January 2026

Jan 20, 2026 TODAY Jan 20, 2026

August 2022

Aug 5, 2022 My Final Post on This Blog. Aug 5, 2022

September 2021

Sep 7, 2021 A message to China. Thank you Xu Bing. Sep 7, 2021

June 2021

Jun 20, 2021 Independent Bookshop Week 19th to 26th June. Jun 20, 2021
Jun 12, 2021 A Blog of Thanks. Jun 12, 2021

May 2021

May 24, 2021 Post Pandemic Parlez, Awards and Maps May 24, 2021
May 8, 2021 Eighteen Hours of Tell Me Something. May 8, 2021

March 2021

Mar 30, 2021 Happy Days. First UK City to Launch Multi Arts Festival since Lockdown. Mar 30, 2021
Mar 21, 2021 The distribution of light. Mar 21, 2021

January 2021

Jan 25, 2021 If you don't know about this "once in a generation opportunity" you should! Jan 25, 2021
Jan 6, 2021 Gratitude with Attitude Jan 6, 2021
Jan 4, 2021 64 Million Artists and A Record of Records. Jan 4, 2021

December 2020

Dec 21, 2020 More Christmas Dinners for care leavers than EVER before!! And other news! Dec 21, 2020
Dec 16, 2020 Thank you Sophia Alexandra Hall and Thank you Paperchase Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2020 Paperchase laughing at young people in care? Please stop. It's Christmas. Dec 16, 2020

November 2020

Nov 3, 2020 Tinie Tempah and Eighteen Christmas Dinners Nov 3, 2020

October 2020

Oct 23, 2020 Sakamoto - Cut to something beautiful Oct 23, 2020
Oct 9, 2020 News just in: WORLDWIDE documentary film this weekend. Oct 9, 2020
Oct 8, 2020 64 Million Artists and you. The arts are alive! Oct 8, 2020

September 2020

Sep 14, 2020 My playlist for Hold Still: 100 portraits at The National Portrait Gallery. Sep 14, 2020
Sep 12, 2020 Class Sissay Sep 12, 2020
Sep 11, 2020 The pilot. September 11th 1972. Sep 11, 2020
Sep 7, 2020 How I stopped smoking the easy way. The secret revealed. Sep 7, 2020

August 2020

Aug 25, 2020 The portrait photographer and the poet. Aug 25, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 The 2020 Booker Prize saved my life. Aug 23, 2020
Aug 10, 2020 "Is This thing on?" Some Thoughts About Zoom Events "Can you hear me?" Aug 10, 2020
Aug 1, 2020 THE SMILE OF SUNSHINE Aug 1, 2020

July 2020

Jul 29, 2020 The Booker Prize. Now I can talk about it! Jul 29, 2020
Jul 7, 2020 Fill the dam. Water is needed for electricity, for hope, for freedom. Jul 7, 2020

June 2020

Jun 17, 2020 My Name Is Why Not. So. Jun 17, 2020
Jun 3, 2020 FIVE YEARS AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. Jun 3, 2020

May 2020

May 15, 2020 When a birthday is the worst day of your life. May 15, 2020
May 3, 2020 May was to be the most exciting month of my career. May 3, 2020
May 1, 2020 David Olusoga, Emilia Clarke, Dame Helen Mirren & myself on TV. May 1, 2020

April 2020

Apr 27, 2020 After ten years my morning messages have come to an end. Apr 27, 2020

March 2020

Mar 29, 2020 Ground Control to Major Tom. Mar 29, 2020

February 2020

Feb 4, 2020 Sathianath. It means truth Feb 4, 2020

January 2020

Jan 5, 2020 One hundred days of Solipsism. Jan 5, 2020

December 2019

Dec 18, 2019 Desperately Seeking Suzi Dec 18, 2019

November 2019

Nov 10, 2019 The Hard Way or The Easway. Nov 10, 2019

October 2019

Oct 8, 2019 How to make the dark nights shine. Oct 8, 2019

September 2019

Sep 19, 2019 After Publication Aug 29th to Sept 14th. Sep 19, 2019
Sep 6, 2019 A Waterfall of Words at Foyles Sep 6, 2019

August 2019

Aug 6, 2019 If you think you know my story think again. Aug 6, 2019

July 2019

Jul 30, 2019 An Excerpt from CONVERSATIONS ON LOVE Jul 30, 2019
Jul 18, 2019 Healing Words. Morning Messages. Jul 18, 2019
Jul 18, 2019 Astounding Messages from the First Readers of "My Name Is Why". Jul 18, 2019
Jul 17, 2019 Living is in Danger of Death. Jul 17, 2019

June 2019

Jun 28, 2019 Ezana's Mother Granted Visa! Jun 28, 2019
Jun 23, 2019 When Your Mother is Banned from Your Graduation Ceremony. Jun 23, 2019
Jun 15, 2019 And the Award Goes To.... Jun 15, 2019
Jun 1, 2019 Something Dark for Ireland (One Man One Script One Stage.) Jun 1, 2019

April 2019

Apr 18, 2019 34 days: One Poet Laureate, two Prime Ministers and a Princess. Apr 18, 2019
Apr 9, 2019 A list of incredible UK people who were fostered adopted or in children's homes Apr 9, 2019
Apr 6, 2019 Quilts for Care Leavers. Apr 6, 2019
Apr 1, 2019 Rafiki film director comes to London. Apr 1, 2019

March 2019

Mar 25, 2019 The Care Leaver Covenant is a Game Changer Mar 25, 2019
Mar 20, 2019 Hidden in Windsor Castle: How did the Ethiopian prince die and where is he buried? Subterfuge & The Stolen Prince. Mar 20, 2019

February 2019

Feb 3, 2019 A girl jumps from a window Feb 3, 2019

December 2018

Dec 26, 2018 Community at its best Dec 26, 2018
Dec 23, 2018 From China with love Dec 23, 2018
Dec 9, 2018 Manchester to Addis Ababa Ethiopian Airines rises. Dec 9, 2018
Dec 1, 2018 On Social Workers Dec 1, 2018

November 2018

Nov 30, 2018 On the arts. Nov 30, 2018
Nov 27, 2018 Verse Person Singular. Nov 27, 2018
Nov 26, 2018 When a building becomes a book of my morning tweets. Nov 26, 2018
Nov 25, 2018 Georgetown Literary Festival: The State of Freedom. Nov 25, 2018
Nov 18, 2018 The Wonder of Caroline Bird. Nov 18, 2018

October 2018

Oct 28, 2018 How to stop middle class parents trying to put their children in care Oct 28, 2018

September 2018

Sep 7, 2018 My Files For Sale at Auction. Sep 7, 2018

August 2018

Aug 12, 2018 My Australia Tour: Eleven days. Aug 12, 2018

July 2018

Jul 24, 2018 One year as Canterbury's Poet Laureate. Jul 24, 2018
Jul 14, 2018 These are our children Jul 14, 2018

June 2018

Jun 25, 2018 16 days in my life. June 7th to June 23th. Jun 25, 2018
Jun 20, 2018 Northern Soul: The nature of us. Jun 20, 2018

May 2018

May 29, 2018 Moon Tiger is a winner in my book. May 29, 2018
May 20, 2018 Above All Things. May 20, 2018
May 19, 2018 Two Princes for the Price of One. A letter to Meghan Markle. May 19, 2018

April 2018

Apr 16, 2018 A Winning Case Apr 16, 2018

March 2018

Mar 27, 2018 Something beginning with you. Mar 27, 2018

February 2018

Feb 20, 2018 To Raise A Child Feb 20, 2018

December 2017

Dec 28, 2017 Who is your Woman of the Year? Dec 28, 2017
Dec 26, 2017 The pilot and the poet. The pen pals. Dec 26, 2017
Dec 25, 2017 A personal letter from The Prime Minister on Christmas Day. Dec 25, 2017
Dec 24, 2017 All The Christmases in all the world. Dec 24, 2017
Dec 22, 2017 The Past Four Days: From England to Ethiopia and back. Dec 22, 2017
Dec 11, 2017 25 days in my life. The low down. Dec 11, 2017
Dec 9, 2017 An outbreak of kindness all over the UK. Dec 9, 2017

November 2017

Nov 28, 2017 The Duchess of Cambridge at The Foundling Museum Nov 28, 2017

October 2017

Oct 5, 2017 A little help from my friends. Crowdfund. Oct 5, 2017

September 2017

Sep 25, 2017 A Message from the Oxford Christmas Dinner Group. Sep 25, 2017
Sep 10, 2017 Something Dark Tour Begins. Sep 10, 2017

August 2017

Aug 28, 2017 The Brand New Christmas Dinner How To Guide. Aug 28, 2017
Aug 22, 2017 Your commmunity needs you now more than ever. Aug 22, 2017

July 2017

Jul 21, 2017 "This is our Road" Jul 21, 2017

June 2017

Jun 27, 2017 The Rain Jun 27, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 To Manchester With Love. Jun 22, 2017

May 2017

May 26, 2017 Thunder broke his heart. May 26, 2017
May 24, 2017 The past 6 days. May 24, 2017
May 19, 2017 Swift in the eves. May 19, 2017
May 18, 2017 THE PAST TEN DAYS: From The Rich List to The Scholarship. May 18, 2017
May 6, 2017 THE PAST TEN DAYS. May 6, 2017

April 2017

Apr 25, 2017 Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories BBC Radio (Episodes 1 to 4) Apr 25, 2017
Apr 24, 2017 News just in. Apr 24, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 BBC Radio 4. "LEMN SISSAY'S HOMECOMING". Episode 1 in Addis and episode 2 in London Apr 23, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 Four Days in Addis. Apr 22, 2017
Apr 14, 2017 We Are Many. Apr 14, 2017
Apr 11, 2017 The Report. Sold Out. Few hidden tickets left. Apr 11, 2017
Apr 8, 2017 THE EVIDENCE. THE REPORT. Apr 8, 2017
Apr 1, 2017 The Ceramic Mountain and me Apr 1, 2017

March 2017

Mar 20, 2017 THE REPORT. Mar 20, 2017
Mar 3, 2017 The Forgiveness Project Mar 3, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 I HATE POETRY Mar 2, 2017
Mar 1, 2017 "Something Dark" on the National Syllabus. Mar 1, 2017

February 2017

Feb 27, 2017 Raising the game by Moonlight & How Positive Discrimination Works. Feb 27, 2017
Feb 5, 2017 Sunday 2 Sunday. 7 Days. Feb 5, 2017

January 2017

Jan 28, 2017 For the love of Lists: Happy Birthday Desert Island Discs. Jan 28, 2017
Jan 24, 2017 I Kick Walls. Jan 24, 2017
Jan 13, 2017 100 words on how NOT to read a poem on stage. Jan 13, 2017
Jan 11, 2017 Something Dark at The Orange Tree. Jan 11, 2017
Jan 6, 2017 WE ARE NATIVE WOMEN: (GOOD NEWS FROM AMERICA.) Jan 6, 2017
Jan 2, 2017 "Am I Dreaming?" Jan 2, 2017

December 2016

Dec 31, 2016 Write More. Dec 31, 2016
Dec 24, 2016 From The Stars To The Stars by TV writer Sally Abbott. Dec 24, 2016
Dec 9, 2016 How to Change The World: One Day at a Time.. Dec 9, 2016

