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Wed 11 Nov 2015
Poetry and Songs of the Middle East
In a fascinating look at the history and cultures of the Middle East, award-winning poet Ruth Padel will be reading from her book Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth. The book celebrates the different groups with lin.....Read more
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Hindu Epic comes to St Albans
The Mahabharata offers a gateway to the rich culture and history of India. It is the world’s longest epic poem. For many scholars it is as important as the Bible, Shakespeare or Homer in the development of civilisation......Read more
Mon 11 Apr 2016
Shakespeare's Mysterious Muse
Shakespeare is the world’s most famous playwright. But in his own time he was better known as the author of best-selling poems. A rich selection of these can be heard in St on Friday April 15th in a joint production by V.....Read more
Mon 11 Apr 2016
Lessons of Chernobyl - 30 Years On
Thirty years ago the world’s worst nuclear accident happened in Ukraine. A radioactive cloud rose three miles in the air and was blown around the world. Thousands of people died as a result and a large area of la.....Read more
Fri 07 Oct 2016
Healing Poetry
CAN WORDS HEAL? Can poetry help you cope with pain and illness? To find out, you should come along to St Albans Central Library on Wednesday October 19th for an evening of Healing Poetry. The event which.....Read more
Tue 08 Nov 2016
What Have the Americans Done for Us?
As Monty Python might have put it - What have the Americans done for us? Well – there’s Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost. Then you might mention Wallace Stevens, ee cummings, Sylvia Plath, Mark Doty, Sharon Ol.....Read more
Mon 21 Nov 2016
Poetry and Religion
Is religious poetry dead? To find out come to the launch of The Poet’s Quest for God – 21st Century Poems of Faith, Doubt and Wonder in St Albans on Saturday December 3. The anthology contains 300 poems from al.....Read more
Mon 24 Aug 2015
Working in partnership with Pear Tree Primary School
The new Head Teacher at Pear Tree Primary School popped into RECOVER earlier this year to find out what we are all about. Liking what she saw we were commissioned to up-cycle some of their existing furniture for their li.....Read more
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Poetry Reading, Arts Takeover, Letchworth 22/7/17
Here's me, reading to the rain, at the Arts takeover in Letchworth on Saturday. Poetry ID, who are based at The Settlement, read on The Wynd stage in the morning (when it was sunny!). Despite the weather, a successful .....Read more
Sat 23 Feb 2019
Poetry at the Pudding Stop 6/3/19
I'll be reading (along with several other Ver poets) at the Pudding Stop in St. Albans on Wednesday 6th March. Come along and eat pudding/listen to poetry!..Read more
Sat 18 Apr 2020
THE GIANT from Old-Fashioned They May Be
THE GIANT “Outside, and run to the fence and back,” said the teacher to her Year Two class of the little school. The children ran outside and onto the field, and sped as fast as they could go towards the chain-lin.....Read more
Fri 01 Jun 2012
<em>Zeal</em> available from Enitharmon
<em>Zeal</em>, Andrew Bailey's first collection of poetry, is now available from Enitharmon and, hopefully, all good bookshops. ..Read more
Thu 03 Mar 2016
Big ideas make brilliant stories!
Having launched in 2014, the brainchild of local writers Katy Lassetter and Vicky Edwards, the fourth ‘Story Factory, Chichester’ workshop will take place on Friday 8 April, with an umbrella theme of ‘What happens next?’.....Read more
Mon 12 Sep 2011
Summer Theatre & Film-making Workshops a Success!
As part of The Seed project planned to go live next Spring, Goat and Monkey theatre company ran workshops at Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill, on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the school summer holiday. Theatre skills, stag.....Read more
Mon 18 Jan 2016
Creative Way for Children to Express Emotions
Here's a moving story from an 11 year girl who uses Story Massage to express her feelings around living with a sister with ADHD. Beautifully written and a wonderfully creative way to help her make sense of the world and .....Read more