‘Community effort’: Local boaters rescue works of late poet Val Warner from Clapton skip
Warner’s friends, who had expected the books and documents to be archived in the wake of her death, call the disposal a ‘disgrace’
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Poetry: Still Lurking In The Dark by Charlie Cook
The local Year 5 student shares his heartfelt verses about Covid at Christmas
Local gallery to release book of poems celebrating Hackney’s linguistic diversity
Swirl of Words/Swirl of Worlds features over 100 poems written in 94 different languages
Secret ode: Children’s poetry appears across Hoxton in unexpected places
Keep your eyes peeled for verses written on breadsticks, hanging off pets’ collars and hidden in library books
Happy the Man by Gareth Evans
The local poet pays tribute to the Happy Man Tree, which was felled earlier this month
Poetry: Screens by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the ‘shadow play of life’
Poetry: Easing by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on emerging from lockdown
Poetry: Time by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the slower rhythm of life under lockdown
Poetry: Car Sick by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning playwright finds herself at the mercy of a driver with a death wish as she tries to make sense of Boris Johnson’s latest speech
Poetry: Far out at sea by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on how ‘we must find new ways to navigate the world’
Poetry: Kitchen Sill Radio by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on how, in a crisis, even everyday comforts can take on a new meaning
Poetry: London by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on a sleeping city
Poetry: The small things by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on appreciating life’s little touches
Poetry: Our Children by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning playwright wonders how our kids will remember the pandemic
Poetry: Cherry Tree by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on a Spring ‘snatched away’
Poetry: Brave New World by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on our ‘utterly changed’ lives, with ‘days both full and empty’