October 2016

Oct 21, 2016 42 days: The aeronautical engineer, Oscar Wilde and a BAFTA nomination. Oct 21, 2016
Oct 10, 2016 The Christmas Dinner How To Guide for Care Leavers 2017. Oct 10, 2016

September 2016

Sep 20, 2016 WHAT IS THE CHRISTMAS DINNER & WHAT ARE THE SEVEN GOALS OF CHRISTMAS? Sep 20, 2016
Sep 15, 2016 Art Exhibition on Morning Poems opens in London Sep 15, 2016
Sep 5, 2016 I stopped drinking and started living. Sep 5, 2016

August 2016

Aug 19, 2016 Letters to the Chancellor. Aug 19, 2016
Aug 18, 2016 HIGH FLIGHT. Aug 18, 2016
Aug 16, 2016 Two reports from my files. Aug 16, 2016
Aug 14, 2016 21 Days: From Baaba Maal at Womad to Marcus Samuelsson at Ginny's in NYC. Aug 14, 2016
Aug 13, 2016 Working in the arts with Care Leavers. Aug 13, 2016
Aug 7, 2016 Hardys Well and The Condemned Poem Aug 7, 2016

July 2016

Jul 23, 2016 From Oscar Wilde's cell to The Royal Albert Hall. The past 15 days (280) Jul 23, 2016
Jul 10, 2016 The Christmas Dinner 2016: We crowdfund goodwill. Jul 10, 2016
Jul 8, 2016 22 days of my life. Hair cuts & Baggage. Jul 8, 2016
Jul 2, 2016 The Listening Post Jul 2, 2016

June 2016

Jun 18, 2016 This post is for UK referendum voters: Jun 18, 2016
Jun 16, 2016 Two hundred and forty two days. Jun 16, 2016
Jun 2, 2016 Two hundred and twenty eight days. Jun 2, 2016
Jun 1, 2016 An emotional moonwalk into the shadow Jun 1, 2016

May 2016

May 16, 2016 Two hundred and eleven days. May 16, 2016

January 2016

Jan 26, 2016 University of Manchester. My first 100 days as Chancellor. Jan 26, 2016
Jan 5, 2016 The Care Leavers Christmas Video Jan 5, 2016

December 2015

Dec 31, 2015 Every Morning Tweet of 2015 Dec 31, 2015
Dec 11, 2015 In Angel amongst Angels: Christmas Dinner & me. Dec 11, 2015
Dec 10, 2015 Six Days in The USA - 30th Nov - 6th Dec. Dec 10, 2015

November 2015

Nov 26, 2015 Eight glorious days in Addis Ababa Nov 26, 2015
Nov 24, 2015 Ethiopian Airlines All-Women Flight. Nov 24, 2015
Nov 13, 2015 WHAT IS THE CHRISTMAS DINNER? Nov 13, 2015
Nov 1, 2015 All the music from Desert Island Discs. Nov 1, 2015

October 2015

Oct 24, 2015 Desert Island Discs. Oct 24, 2015
Oct 22, 2015 The Three Christmas Dinners - Contact details Oct 22, 2015
Oct 16, 2015 The Installation of Chancellor (Full Video) Oct 16, 2015
Oct 13, 2015 Inspired? I need you. Oct 13, 2015
Oct 11, 2015 The fierce power of film in the fight for power. Oct 11, 2015
Oct 8, 2015 Comets and Candles. Oct 8, 2015

September 2015

Sep 20, 2015 A Big Little Adventure on Virgin Trains. Sep 20, 2015

August 2015

Aug 31, 2015 The adopted girl in La Romieu Aug 31, 2015
Aug 21, 2015 This is extraordinary. Aug 21, 2015
Aug 21, 2015 "Excuse me can I borrow your strength" Aug 21, 2015
Aug 7, 2015 The Man on The Moon. Aug 7, 2015
Aug 6, 2015 The Hounding of Camila Aug 6, 2015

July 2015

Jul 27, 2015 Will it be published? You decide. Jul 27, 2015
Jul 26, 2015 Dawn on The Iron Mountain. Jul 26, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 My life in a box Jul 23, 2015
Jul 15, 2015 Seven days in The States. One day in Brazil. Jul 15, 2015
Jul 12, 2015 Amy in the summer rain. Jul 12, 2015
Jul 11, 2015 "I named my baby after your poem" and a tattoo. Jul 11, 2015

June 2015

Jun 24, 2015 Thankyou. I just want to Thank you. Jun 24, 2015
Jun 8, 2015 Ten Days to Vote! Jun 8, 2015
Jun 2, 2015 Merry Christmas to Leeds Manchester & London (So far...) Jun 2, 2015

May 2015

May 29, 2015 Dear Greg Dyke Chairman of The FA Cup May 29, 2015
May 27, 2015 FATV exclusive - Watch full official FA Cup Final poem #vote4lemn May 27, 2015
May 18, 2015 Me? Chancellor? #votelemn #lemn4chancellor May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015 Zone 9 Bloggers May 18, 2015
May 1, 2015 At All. Poem for Derry Londonderry. May 1, 2015

April 2015

Apr 23, 2015 #Lemn4chancellor at University of Manchester? Apr 23, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 I try to warn people by going silent. Apr 15, 2015

March 2015

Mar 29, 2015 A Global Poetry System of Landmark Poetics. Mar 29, 2015
Mar 19, 2015 Your opinion on a public art poem? #landmarkpoetics Mar 19, 2015
Mar 15, 2015 Walking In Circles Mar 15, 2015
Mar 8, 2015 "Hi it's only me". Walk in her shoes on International Women's Day. Mar 8, 2015
Mar 1, 2015 The Battle of Adwa Anniversary poem. Mar 1, 2015

February 2015

Feb 28, 2015 Invisible Kisses live at The Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa 2015 Feb 28, 2015
Feb 28, 2015 Your old laptop is a portal to new dreams Feb 28, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 Deliverance. Feb 27, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 Wuleta and Salome: Weavers and sowers. Feb 21, 2015
Feb 20, 2015 Is one lifetime enough. Feb 20, 2015
Feb 15, 2015 Pioneering women of Ethiopia Feb 15, 2015
Feb 10, 2015 BBC recording live in Addis Ababa where Bob Marley performed Feb 10, 2015

January 2015

Jan 30, 2015 Win £100 and feature in my video Jan 30, 2015
Jan 26, 2015 FA Cup Fifth Round - Every Game's An Adventure. Jan 26, 2015
Jan 22, 2015 Wood End Assessment Centre: Wigan's secret imprisonment of children Jan 22, 2015
Jan 18, 2015 My morning tweets and why I do them. Jan 18, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 Deliverance on BBC Radio 3 Jan 17, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 I'm Coming to Ethiopia in February 2015 Jan 13, 2015
Jan 1, 2015 FA Cup poem kicks off 2015. Jan 1, 2015

December 2014

Dec 24, 2014 It's One minute to Christmas Day 2014 Dec 24, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 Hackney Christmas Dinner & Manchester Christmas Dinner Dec 21, 2014
Dec 17, 2014 The Locksmith, The Safe and Wembley Stadium Dec 17, 2014
Dec 14, 2014 Question the Unquestionable Dec 14, 2014
Dec 12, 2014 Did they leave care or did care leave them? Dec 12, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 Manchester Christmas Dinner Needs Help Dec 2, 2014

November 2014

Nov 27, 2014 My Rookie Mistake on Channel Four News Nov 27, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 A Poetic Christmas Card by The University of Huddersfield Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 I need your help. Nov 26, 2014
Nov 15, 2014 Russell Brand and The Hackney Christmas Dinner Nov 15, 2014

October 2014

Oct 26, 2014 On separation: Packing books isn't easy. Long live the ipad. Oct 26, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 Eyes Wide Open. Oct 23, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 Slipping from mortgage into the cold rental seas Oct 12, 2014
Oct 8, 2014 The Lemn Sissay Phd Scholarship for Care Leavers. Oct 8, 2014

September 2014

Sep 27, 2014 Let There Be Peace and Landmark Poetics in 2014 Sep 27, 2014
Sep 26, 2014 Brett Bailey's Exhibit B and The Real Human Zoo. Sep 26, 2014
Sep 20, 2014 On stage 8th October at The Foundling Museum Sep 20, 2014
Sep 19, 2014 Kermit and me on stage in Manchester on 20th Sept 8pm Sep 19, 2014
Sep 18, 2014 Skateboarders & Southbank Centre Campaign Resolved. Sep 18, 2014
Sep 16, 2014 Sexual abuse is the tip of a tipping iceberg. Sep 16, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 Clear as Black and White. Two Reasons Exhibit B Must be Banned (or Not) Sep 7, 2014
Sep 5, 2014 Hackney Christmas Dinner 2014 Sep 5, 2014

August 2014

Aug 30, 2014 Press send to protest: Brett Bailey breaks bars at The Barbican. Aug 30, 2014
Aug 26, 2014 The second Lemn Sissay PhD Scholarship for Care Leavers. Aug 26, 2014
Aug 15, 2014 The Greatest Poetry Slam on Earth Aug 15, 2014
Aug 8, 2014 Hull Freedom Festival. Aug 8, 2014
Aug 7, 2014 For adoption abduction add option of corruption Aug 7, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 A Time Lapse Film of my New Installation "Superman Was A Foundling" Aug 3, 2014
Aug 1, 2014 Letter to an unknown Soldier Aug 1, 2014

July 2014

Jul 30, 2014 How Christmas Dinner 2013 was organised. Jul 30, 2014
Jul 29, 2014 Frontline Summer Institute Opening Ceremony Jul 29, 2014
Jul 28, 2014 Frontline challenges from today. Jul 28, 2014
Jul 24, 2014 Bricks and Mortars. Jul 24, 2014
Jul 23, 2014 The Forgotten Cancer in Derry Jul 23, 2014
Jul 19, 2014 Timing Jul 19, 2014
Jul 16, 2014 TED Radio Hour and Me Jul 16, 2014
Jul 10, 2014 Elinor Sisulu and the isiXhosa life writing workshop at Rhodes University Jul 10, 2014
Jul 9, 2014 Disappearing Files Abuse. Jul 9, 2014
Jul 5, 2014 War Centenary, The 7/7 bombings & a Military Secret. Jul 5, 2014

June 2014

Jun 30, 2014 100 words on dangers of back-biting for a contemporary poet Jun 30, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 Black Book Swap Jun 29, 2014
Jun 22, 2014 Chip on the Shoulder Jun 22, 2014
Jun 21, 2014 If all the world's a stage where does the audience sit? Jun 21, 2014
Jun 17, 2014 Superman Was A Foundling Jun 17, 2014
Jun 17, 2014 Morning tweets Jun 17, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 Parklife. One ticket one people. Jun 8, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 Thankyou Jun 3, 2014

May 2014

May 14, 2014 Keeping The House in Order: From Fact to Fiction #BBCF2F May 14, 2014
May 3, 2014 The World Premier that never was. May 3, 2014

April 2014

Apr 10, 2014 How to fly. Apr 10, 2014

March 2014

Mar 19, 2014 Scholarship named in poet's honour. Mar 19, 2014
Mar 13, 2014 Free residential course for young people in care in April Mar 13, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 Men. So you're having a relationship "break". Make life better. Mar 11, 2014

February 2014

Feb 24, 2014 What are we REALLY going to do about Race and Diversity in UK theatre? Feb 24, 2014
Feb 21, 2014 Sad Songs. Feb 21, 2014
Feb 9, 2014 Refugee Boy National Tour 2014 Feb 9, 2014

