pascale Petit
What’s that? The sound of virtual corks? Wish us luck as Robin Houghton and I launch our podcast on an unsuspecting planet. To be honest, it feels a bit like standing on a diving board, and gazing into the cold deep water with trepidation. But here we go! The first episode of Planet Poetry is…
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Counting down to…
So the podcast is called Planet Poetry and we have a wee trailer ready to listen to… Just a few tweaks here and there, and ensuring the podcast is available on your favourite podcast platforms… Before Robin Houghton and I press the big button, with any luck, later this week. The first episode will feature…
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