January 2014

Jan 17, 2014 A letter to Mayor Boris Johnson Jan 17, 2014
Jan 13, 2014 Beckett at Royal Court Theatre Jan 13, 2014
Jan 12, 2014 May I tell you a story? Jan 12, 2014

December 2013

Dec 30, 2013 Christmas Day Thanks to You Videos Dec 30, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 Christmas Eve Photo Story part 1. #TCD2013 Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 Organising the The Christmas dinner since 8.30am #TCD2013 Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 The Past The Present & The Gift: Mary Anne Hobbs #TCD2013 Dec 24, 2013
Dec 22, 2013 The Christmas Dinner Situation Room #TCD2013 Dec 22, 2013
Dec 20, 2013 The Shoreditch Christmas. Dec 20, 2013
Dec 17, 2013 Broken: A video by young people in care Dec 17, 2013
Dec 15, 2013 Happy Christmas Dec 15, 2013
Dec 15, 2013 South Africa. My Hero. Dec 15, 2013
Dec 14, 2013 South Africa My Heroine Dec 14, 2013
Dec 11, 2013 The Salander Walkthrough Dec 11, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 Reconciliation. Truth. South Africa. Lies. Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 What is The Christmas Dinner and how is it doing? Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 Places for care leavers at The Christmas Dinner. Dec 7, 2013
Dec 6, 2013 A living museum on a dying day Dec 6, 2013
Dec 6, 2013 Thankyou crowdfunders #TCD2013 Dec 6, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 Madiba Madiba Madiba Madiba!! Goodbye Madiba. Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 Christmas choir for care leavers in Manchester. Help? Dec 5, 2013
Dec 3, 2013 My last Message to Claire Grove Dec 3, 2013
Dec 3, 2013 Claire Grove's last bash. Dec 3, 2013
Dec 2, 2013 Thankyou Tom Bloxham #TCD2013 Dec 2, 2013
Dec 1, 2013 They split up. What happened next? Dec 1, 2013

November 2013

Nov 29, 2013 FESTIVAL VIP TICKET SALE FOR #TCD2013 Nov 29, 2013
Nov 29, 2013 SALANDER FEEDBACK. Nov 29, 2013
Nov 29, 2013 Art is Everywhere: Mary Anne Hobbs and Jeremy Deller Weekender Nov 29, 2013
Nov 26, 2013 Salander Sold Out at The Roundhouse. Nov 26, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 Picture House Cinema backs The Christmas Dinner #TCD2013 Nov 21, 2013
Nov 20, 2013 #TCD2013 The Christmas Dinner Nov 20, 2013
Nov 19, 2013 Evening: A Palace of Poets. Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 2013 BBC Breakfast TV: The "Golliwog" on The Wall. Should it be removed? Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 2013 South African handshake with The Queen. Nov 19, 2013
Nov 15, 2013 Exclusive VIP Festival Ticket Offer. Nov 15, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 Light breaches darkness every single day Nov 14, 2013
Nov 13, 2013 Salander at The Roundhouse: My public artwork opens Thursday. Nov 13, 2013
Nov 9, 2013 Move and Be Moved. Nov 9, 2013
Nov 5, 2013 The day I met Julian Assange Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013 The Christmas Dinner needs a chef Nov 5, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 No longer waiting for spring Nov 3, 2013
Nov 1, 2013 Civilize You. A brand new poem. Nov 1, 2013

October 2013

Oct 31, 2013 Adoption or Abduction. Mercy Mercy. Oct 31, 2013
Oct 28, 2013 1988 Manchester: A J Wilkinson's photo received today. Oct 28, 2013
Oct 26, 2013 Venue For The Christmas Dinner Oct 26, 2013
Oct 25, 2013 The performance of reading Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013 The moon is the foster child of the sun Oct 25, 2013
Oct 24, 2013 National Care Leavers Week Oct 24, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 "The Christmas Dinner" in Manchester Oct 22, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 The Great Hall in Manchester Town Hall Oct 19, 2013
Oct 18, 2013 Film Premier of Mercy Mercy in London in National Adoption Week. Oct 18, 2013
Oct 14, 2013 To MBE or not MBE. Oct 14, 2013
Oct 7, 2013 Video Exclusive "Civilise You" recorded wearing Shetland Wool. Oct 7, 2013

September 2013

Sep 30, 2013 Refugee Boy tour confirmed for 2014 Sep 30, 2013
Sep 28, 2013 From Charleston to The Island of Nantucket. Sep 28, 2013
Sep 27, 2013 September. A month lived backwards Sep 27, 2013
Sep 27, 2013 Help. Something strange is happening to my name Sep 27, 2013
Sep 24, 2013 Peace. Sep 24, 2013
Sep 21, 2013 Denial is not a river in Shetland Sep 21, 2013
Sep 19, 2013 What do I do with the Golly I bought? Answers on a postcard please Sep 19, 2013
Sep 18, 2013 Southbank Celebrates Mandela's Birthday. Sep 18, 2013
Sep 18, 2013 In honour of Mandela. Sep 18, 2013
Sep 13, 2013 Golly Blogging headlines the Shetland Times Sep 13, 2013
Sep 11, 2013 HAPPY NEW YEAR ETHIOPIA 2006. Sep 11, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 Let Freedom Ring. Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 Something Shifted. Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 Golly Blog. Sep 6, 2013

August 2013

Aug 29, 2013 A call for poems by young people in care and care leavers Aug 29, 2013
Aug 27, 2013 Add option to adoption. Aug 27, 2013
Aug 26, 2013 The Last Poets at Southbank Centre on Wednesday. Aug 26, 2013
Aug 22, 2013 Thankyou Linda Lines Aug 22, 2013
Aug 18, 2013 Why Am I here alone in South West France? Aug 18, 2013
Aug 5, 2013 Is the care system a cancer nursery for developing underage addicts? Aug 5, 2013
Aug 2, 2013 Don't tell me writing is easy. Aug 2, 2013

July 2013

Jul 25, 2013 Chiwoniso Maraire: No such thing as a "short Life". Jul 25, 2013
Jul 19, 2013 A message for Eastern Europeans on racism. Jul 19, 2013
Jul 10, 2013 2nd Sissay PHD Scholarship announced Jul 10, 2013
Jul 5, 2013 Spark Catchers: The Matchgirls Festival Jul 5, 2013
Jul 2, 2013 My police stop and search HELL. Jul 2, 2013
Jul 2, 2013 In The House of Lords Jul 2, 2013

June 2013

Jun 28, 2013 Whale Translation Jun 28, 2013
Jun 28, 2013 Royal Greenwich Time Jun 28, 2013
Jun 26, 2013 Eltham Library in Bloom Jun 26, 2013
Jun 26, 2013 Another World in Books Jun 26, 2013
Jun 26, 2013 Eltham Library Flowers Jun 26, 2013
Jun 23, 2013 Whale Translation reading on Sunday 5.55pm in Greenwich. Jun 23, 2013
Jun 23, 2013 Take us to your reader Jun 23, 2013
Jun 22, 2013 Street Theatre is Complete Theatre. Poetry. Jun 22, 2013
Jun 22, 2013 Windrush Day in the festival spirit before the Supermoon. Jun 22, 2013
Jun 21, 2013 The Whale Transported to The Royal Naval College at Cutty Sark. Jun 21, 2013
Jun 20, 2013 Imagination or Fact. Jun 20, 2013
Jun 20, 2013 "Whales Weep Not" performed by Dylan Thomas written by DH Lawrence Jun 20, 2013
Jun 19, 2013 A Whale Of A Time Jun 19, 2013
Jun 19, 2013 Cutty Sark Train Station Attack Jun 19, 2013
Jun 18, 2013 GREENWICH DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Jun 18, 2013
Jun 15, 2013 Open Offer to Mouthy Poets Jun 15, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 Screen Dance. The Art of Defining Me Jun 12, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 Balancing the Book Jun 12, 2013
Jun 3, 2013 Brave New World in Greenwich Jun 3, 2013
Jun 3, 2013 Incredible Edible Street Theatre in Greenwich. Jun 3, 2013

May 2013

May 24, 2013 At National Archives of Ethiopia: The stone that the builder refused. May 24, 2013
May 23, 2013 Welcome Home Lemn: Ethiopia National Theatre May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013 Ethiopia National Theatre. Photo by Aida Muluneh May 23, 2013
May 22, 2013 Excerpt from "Battle of Adwa 1896" May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013 Touch Down in Addis May 22, 2013
May 8, 2013 Ethiopia: Lemn Sissay at 50th Anniversary African Union Celebrations May 8, 2013
May 5, 2013 "Historic" abuse. What would you advise? May 5, 2013

April 2013

Apr 30, 2013 Jerry Lee and Me Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013 New shoes deserve a new exhibition and a party. Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013 Undressing at Southbank Centre Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013 Nothing good should be left in a box Apr 30, 2013
Apr 26, 2013 Highlights of the Week: A room with a view to Ethiopia. Apr 26, 2013
Apr 24, 2013 Dear Mr Hare Apr 24, 2013
Apr 21, 2013 My war of words with the Dalai Lama. Apr 21, 2013
Apr 17, 2013 Be A Witness To Your Greatness. Apr 17, 2013
Apr 11, 2013 100 words on commissions for a contemporary poet Apr 11, 2013
Apr 8, 2013 A Mill To One. Apr 8, 2013
Apr 8, 2013 Drawing By Suzana Ceallias Apr 8, 2013
Apr 5, 2013 A Poet in the Mill Apr 5, 2013

March 2013

Mar 26, 2013 7 days: Feedback through the snowdrift Mar 26, 2013
Mar 22, 2013 Allegations reaching out on child abuse in Wigan Mar 22, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 Blog Then Press Send. Why I….part 4 of 4 Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 I Then Press Send. Why Blog. Part 3 of 4 Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 Then I Press Send. Why Blog. Part 2 of 4. Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 Then Press Send. Why I blog. Mar 17, 2013
Mar 14, 2013 Refugee Boy Press Night Mar 14, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 Is This the First Cafe In The World Built With a Tweet? Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 Lemn Sissay 1994 Mar 12, 2013
Mar 10, 2013 Greenwich Waterstones: A brave New World. Mar 10, 2013
Mar 10, 2013 Edible Street Theatre: Greenwich. Mar 10, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 One Extraordinary Woman in My World Now: Yemarshet Sissay Mar 8, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 Two Extraordinary Women in My World Now: Yusra Warsama & Caroline Bird. Mar 8, 2013
Mar 7, 2013 Two Extraordinary Women in My World Now: Lebo Mashile & Hannah Pool Mar 7, 2013
Mar 6, 2013 Day 3: Paris Blues in Harlem & Abiodun's in Morningside. Mar 6, 2013
Mar 5, 2013 Day 2. Night and day Live at The Shrine in Harlem Mar 5, 2013
Mar 5, 2013 What Burgers Have Taught Me. Mar 5, 2013
Mar 5, 2013 Day 2. Morning Coffee in Harlem Mar 5, 2013
Mar 4, 2013 Day one in Harlem, New York. Mar 4, 2013
Mar 3, 2013 A Letter for Mercy Mercy Mar 3, 2013
Mar 2, 2013 Interview with Director and Editor of Mercy Mercy Mar 2, 2013
Mar 2, 2013 Mercy Mercy My Review Mar 2, 2013
Mar 2, 2013 Mercy Mercy Mercy Mercy Mar 2, 2013

February 2013

Feb 28, 2013 Tesco write poetry? So do I. Feb 28, 2013
Feb 27, 2013 Refugee Boy Special Edition Poster Feb 27, 2013
Feb 27, 2013 Trying to blend in at Paddington Station: 8am 26th Feb Feb 27, 2013
Feb 26, 2013 All Day in Hospital Feb 26, 2013
Feb 24, 2013 Abuse in Oaklands Childrens Home or Wood End Assessment Centre? Feb 24, 2013
Feb 22, 2013 Letterbox Live at Southbank Centre. Feb 22, 2013
Feb 21, 2013 Reading For Care Leavers at Arvon Feb 21, 2013
Feb 18, 2013 Lolliop and Laddu on my flight home Feb 18, 2013
Feb 17, 2013 "Karachi City is on High Alert" Feb 17, 2013
Feb 17, 2013 Final Reading at Karachi Literature Festival Feb 17, 2013
Feb 16, 2013 The British Deputy High Commission: Karachi Feb 16, 2013
Feb 16, 2013 Lemn Sissay in Pakistan 3 min video. Dawn.com Feb 16, 2013
Feb 15, 2013 Literature Festival Takes Karachi By Storm Feb 15, 2013
Feb 15, 2013 Nobody Left The Same As When They Came. (2nd event in karachi) Feb 15, 2013
Feb 14, 2013 An introduction to Karachi via Mr Avari Feb 14, 2013
Feb 14, 2013 The First Event in Karachi: Picture Story. Feb 14, 2013
Feb 13, 2013 Cupid The Chubby Drone and a Lesson in Love Feb 13, 2013
Feb 12, 2013 Funny Valentine Spaceman. One small step. Feb 12, 2013
Feb 12, 2013 Invisible Kisses Feb 12, 2013
Feb 12, 2013 On my previous visit to Pakistan Feb 12, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 The highest light of them all. Feb 9, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 Bomb Scares and Shootings (Highlights of the Week) Feb 9, 2013
Feb 7, 2013 Who Were You On The Day I Shot You? Feb 7, 2013
Feb 6, 2013 Gulzar to open 4th Karachi Literature Festival Feb 6, 2013
Feb 6, 2013 Careleavers: A photo with me in Preston? Feb 6, 2013
Feb 3, 2013 This song makes me feel good: BB King sings Better Not Look Down. Feb 3, 2013
Feb 2, 2013 Pre-register for TedX at Houses of Parliament 14th June 2013 Feb 2, 2013
Feb 1, 2013 First poster of Refugee Boy Feb 1, 2013

January 2013

Jan 21, 2013 You can steal my computer but not the present. Jan 21, 2013
Jan 15, 2013 Drunk and Driving happy as a clam. Jan 15, 2013
Jan 8, 2013 My Care Enquiry for the Care Inquiry. Jan 8, 2013
Jan 3, 2013 Haunted by a Pathological Ghost Writer. Jan 3, 2013
Jan 3, 2013 A free Arvon holiday for a young person in care or careleaver Jan 3, 2013
Jan 1, 2013 Mix blessings and curses Jan 1, 2013

December 2012

Dec 21, 2012 This is our birthright Dec 21, 2012
Dec 19, 2012 Looking for beauty to buy for your beau? Dec 19, 2012
Dec 18, 2012 International Migrant Workers Day Dec 18, 2012
Dec 17, 2012 The Stolen Ethiopian Prince buried in Windsor. Dec 17, 2012
Dec 12, 2012 If you flew the nest then you are an immigrant too. Dec 12, 2012
Dec 11, 2012 Islamabad scareport. A true story. Dec 11, 2012
Dec 11, 2012 Islamabad scareport. Part 2. A true story. Dec 11, 2012
Dec 11, 2012 Islamabad scareport. Part 3. A true story. Dec 11, 2012
Dec 10, 2012 Remarkable Fatima Jinnah Women University Dec 10, 2012
Dec 10, 2012 Looking For The Mens Room at Fatima Jinnah Women University Dec 10, 2012
Dec 8, 2012 Exploding Mangoes at The Second Floor Dec 8, 2012
Dec 7, 2012 An Arty Party in Karachi. Dec 7, 2012
Dec 7, 2012 Pakistan. "What I want from the students is their truth." Dec 7, 2012
Dec 7, 2012 This is how a post workshop photo should be. Dec 7, 2012
Dec 5, 2012 To Karachi in Pakistan.... Dec 5, 2012
Dec 4, 2012 Mourning Breaks Dec 4, 2012
Dec 2, 2012 Facebook beats The iron Mountain Dec 2, 2012

November 2012

Nov 26, 2012 She Read As She Cradled. Nov 26, 2012
Nov 24, 2012 How Did The Story of Foster Children in Rotherham get into the News? Nov 24, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 Christmas: The tunnel and the light. Nov 12, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 How not to lobby the care system Nov 9, 2012
Nov 1, 2012 3 ways to help the young person leaving the care system. Nov 1, 2012

October 2012

Oct 31, 2012 "When I left Care They Said I was A Great Survivor". An amendment to Guardian Article Oct 31, 2012
Oct 29, 2012 INTERNAL FLIGHT. BBC TV Documentary on Lemn Sissay Oct 29, 2012
Oct 28, 2012 Jonzi D MBFree or MBE. Oct 28, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 When they say I'm a "survivor" I think this. Oct 25, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 At any given time Oct 25, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 Night Rain Oct 25, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 Tedx talk in parliament goes live on main TED site today. Oct 25, 2012
Oct 24, 2012 100 words for writers on how to answer obvious questions in a Q and A Oct 24, 2012
Oct 21, 2012 So Close So Far Away Oct 21, 2012
Oct 11, 2012 How To watch The Daily Show in UK Oct 11, 2012
Oct 11, 2012 The first ever TEDX at The Houses of Parliament. Oct 11, 2012

September 2012

Sep 25, 2012 Today Baaba Maal called to invite me on tour in USA next year. I'm over the moon. Sep 25, 2012
Sep 24, 2012 Two people handcuffed in the ocean. Sep 24, 2012
Sep 24, 2012 Rachel Botsman on the new economy of trust Sep 24, 2012
Sep 18, 2012 Autumn's coming. Sep 18, 2012
Sep 16, 2012 Blogging Tides Nairobi Skies. Sep 16, 2012
Sep 15, 2012 Masterclass in Nairobi Sep 15, 2012
Sep 12, 2012 Flying solo Sep 12, 2012
Sep 10, 2012 The Zombie, the DJ and Canterbury Tales. Sep 10, 2012
Sep 7, 2012 A letter to Edward Timpson MP Sep 7, 2012

August 2012

Aug 22, 2012 Filming has started. Action. Aug 22, 2012
Aug 17, 2012 New Landmark Poem in Greenwich Aug 17, 2012
Aug 16, 2012 My Morning Tweet Made Into A Real Cafe. Aug 16, 2012
Aug 16, 2012 Greenwich MVMNT. Aug 16, 2012

July 2012

Jul 30, 2012 A bus doing press ups in Angel. Only in London!! Jul 30, 2012
Jul 27, 2012 Ethiopia Cancelled Jul 27, 2012
Jul 27, 2012 Shipping Good. A new Landmark Poem at Greenwich Station. Jul 27, 2012
Jul 25, 2012 Letter from a Pixelated Man. Jul 25, 2012
Jul 15, 2012 My Diesel Sunglasses. Jul 15, 2012
Jul 10, 2012 A New Film to Share. The Hopes of Ethiopia Jul 10, 2012
Jul 3, 2012 Baaba Maal and the poets: Word Sound Power. Jul 3, 2012

June 2012

Jun 30, 2012 Urban poet in Bagpipe Addiction scandal. Jun 30, 2012
Jun 29, 2012 Moniack Mhor. Jun 29, 2012
Jun 29, 2012 Far reaching Outreach - Simon Armitage The Artist in Residence. Jun 29, 2012
Jun 15, 2012 My anger is fired with love. (Not the other way round) Jun 15, 2012
Jun 15, 2012 King of The World Jun 15, 2012
Jun 13, 2012 HRH Camilla at 20 year Bookstart Celebration Jun 13, 2012
Jun 13, 2012 Chris Blackwell's Gold Producer Award is the coolest thing. Jun 13, 2012
Jun 12, 2012 Photo Hardeep Singh Kholi and I Jun 12, 2012
Jun 10, 2012 Quick Hide! It's That Madonna Again. Jun 10, 2012
Jun 10, 2012 Photographs over the past few weeks. Jun 10, 2012
Jun 10, 2012 Did I Work For The British National Party? Jun 10, 2012
Jun 9, 2012 Lenora Crichlow: Afro Cool Anglo Chic Being Human. Jun 9, 2012
Jun 9, 2012 Get with the programme. Wear my Rabbit Ears! Jun 9, 2012

May 2012

May 31, 2012 Night Rain at Hay Festival May 31, 2012
May 27, 2012 My Secret Affair. May 27, 2012
May 22, 2012 Photo: Baaba Maal and I. Coordinating and coordinated. May 22, 2012
May 21, 2012 Photo: My Habersha Birthday Cake May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 Photo: Me bathing in Goats milk May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 Photo: My Foster Parents May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 Photo: My Grandfather and Grandmother (Father's Side) May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 Photo: My Father and My Mother May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 A Joint project. Exclusive smokin' pic of me taking a toke on the Paralympic Torch May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 Today is My Day. May 21, 2012
May 14, 2012 Problem Child, Difficult Child. Imagination in Recession. May 14, 2012
May 9, 2012 Jamie Byng Brings Me to The Cave by The Mountain of Gil Scott-Heron May 9, 2012
May 8, 2012 The Most Important Date in Gil Scott-Heron's Life May 8, 2012
May 7, 2012 In 24 hrs your message to Gil Scott-Heron on stage at Brighton Festival. May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012 The Dust Shakes Parnassus with Winning Words in 2012. May 7, 2012
May 6, 2012 Video of my poem with the people of Thanet by the people of Thanet May 6, 2012
May 6, 2012 Why This Blog is Called The Emperor's Watchmaker (Part 2 of 2) May 6, 2012
May 6, 2012 Why This Blog is Called The Emperor's Watchmaker (Part 1 of 2) May 6, 2012

April 2012

Apr 26, 2012 SAVAGES. Apr 26, 2012
Apr 26, 2012 50th Anniversary Issue of Sunday Times Celebrates Forthcoming Olympics Apr 26, 2012
Apr 24, 2012 Black T-Shirt Collection by Inua Ellams Apr 24, 2012
Apr 23, 2012 World Book Night on Shakespeare’s Birthday Apr 23, 2012
Apr 21, 2012 Cape Town Spirits Rise at Slave Church. Apr 21, 2012
Apr 19, 2012 One Picture One Night With Friends in Jozi Apr 19, 2012
Apr 19, 2012 Photo: "The art of tying your shoelace according to Lemn Sissay" by Victor Dlamini Apr 19, 2012
Apr 18, 2012 Durban: Umthombo Surfing Children Construct a Poem Apr 18, 2012
Apr 18, 2012 The Language of Surfing to surf language - The Poem. Apr 18, 2012
Apr 17, 2012 Umthombo Durban (Tuesday night Wednesday day) Apr 17, 2012
Apr 17, 2012 Finetown. Forty minutes outside Jo'burg Apr 17, 2012
Apr 13, 2012 Badalisha Poetry X-change Cape Town 21st April. Apr 13, 2012
Apr 12, 2012 Town of Runners Screenings Dates Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012 Stop and Search at The Olympic Site Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012 The Decisive Moment. The Shot. Click. A week in film. Apr 12, 2012
Apr 11, 2012 Ethiopia's greatest living Maitre Artiste Afewerk Tekle Passes away. Apr 11, 2012
Apr 11, 2012 My itinerary in South Africa 15th to 22nd April 2012 Apr 11, 2012
Apr 11, 2012 Lemn Sissay's Sparked Exhibition at The Viewtube Apr 11, 2012
Apr 10, 2012 Careless Whispers: Frank Bruno and me. Apr 10, 2012
Apr 3, 2012 Making morning Coffee at my local Deli Apr 3, 2012
Apr 2, 2012 Sparked exhibition goes live at viewtube Apr 2, 2012
Apr 2, 2012 Is forced adoption child abduction by the state? Apr 2, 2012

March 2012

Mar 23, 2012 Photographs: Addis Ababa. Inspire and be Inspired Mar 23, 2012
Mar 23, 2012 Let There Be Peace Mar 23, 2012
Mar 22, 2012 Photographs: The first event in Addis "Welcome Home". Mar 22, 2012
Mar 21, 2012 Photographs: Addis welcomes me home. Mar 21, 2012
Mar 18, 2012 Photographs: Arriving in Addis Mar 18, 2012
Mar 17, 2012 The Gollywogs Have Gone! Highlights of the Week Mar 17, 2012
Mar 13, 2012 Crashing Swans. Mar 13, 2012
Mar 9, 2012 "My response to KONY2012" Mar 9, 2012

February 2012

Feb 28, 2012 A New Landmark Poem. A Press Release For Peace. Feb 28, 2012
Feb 26, 2012 Superhero Stars of Literature and Film (pt 2) Feb 26, 2012
Feb 26, 2012 Superhero Stars of Literature and Film (part 1) Feb 26, 2012
Feb 26, 2012 The Experiment Recorded by The Subject. (pt 2) Feb 26, 2012
Feb 26, 2012 The Experiment Recorded by The Subject. (pt 1) Feb 26, 2012
Feb 25, 2012 Food For Thought: Highlights of The Week. Feb 25, 2012
Feb 22, 2012 100 words on a postcard for the contemporary poet. Feb 22, 2012
Feb 20, 2012 After 18 years in care they said I was a real survivor. I remember thinking this. Feb 20, 2012
Feb 19, 2012 Highlights of The Week Feb 19, 2012
Feb 17, 2012 Imagine all the people. Feb 17, 2012
Feb 15, 2012 100 more words on a spoken word agent for the contemporary poet Feb 15, 2012
Feb 11, 2012 Highlights from my week Feb 11, 2012
Feb 8, 2012 Two Random Acts from Channel Four: Architecture and Speed. Feb 8, 2012
Feb 8, 2012 100 words on a spoken word agent for a contemporary poet. Feb 8, 2012
Feb 7, 2012 Town of Runners film review Feb 7, 2012
Feb 1, 2012 100 words on career progression for a contemporary poet Feb 1, 2012

January 2012

Jan 26, 2012 The Dhow Jan 26, 2012
Jan 26, 2012 For Work For Love. Jan 26, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 100 words on the revenue streams of a contemporary poet. Jan 25, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 Three Random Acts.Short films for 2012: Elephant In The Room, Applecart Art and Torch. Jan 25, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 Galle Literary Festival Sri Lanka. Jan 25, 2012
Jan 23, 2012 Drama in Sri Lanka. The Play's The Thing. Jan 23, 2012
Jan 10, 2012 The Last Holiday. A Memoir by Gil Scott-Heron Jan 10, 2012
Jan 6, 2012 What's the worst thing a poet can do? Jan 6, 2012
Jan 1, 2012 Names to watch in 2012. Jan 1, 2012
Jan 1, 2012 Work in 2011. Part two of two. Jan 1, 2012
Jan 1, 2012 Work in 2011. Part one of two. Jan 1, 2012

December 2011

Dec 18, 2011 Carlos Moore resolves case against FELA THE MUSICAL Dec 18, 2011
Dec 9, 2011 Let There Be Peace. Manchester 2011. Dec 9, 2011
Dec 9, 2011 Foster Kid Is Poetry Champ - A Superhero Dec 9, 2011
Dec 2, 2011 We Are Poets - Review Dec 2, 2011

November 2011

Nov 23, 2011 Black Men On The Couch Nov 23, 2011
Nov 12, 2011 How To Achieve Your Desire. Hic. Nov 12, 2011
Nov 12, 2011 The Superhero Project Wins Awards Nov 12, 2011
Nov 6, 2011 Barnado's Advert. You must see this. Nov 6, 2011
Nov 3, 2011 Backstage Pass. Nov 3, 2011

October 2011

Oct 31, 2011 The British Adoption Drive: The Forced Generation. Oct 31, 2011
Oct 27, 2011 Love London Oct 27, 2011
Oct 25, 2011 Love Manchester. Oct 25, 2011
Oct 23, 2011 Photoshoot by Dominique Brewster © Oct 23, 2011
Oct 22, 2011 Kate Tempest Occupies The City Oct 22, 2011
Oct 21, 2011 York University Toronto Oct 21, 2011
Oct 20, 2011 Photographs: York University Event in Toronto, Canada. Oct 20, 2011
Oct 20, 2011 York University Toronto Canada Oct 20, 2011
Oct 18, 2011 The Forced Generation is Born. Oct 18, 2011
Oct 17, 2011 The Economist Oct 17, 2011
Oct 15, 2011 Royal Festival Hall Photoshoot with James Ross Oct 15, 2011
Oct 15, 2011 Royal Festival Hall Photoshoot with James Ross Oct 15, 2011
Oct 12, 2011 "We Are More". Canadian Winter Olympics Poem. Oct 12, 2011
Oct 10, 2011 The Brain Monitor. Eyes Wide With Wonder Oct 10, 2011
Oct 9, 2011 Colour Blind - A poem Oct 9, 2011
Oct 9, 2011 Should Adoption Be Colour Blind? Oct 9, 2011
Oct 6, 2011 BBC News National Poetry Day: Winning Words Oct 6, 2011
Oct 6, 2011 Winning Words on The Horizon. Oct 6, 2011
Oct 6, 2011 National Poetry Day. Oct 6, 2011
Oct 5, 2011 Photoshoot. The Franklyn Rodgers Photograph. Oct 5, 2011
Oct 4, 2011 Bad Management. (A Short Story) Oct 4, 2011
Oct 3, 2011 The Afroshine Rising Star and Czeslaw Milosz Oct 3, 2011
Oct 1, 2011 Photoshoot in The Crystal Palace. Oct 1, 2011
Oct 1, 2011 Times Newspaper Oct 1, 2011

September 2011

Sep 30, 2011 From The Mayor of Ealing to Baaba Maal Sep 30, 2011
Sep 30, 2011 Afropolitanism. Choreographer Georges Momboye Sep 30, 2011
Sep 29, 2011 The need to adopt is greater than the need for the child to be adopted. Sep 29, 2011
Sep 28, 2011 Afropolitanism at Autograph ABP Sep 28, 2011
Sep 27, 2011 Dinner at The House of Lords with Lonnie Bunch. Sep 27, 2011
Sep 24, 2011 Faceword bookpress Tweet. Sep 24, 2011
Sep 23, 2011 This Is Not A Suit. Sep 23, 2011
Sep 22, 2011 Marlborough Literature Festival Sep 22, 2011
Sep 20, 2011 A Day in the Life. Sep 20, 2011
Sep 19, 2011 Monoglot Sep 19, 2011
Sep 5, 2011 Falling Rainbows Sep 5, 2011
Sep 2, 2011 Trash Talk: Cynicism kills optimism thrills Sep 2, 2011
Sep 1, 2011 Zen and The Art of Driving Awareness. Sep 1, 2011

August 2011

Aug 23, 2011 The Venous System. Aug 23, 2011
Aug 20, 2011 Filmed: In conversation Inside. Aug 20, 2011
Aug 19, 2011 Finding Maureen Watson. Aug 19, 2011
Aug 18, 2011 The Address on the Adept Adaption Aug 18, 2011
Aug 17, 2011 Something Dark Down Under Aug 17, 2011
Aug 17, 2011 What is Imagination and What is Fact (part 2 of 2) Aug 17, 2011
Aug 17, 2011 What is Imagination and What is Fact? (part 1 of 2) Aug 17, 2011
Aug 15, 2011 We Are All Everyone of Everywhere. Aug 15, 2011
Aug 14, 2011 On David Starkey. The Vanity of Historians. (part 2 of 2) Aug 14, 2011
Aug 14, 2011 On David Starkey. The Vanity of Historians. (part 1 of 2) Aug 14, 2011
Aug 13, 2011 Free Wyld Aug 13, 2011
Aug 9, 2011 Who are the Criminals? (part 2 of 2) Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 2011 Who Are The Criminals? (part 1 of 2) Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 2011 In Syria it's Revolution in England it's Criminality. Aug 9, 2011

July 2011

Jul 31, 2011 Know Yourself Be Yourself Jul 31, 2011
Jul 30, 2011 The Burkha and the Crystal Night. Jul 30, 2011
Jul 27, 2011 Pixelated Horizons on a City of Lost Children Jul 27, 2011
Jul 27, 2011 More Time Jul 27, 2011
Jul 25, 2011 The Word Immigrant. Jul 25, 2011
Jul 24, 2011 Sunstorms and Living Tears Jul 24, 2011
Jul 18, 2011 Essex Book Launch for Looked After Children (July 18th) Jul 18, 2011
Jul 17, 2011 Shorelines. A Love Poem Beside the Sea. Jul 17, 2011
Jul 15, 2011 Arvon (11th - 16th July) Jul 15, 2011
Jul 10, 2011 On Literature Festivals Jul 10, 2011
Jul 4, 2011 Short Circuits at Maplins The Electrical Store Jul 4, 2011
Jul 2, 2011 "Collapse the Gap" Jul 2, 2011

June 2011

Jun 29, 2011 Copyright a Spirit: Carlos Moore at London Literature Festival. Jun 29, 2011
Jun 24, 2011 Board Coup Leads to Chaos in Poets Corner Jun 24, 2011
Jun 22, 2011 Grassington: This is Not An Explosive Device. The Perfect Residency. Jun 22, 2011
Jun 20, 2011 Cheese Juice Jun 20, 2011
Jun 19, 2011 The Grassington Pantomime Horse Race Jun 19, 2011
Jun 18, 2011 Slung Low at Grassington Jun 18, 2011
Jun 17, 2011 Punch Drunk Jun 17, 2011
Jun 17, 2011 Kings Cross Jun 17, 2011
Jun 16, 2011 The Levelling Sea Jun 16, 2011
Jun 15, 2011 The Angel's Paperchase Jun 15, 2011
Jun 13, 2011 Poetry and Revolution (2 of 2) Jun 13, 2011
Jun 13, 2011 Poetry and Revolution (1 of 2) Jun 13, 2011
Jun 12, 2011 Transmute Transmit and Transform Jun 12, 2011
Jun 12, 2011 The March and The Debenhams Sale. Jun 12, 2011
Jun 9, 2011 Why I Blog. Jun 9, 2011
Jun 2, 2011 An Intimate Fan Jun 2, 2011

May 2011

May 28, 2011 At a Lighthouse in Norway May 28, 2011
May 27, 2011 The Librarian May 27, 2011
May 25, 2011 Tidal Waves and Island Life. May 25, 2011
May 24, 2011 The Broad Horizon. May 24, 2011
May 23, 2011 The BBC Broadcast and The Tannoy Warning May 23, 2011
May 22, 2011 Fighting Fog May 22, 2011
May 22, 2011 Automated Light May 22, 2011
May 20, 2011 Superheroes and The Sea: two projects begin. May 20, 2011
May 20, 2011 A Tidal Wave of Books That Feature The Sea. May 20, 2011
May 18, 2011 The Maidenhead Tattoo May 18, 2011
May 11, 2011 Inglorious Bastards. May 11, 2011

April 2011

Apr 28, 2011 Home Coming Apr 28, 2011
Apr 26, 2011 Small talk in the Big Apple Apr 26, 2011
Apr 26, 2011 Back Home Apr 26, 2011
Apr 14, 2011 Bob Marley (part two of two) Apr 14, 2011
Apr 14, 2011 Bob Marley (part one of two) Apr 14, 2011
Apr 7, 2011 Love Thy Neighbour. Apr 7, 2011
Apr 7, 2011 Short Spring Apr 7, 2011

March 2011

Mar 16, 2011 The True Mystery of Midsomer Murders Mar 16, 2011
Mar 8, 2011 Winning Words: A blog about the first 2012 Olympic poem. Mar 8, 2011
Mar 4, 2011 World Book Night Mar 4, 2011

February 2011

Feb 23, 2011 Transracial Adoption Feb 23, 2011
Feb 12, 2011 Mexican Takeaway. Feb 12, 2011

January 2011

Jan 21, 2011 The Riot Police and The Masterclass. Jan 21, 2011
Jan 15, 2011 I Deceived a Homeless Man. Jan 15, 2011
Jan 13, 2011 I & I Natural Mystics, Marley Tosh and Wailer Jan 13, 2011
Jan 9, 2011 Highlights of The Week: The Week That Was Jan 9, 2011

December 2010

Dec 31, 2010 Highlights of 2010 Dec 31, 2010
Dec 24, 2010 Merry Christmas Dec 24, 2010
Dec 24, 2010 Father Christmas has no Visa. Dec 24, 2010
Dec 19, 2010 The Conference of Black Crows. Dec 19, 2010
Dec 18, 2010 The Shamen and the Nuclear Stockpile. Dec 18, 2010
Dec 10, 2010 The First Olympic Poet. Dec 10, 2010
Dec 8, 2010 Part Two of My first Seven Days in England. Dec 8, 2010
Dec 7, 2010 Part One of My First Seven Days back In England Dec 7, 2010
Dec 1, 2010 The preservation of Pastries. The deprevation of War. Pastry. War. War. Pastry. Dec 1, 2010

November 2010

Nov 28, 2010 Trapped In Police Roadblock Sting (part two) Nov 28, 2010
Nov 28, 2010 Trapped in Jo'burg Police Roadblock Sting (Part One) Nov 28, 2010
Nov 25, 2010 Market Theatre: I Declare this Building Open Nov 25, 2010
Nov 24, 2010 24th: Treading Water with Stones in My Pockets. Nov 24, 2010
Nov 22, 2010 22nd: Afternoon's sea salt on the Evening shoals Nov 22, 2010
Nov 22, 2010 22nd: African Mosaique Morning. Nov 22, 2010
Nov 17, 2010 FELA KUTI: Cultural Shock and Awe stopped by a Class Act in A Class Action: Part Two. Nov 17, 2010
Nov 17, 2010 FELA KUTI: Cultural Shock and Awe stopped by a Class Act in A Class Action: Part One. Nov 17, 2010
Nov 15, 2010 One Million Books for Millions of people. Nov 15, 2010
Nov 11, 2010 Making The Cut Nov 11, 2010
Nov 9, 2010 A bookshop on the edge of time: Part two Nov 9, 2010
Nov 9, 2010 A Bookshop On The Edge Of Time: Part One. Nov 9, 2010
Nov 8, 2010 AFTERNOON: Of Pylons and Pythons Part two. Nov 8, 2010
Nov 8, 2010 AFTERNOON: Of Pylons and Pythons Part one. Nov 8, 2010
Nov 8, 2010 MORNING: Academics Are Time Birds with Large Wing Spans. Nov 8, 2010
Nov 8, 2010 Quotes from Reviews part 2 Nov 8, 2010
Nov 8, 2010 Quotes from Reviews part 1 Nov 8, 2010
Nov 7, 2010 Management: Transparency and respect Nov 7, 2010
Nov 5, 2010 A Day of Divali in Johannesburg Nov 5, 2010
Nov 4, 2010 Exiled in Immigration. Nov 4, 2010
Nov 2, 2010 Tazer Guns and Security blankets in The Panic Room. Nov 2, 2010
Nov 1, 2010 When Cocaine and his girlfriend Alcoholetta Sit on the front Row: 31st Oct 1st Nov Nov 1, 2010

October 2010

Oct 30, 2010 Crime Pays in South Africa Oct 30, 2010
Oct 29, 2010 Gold I tell you. Gold. Oct 29, 2010
Oct 28, 2010 28th: The Morning after the First Night, The Press Night Oct 28, 2010
Oct 27, 2010 UK National Fostering Week. Oct 27, 2010
Oct 25, 2010 Illume 24th eve 25th Oct Oct 25, 2010
Oct 24, 2010 24th 5pm. Of Hippo's and Pig's in The Meadowlands. The Theatre of Stories Cont. Oct 24, 2010
Oct 24, 2010 24th 2pm: The Theatre of Stories Began. Oct 24, 2010
Oct 24, 2010 24th 12pm: So We To Soweto. Oct 24, 2010
Oct 22, 2010 22nd ends 11pm: London to Johannesburg. Oct 22, 2010
Oct 19, 2010 What Can Art Do Oct 19, 2010
Oct 15, 2010 Tacking into the Wind Oct 15, 2010
Oct 14, 2010 A Sense of Place. Oct 14, 2010
Oct 14, 2010 The Rolex mentor and Protege Arts Initiative. Oct 14, 2010
Oct 14, 2010 Formal Education Oct 14, 2010
Oct 12, 2010 The Lemn Sissay PHD Scholarship Oct 12, 2010
Oct 11, 2010 Wake Up And Smell The Possibility Oct 11, 2010
Oct 9, 2010 And hated it ( cont... part two) Oct 9, 2010
Oct 9, 2010 I Hated it (part one) Oct 9, 2010
Oct 7, 2010 Before Reading an excerpt of The Ancient Mariner on national Poetry Day Oct 7, 2010
Oct 7, 2010 I should be a Fan of Slam Oct 7, 2010
Oct 1, 2010 Evening in Grimsby amongst Superheroes Oct 1, 2010
Oct 1, 2010 An afternoon in Grimsby and the Arctic Roll. Oct 1, 2010
Oct 1, 2010 "Orphans and care experience in literature" Oct 1, 2010

September 2010

Sep 27, 2010 Off Script Ruby Wax Is Turned On. Sep 27, 2010
Sep 25, 2010 The Literaure Festival of The Sea Sep 25, 2010
Sep 24, 2010 HEEL Sep 24, 2010
Sep 22, 2010 Art for Hearts sake. Mark Damazer's Leaving party Sep 22, 2010
Sep 22, 2010 What Can Art Do? Sep 22, 2010
Sep 21, 2010 Beautiful Burnout In Slow Motion and High Definition Sep 21, 2010
Sep 21, 2010 Daytime at Broadcasting House Sep 21, 2010
Sep 19, 2010 Love Sex Death and Words. Sep 19, 2010
Sep 18, 2010 They are watching. They are listening. Sep 18, 2010
Sep 13, 2010 King's Cross but the prince is fine. Sep 13, 2010
Sep 11, 2010 Internal Fights and Internal Flights. Sep 11, 2010
Sep 11, 2010 Arts Council Cuts. Sep 11, 2010
Sep 9, 2010 Manchester: Living outside The Living Room. Sep 9, 2010
Sep 9, 2010 Reading At The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Sep 9, 2010
Sep 9, 2010 Manchester Mornings Sep 9, 2010
Sep 8, 2010 The Virgin Announcement. Sep 8, 2010
Sep 8, 2010 The Mercurial Talent of John Bramwell. Sep 8, 2010
Sep 6, 2010 The Stone That The Builder Refused. Sep 6, 2010
Sep 4, 2010 Two weeks a non smoker Sep 4, 2010

August 2010

Aug 30, 2010 A Pregnant Pause in The Craic of Dawn. Aug 30, 2010
Aug 28, 2010 The Secret In Their Eyes Aug 28, 2010
Aug 27, 2010 Can a Reader Be Jealous of a fictitious character Aug 27, 2010
Aug 27, 2010 Oxygenated. Aug 27, 2010
Aug 26, 2010 The Land of Volcanoes Aug 26, 2010
Aug 25, 2010 Rain at The Bank Aug 25, 2010
Aug 24, 2010 Looking up Thesaurus in the Thesaurus. Aug 24, 2010
Aug 23, 2010 Security Pass. Aug 23, 2010
Aug 22, 2010 Not One Cigarette. Aug 22, 2010
Aug 22, 2010 On The Road to Alghero Aug 22, 2010
Aug 18, 2010 Applauding The Sardinian Sea Aug 18, 2010
Aug 16, 2010 Sapphire's Precious Push Aug 16, 2010
Aug 11, 2010 Blocked. Aug 11, 2010
Aug 11, 2010 Insuperable Aug 11, 2010

July 2010

Jul 6, 2010 Gary Younge at The London Literature festival. Jul 6, 2010

June 2010

Jun 15, 2010 The Society Of Authors Awards Jun 15, 2010
Jun 9, 2010 Buckingham Palace Jun 9, 2010
Jun 8, 2010 Habesha MBE. Jun 8, 2010

May 2010

May 12, 2010 The Sissay Scholarship May 12, 2010
May 10, 2010 The Sony Awards May 10, 2010
May 8, 2010 An Evening of Habesha Writers at Southbank Centre May 8, 2010
May 1, 2010 Windhoek, Namibia. May 1, 2010

April 2010

Apr 24, 2010 The Freeborn of Namibia Apr 24, 2010
Apr 18, 2010 White Egrets Apr 18, 2010
Apr 15, 2010 Me Mail E Mail. Apr 15, 2010
Apr 12, 2010 All is Well In The World. Apr 12, 2010
Apr 12, 2010 BBC Bush House Rough Edit of my play Due for Broadcast in September Apr 12, 2010
Apr 9, 2010 You Can Get Alot Done Apr 9, 2010
Apr 9, 2010 Rosin: The Poem on the wall of The Queen Elizabeth Hall Artists bar Apr 9, 2010
Apr 8, 2010 First Day Back: A Sony Nomination. Apr 8, 2010
Apr 6, 2010 Weapons of Article 2 Apr 6, 2010
Apr 5, 2010 A Storm over Blacksburg Virginia Apr 5, 2010
Apr 3, 2010 The Unspoken Time Zone Apr 3, 2010

March 2010

Mar 28, 2010 The Glass Beads Assault. Mar 28, 2010
Mar 27, 2010 Sambo The Bricklayer of Ledbury Mar 27, 2010
Mar 22, 2010 Passing. Mar 22, 2010
Mar 16, 2010 North South Divides Mar 16, 2010
Mar 12, 2010 Books and Earthquakes. Mar 12, 2010
Mar 4, 2010 Lake District: Lancaster (3rd and 4th march). Mar 4, 2010
Mar 2, 2010 Maiden and The Moon Mar 2, 2010
Mar 1, 2010 The Ancient Mariner our contemporary: (22nd Feb to 1st March) Mar 1, 2010

February 2010

Feb 19, 2010 Teaching the Foyles Prize Winners (feb 15th to 19th) Feb 19, 2010
Feb 14, 2010 Blind man and the poet. Highlights of the Week (8th - 14th feb) Feb 14, 2010
Feb 10, 2010 Antrim Library Feb 10, 2010
Feb 9, 2010 Belfast Light Feb 9, 2010
Feb 6, 2010 A Spring Bee B at The Southbank? Feb 6, 2010
Feb 6, 2010 What if by Lemn Sissay Feb 6, 2010
Feb 6, 2010 Thought For The Day BBC TV Feb 6, 2010
Feb 6, 2010 The Thought Train - Highlights of the week 1st to 6th Feb 2010 Feb 6, 2010
Feb 4, 2010 Cathedral of the August Heat - Excerpt - by Haitian Pierre Clitandre Feb 4, 2010

January 2010

Jan 31, 2010 Highlights of The Week: Jan 24th to 31st Jan 31, 2010
Jan 27, 2010 Lebo Mashile and I Jan 27, 2010
Jan 23, 2010 Gil Scott Heron At Southbank centre Jan 23, 2010
Jan 8, 2010 Highlights of The Week: Jan 8, 2010
Jan 6, 2010 Beatboxer Shlomo KO's the world in Boxed Jan 6, 2010
Jan 4, 2010 Designated Driver (with an MBE sticker on the bumper.) Jan 4, 2010

December 2009

Dec 30, 2009 Should I accept The MBE? Dec 30, 2009
Dec 29, 2009 Highlights of the year - May to December Dec 29, 2009
Dec 29, 2009 Highlights of The Year - January to May. Dec 29, 2009
Dec 24, 2009 A List of people to whom Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year. Dec 24, 2009
Dec 21, 2009 Sitting Next To A Racist on A Plane. Dec 21, 2009
Dec 19, 2009 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Dec 19, 2009
Dec 17, 2009 "Quick Hide! It's that Madonna Again" Dec 17, 2009
Dec 16, 2009 Lost in the Fog Dec 16, 2009
Dec 15, 2009 The Bells of Toynbee Hall Dec 15, 2009
Dec 14, 2009 "The Bells Are Ringing Out" Dec 14, 2009
Dec 10, 2009 The Brazillian Students in the shadow of Sylvia Plath. Dec 10, 2009
Dec 9, 2009 Strangers On The Riverbank Dec 9, 2009
Dec 8, 2009 Bloodaxe and The Rainmaker Dec 8, 2009
Dec 7, 2009 Poem For My Colleagues Dec 7, 2009
Dec 4, 2009 A Life in a Day of Phlegm Sissay Dec 4, 2009
Dec 2, 2009 No Poetry Readings in Britain Until October 2010!? Dec 2, 2009
Dec 1, 2009 GSK Contemporary Earth Exhibition Royal Academy Dec 1, 2009
Dec 1, 2009 Inside - the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes Dec 1, 2009

November 2009

Nov 30, 2009 Caroline Bird's Book launch Nov 30, 2009
Nov 30, 2009 Video of Caroline's book launch with my introduction Nov 30, 2009
Nov 30, 2009 Lunch at The Houses of Parlaiment Nov 30, 2009
Nov 29, 2009 Night Male Nov 29, 2009
Nov 28, 2009 The United Federation of Cocoa Butter Nov 28, 2009
Nov 26, 2009 Saturday Live at The Southbank. Nov 26, 2009
Nov 25, 2009 On Her Majesty's Service Nov 25, 2009
Nov 24, 2009 Bill Nighy at the Malmaison Nov 24, 2009
Nov 23, 2009 Strange things going on! Nov 23, 2009
Nov 23, 2009 Obama in Manchester, Land of Rainbows. Nov 23, 2009
Nov 20, 2009 Social Work Works Conference. Nov 20, 2009
Nov 19, 2009 Let's not talk about Breastfeeding Nov 19, 2009
Nov 17, 2009 Graduation. Nov 17, 2009
Nov 17, 2009 Doctor of Letters Nov 17, 2009
Nov 17, 2009 Oration for Lemn Sissay on the occasion of the award of Honorary Doctor of Letters Nov 17, 2009
Nov 15, 2009 That's For Me at Swiss Cottage Nov 15, 2009
Nov 15, 2009 I guess it starts and ends at Start Nov 15, 2009
Nov 15, 2009 She Throws Books Through Windows Nov 15, 2009
Nov 13, 2009 Rich Mix in Bethnal Green Nov 13, 2009
Nov 12, 2009 The Big Bang in The Oxford University Poetry Society Nov 12, 2009
Nov 11, 2009 19 Raptures Nov 11, 2009
Nov 10, 2009 FRONT Nov 10, 2009
Nov 9, 2009 Child of The State Nov 9, 2009
Nov 7, 2009 Screaming Ewe. Nov 7, 2009
Nov 2, 2009 At Moniack Mhor The Highlands of Scotland Nov 2, 2009

October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 Fluffy Dice Oct 31, 2009
Oct 29, 2009 Besos Invisibles Oct 29, 2009
Oct 26, 2009 Manchester Oct 26, 2009
Oct 21, 2009 Take a Bath. Oct 21, 2009
Oct 15, 2009 The Iron Mountain Oct 15, 2009
Oct 14, 2009 Grimsby Oct 14, 2009
Oct 13, 2009 Antony Gormley Oct 13, 2009
Oct 13, 2009 Back At The Bank Oct 13, 2009
Oct 12, 2009 Natural Mystic Oct 12, 2009
Oct 5, 2009 Let's Calibrate! Oct 5, 2009

September 2009

Sep 30, 2009 Transactional Analysis. Sep 30, 2009
Sep 22, 2009 The Freeword Centre Sep 22, 2009
Sep 16, 2009 Fields of Gold Sep 16, 2009
Sep 7, 2009 Two Judges One Competition: The Western. Sep 7, 2009
Sep 4, 2009 Live on Air Sep 4, 2009

August 2009

Aug 3, 2009 Global Poetry System Aug 3, 2009
Aug 1, 2009 Washing Lines Aug 1, 2009

July 2009

Jul 29, 2009 Design Indaba of SA and The ICA of the UK Jul 29, 2009
Jul 24, 2009 Jerry Dammers, Duke Ellington and The Queen Jul 24, 2009
Jul 23, 2009 Lost in the edit Without a Key. Jul 23, 2009
Jul 22, 2009 The Matter of Interview Jul 22, 2009
Jul 20, 2009 The ICA: The Institute of Contemporary Hearts Jul 20, 2009
Jul 19, 2009 An Awful Night in Derby Jul 19, 2009
Jul 18, 2009 Shipwrecked. Jul 18, 2009
Jul 18, 2009 Saturday Live Poems Jul 18, 2009
Jul 15, 2009 Beatbox and Tears Jul 15, 2009
Jul 14, 2009 Manchester Inernational Festival Jul 14, 2009
Jul 13, 2009 Off By Heart Jul 13, 2009
Jul 10, 2009 Wild Horses In The Foyer: Benjamin Zephaniah Jul 10, 2009
Jul 7, 2009 The Market Theatre and The Jazz of Thunder Jul 7, 2009
Jul 6, 2009 How to dress for a TV Interview. Jul 6, 2009
Jul 5, 2009 The Moon and The Telescope Jul 5, 2009
Jul 4, 2009 London Literature Festival, Benjamin Zephaniah and South Africa Jul 4, 2009
Jul 4, 2009 Spoken Word Theatre Jul 4, 2009
Jul 3, 2009 Secrets Are The Stones That Sink The Boat Jul 3, 2009
Jul 2, 2009 The Wild Geese of Grahamstown Jul 2, 2009

June 2009

Jun 27, 2009 Highlights of The Week Jun 27, 2009
Jun 23, 2009 Lost in The Stars At The Southbank centre Jun 23, 2009
Jun 22, 2009 The Mugger and The Artist. Jun 22, 2009
Jun 21, 2009 SUNDAY ROAST Jun 21, 2009
Jun 21, 2009 Foyles Poetry Prize Jun 21, 2009
Jun 20, 2009 Losing Marbles on The World Service Jun 20, 2009
Jun 17, 2009 Roadblock on The Regents Canal Jun 17, 2009
Jun 15, 2009 Parlaiment and Patti Smith. Jun 15, 2009
Jun 13, 2009 BBC's Saturday Live Jun 13, 2009
Jun 12, 2009 Extracting the Wisdom. Jun 12, 2009
Jun 9, 2009 Shadow Boxing with An Hungarian Tooth fairy Jun 9, 2009
Jun 8, 2009 Invasion of The Tooth Snatchers Jun 8, 2009

May 2009

May 29, 2009 Making Hay in the Bath May 29, 2009
May 28, 2009 Up All Night May 28, 2009
May 27, 2009 Nobel Laureate Symposium May 27, 2009
May 25, 2009 Last Day In Cape Town May 25, 2009
May 24, 2009 Blaq Pearl's on The Mitchells Plain May 24, 2009
May 24, 2009 Know Your Past And Build Your Furure. May 24, 2009
May 23, 2009 Reading at The Slave Church in Cape Town May 23, 2009
May 23, 2009 From SABC to The Imbongi May 23, 2009
May 22, 2009 Applause sounds like tropical rain... May 22, 2009
May 21, 2009 The Djhin and the Cape Moon May 21, 2009
May 21, 2009 Arriving in Africa on My Birthday May 21, 2009
May 16, 2009 Broadway market May 16, 2009
May 15, 2009 Cycling through the crush hour May 15, 2009
May 14, 2009 Rocks on The Riverbed May 14, 2009
May 13, 2009 Intimidated By Acceptance May 13, 2009
May 11, 2009 Looking For Direction May 11, 2009
May 11, 2009 An Email from AS Byatt May 11, 2009
May 11, 2009 Lost in the Woods End. May 11, 2009
May 7, 2009 An Abandoned Work of Genius May 7, 2009
May 6, 2009 Unloved at The Bafta Cinema in Piccadilly May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009 From New York to Unloved May 6, 2009
May 5, 2009 Virgin flight cancelled May 5, 2009
May 4, 2009 The Brooklyn Band Rocks Out May 4, 2009
May 3, 2009 Momentous Occasion of Introduction May 3, 2009
May 2, 2009 The Journalist's Birthday May 2, 2009
May 1, 2009 Rest May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009 Off to New York May 1, 2009

April 2009

Apr 30, 2009 Strike a Pose Apr 30, 2009
Apr 29, 2009 One And Other Apr 29, 2009
Apr 27, 2009 Back Flipping Off Stage Into The Mind's Eye of Audience Apr 27, 2009
Apr 26, 2009 One Hundred Days and a mule Apr 26, 2009
Apr 24, 2009 Cambridge Literature Festival Apr 24, 2009
Apr 23, 2009 Hobble and Wince Apr 23, 2009
Apr 22, 2009 A leg of Fish in Galway, Ireland Apr 22, 2009
Apr 21, 2009 Slow Motion Pieces of A Man Apr 21, 2009
Apr 20, 2009 Only When I Dance. Apr 20, 2009
Apr 17, 2009 Besos Invisibles and rivers beneath. Apr 17, 2009
Apr 16, 2009 Where no person has gone before Apr 16, 2009
Apr 16, 2009 Mistaken Apr 16, 2009
Apr 15, 2009 My Foster Mother Calls Out Of The Blue Apr 15, 2009
Apr 14, 2009 Something Else Apr 14, 2009
Apr 12, 2009 Dying Embers Rising Son Apr 12, 2009
Apr 10, 2009 The Aviary Apr 10, 2009
Apr 8, 2009 Shut up and Open: Siobhan Davies Dance Company Apr 8, 2009
Apr 8, 2009 River Wolf Apr 8, 2009
Apr 7, 2009 Installations, Rime's and Budgetary considerations... Apr 7, 2009
Apr 6, 2009 No longer iphonically challenged. Apr 6, 2009
Apr 3, 2009 From Sky (News) to The World (Service) Apr 3, 2009
Apr 2, 2009 Sun up to Sun Down Apr 2, 2009
Apr 1, 2009 Old Times New Film Apr 1, 2009

March 2009

Mar 31, 2009 Lost In The Stars Mar 31, 2009
Mar 30, 2009 Wind Reel And Print. It's a Wrap. Mar 30, 2009
Mar 29, 2009 What Did I find in the Epic Search for my Family? Mar 29, 2009
Mar 28, 2009 Race in the Derby Mar 28, 2009
Mar 27, 2009 Into The Gap: BBC Radio Four Mar 27, 2009
Mar 27, 2009 Global Poetry Systems (GPS) Mar 27, 2009
Mar 26, 2009 Whatever You Say (How not to ask a writer for advice) Mar 26, 2009
Mar 25, 2009 Take Nobodies Word For It: Mar 25, 2009
Mar 22, 2009 The Day After Mar 22, 2009
Mar 21, 2009 Waiting on The Wings in Sweden Mar 21, 2009
Mar 19, 2009 Highlights of The Week Mar 19, 2009
Mar 15, 2009 Speakers Cornered Mar 15, 2009
Mar 15, 2009 On Creativity Mar 15, 2009
Mar 14, 2009 The Weatherman Mar 14, 2009
Mar 12, 2009 Identity Verification. Mar 12, 2009
Mar 8, 2009 Ferocious Storms Abate in Soho Mar 8, 2009
Mar 7, 2009 In a state entering a State in the States Mar 7, 2009
Mar 5, 2009 Is a bird flying or constantly falling? Mar 5, 2009
Mar 3, 2009 Keynote Speech at The Booktrust Conference. Mar 3, 2009

February 2009

Feb 28, 2009 The Eritrean Releif Association Feb 28, 2009
Feb 27, 2009 6.45pm till 10.30pm: Exeter Northcott Theatre Feb 27, 2009
Feb 27, 2009 10am to 6.45pm: Gil Scott Heron On The Phone Feb 27, 2009
Feb 27, 2009 4am to 10am Ape to Man at the US Embassy. Feb 27, 2009
Feb 26, 2009 From A to Be Feb 26, 2009
Feb 25, 2009 If you do the Rime you must do the Time! Feb 25, 2009
Feb 24, 2009 Back to The Future Feb 24, 2009
Feb 23, 2009 To The Batcave Batman! Feb 23, 2009
Feb 22, 2009 To the plane Batman! Feb 22, 2009
Feb 21, 2009 My Moving Father Feb 21, 2009
Feb 20, 2009 God of Small Things Feb 20, 2009
Feb 20, 2009 Why Does The World Go Round Feb 20, 2009
Feb 19, 2009 Hip Hop Theatre and The Highjacker Feb 19, 2009
Feb 18, 2009 On Stage in Vancouver Feb 18, 2009
Feb 18, 2009 Canada People Nice You Know. Feb 18, 2009
Feb 17, 2009 Ancient Mariner Feb 17, 2009
Feb 16, 2009 Icelandic Horses in Canada Feb 16, 2009
Feb 16, 2009 Morganics and the blade Feb 16, 2009
Feb 15, 2009 Highlights of The Week Feb 15, 2009
Feb 12, 2009 What If: Three Minute Wonder at The Natural History Museum. You Can see it Here. Feb 12, 2009
Feb 11, 2009 Brilliant Photoshop job to go with the new statesman article Feb 11, 2009
Feb 11, 2009 The New Satesman. Feb 11, 2009
Feb 9, 2009 The Nationl Portrait Gallery and Channel Four Feb 9, 2009
Feb 8, 2009 Crash Feb 8, 2009
Feb 8, 2009 Richmond and The Dear Feb 8, 2009
Feb 6, 2009 The Riverside Rooms Feb 6, 2009
Feb 5, 2009 The Shopkeeper, The TLS and The Ipod Feb 5, 2009
Feb 5, 2009 The New Statesman of The Southbank Centre Feb 5, 2009
Feb 2, 2009 Snow business like Snow Business Feb 2, 2009
Feb 2, 2009 Scene Of The Crime Feb 2, 2009
Feb 1, 2009 Doctor Who? Feb 1, 2009

January 2009

Jan 30, 2009 Reviews Jan 30, 2009
Jan 29, 2009 The Show Tonight Jan 29, 2009
Jan 28, 2009 PRESS NIGHT Jan 28, 2009
Jan 27, 2009 The Autograph Hunter Jan 27, 2009
Jan 26, 2009 Before and After Jan 26, 2009
Jan 24, 2009 Not the West End Jan 24, 2009
Jan 24, 2009 Meeting Errol Brown Jan 24, 2009
Jan 23, 2009 Off By Heart Jan 23, 2009
Jan 22, 2009 Why I Don't Hate White People and Darwin. Jan 22, 2009
Jan 20, 2009 On The Streets of Harlem from The Kensington Olympia Jan 20, 2009
Jan 1, 2009 2008 Highlights Jan 1, 2009

December 2008

Dec 26, 2008 Stealing Comedy Material from a Dead Man Dec 26, 2008
Dec 11, 2008 Origin of Species Dec 11, 2008
Dec 8, 2008 Fingers Poised Dec 8, 2008

November 2008

Nov 20, 2008 View The BNP Membership List here Nov 20, 2008
Nov 11, 2008 Change Is Gonna Come Nov 11, 2008
Nov 10, 2008 Eloquent Protest Nov 10, 2008

October 2008

Oct 31, 2008 Roger Robinson Rocks The British Library and Scroobius Pip Oct 31, 2008
Oct 30, 2008 Bookslam Oct 30, 2008
Oct 29, 2008 Reading at The South Bank Oct 29, 2008
Oct 29, 2008 Leamington Spa: Kids in Care Oct 29, 2008
Oct 27, 2008 The Ted Hughes Festival Oct 27, 2008
Oct 26, 2008 One Day in Holland Oct 26, 2008
Oct 25, 2008 The Saturday Club Oct 25, 2008
Oct 24, 2008 The Race to Poetry International Oct 24, 2008
Oct 23, 2008 Sheffield: Off The Shelf Festival Oct 23, 2008
Oct 22, 2008 Durham Literature Festival Oct 22, 2008
Oct 21, 2008 Durham: China Joes Oct 21, 2008
Oct 21, 2008 Bradford: A security State or a state of Security Oct 21, 2008
Oct 20, 2008 Travel travel Bradford or Bust Oct 20, 2008
Oct 16, 2008 back to The UK Oct 16, 2008
Oct 15, 2008 To Belgium on Eurostar Oct 15, 2008
Oct 14, 2008 Back In the UK Oct 14, 2008
Oct 1, 2008 The Inuit children's home Oct 1, 2008

September 2008

Sep 30, 2008 Polar bear beating Sep 30, 2008
Sep 29, 2008 Things Disappear Sep 29, 2008
Sep 29, 2008 The Iceberg Dawn Sep 29, 2008
Sep 27, 2008 Night Storms Sep 27, 2008
Sep 27, 2008 Consequences Sep 27, 2008
Sep 26, 2008 Greenland and the ship at last Sep 26, 2008
Sep 26, 2008 Iceland Sep 26, 2008
Sep 23, 2008 Out of Office Sep 23, 2008
Sep 20, 2008 The Incredible disappearing Body Trick Sep 20, 2008
Sep 18, 2008 The Heinrich Boll Foundation Sep 18, 2008
Sep 15, 2008 The Letterbox Club Sep 15, 2008
Sep 14, 2008 Limbs and Limbo Sep 14, 2008
Sep 10, 2008 The Dance and The Play Sep 10, 2008
Sep 5, 2008 Eritrea: My fathers birthplace Sep 5, 2008
Sep 5, 2008 David McAlmont, Ken, Michael Vissocci, Bishop Desmond Tutu and I Sep 5, 2008
Sep 5, 2008 August Gilt of Cain and I Sep 5, 2008
Sep 4, 2008 Bishop Desmond Tutu on the day my book arrives Sep 4, 2008
Sep 1, 2008 Adegebray My Grandfather, Stefanos's Village and my father Ghideys birthplace Sep 1, 2008

August 2008

Aug 29, 2008 Entering Massawa Aug 29, 2008
Aug 29, 2008 Massawa by The Red Sea Aug 29, 2008
Aug 26, 2008 The man who wrote the eritrean national anthem Aug 26, 2008
Aug 25, 2008 The Eritrean Ministry of Information in Asmara Aug 25, 2008
Aug 23, 2008 London to Eritrea Aug 23, 2008
Aug 22, 2008 Into The WHarehouse Aug 22, 2008
Aug 20, 2008 Chuck D at The South bank Aug 20, 2008
Aug 19, 2008 From Botswana to London Aug 19, 2008
Aug 16, 2008 Naomi Campbell in Botswana Aug 16, 2008
Aug 16, 2008 Bishop desmond Tutu in Botswana Aug 16, 2008
Aug 15, 2008 CNN in Botswana Aug 15, 2008
Aug 15, 2008 The Dogfather Aug 15, 2008
Aug 14, 2008 Botswana Aug 14, 2008
Aug 12, 2008 Hackney to Gaberone. Aug 12, 2008
Aug 11, 2008 Three poems Aug 11, 2008
Aug 6, 2008 Wizards Aug 6, 2008
Aug 3, 2008 In the Eye of the Born Aug 3, 2008
Aug 2, 2008 Something is trying to tell me something Aug 2, 2008
Aug 1, 2008 The Big Chill Aug 1, 2008

July 2008

Jul 31, 2008 The Gilt of Cain Jul 31, 2008
Jul 28, 2008 GODSELL Jul 28, 2008
Jul 28, 2008 Broad Cast Jul 28, 2008
Jul 25, 2008 Highlights Of The Week - "We'll have no Teflon Poetry" said Frieda Jul 25, 2008
Jul 18, 2008 Highlights of The Week (Monday to Friday) Jul 18, 2008
Jul 13, 2008 Sun Shining at London Liming. Jul 13, 2008
Jul 12, 2008 Phsyco Buildings Jul 12, 2008
Jul 11, 2008 Grandmaster Flash, The Minister for Children and Conference Poem Jul 11, 2008
Jul 10, 2008 Manchester: The reading. Jul 10, 2008
Jul 9, 2008 Manchester: The Association of Directors of Children's Services Conference Jul 9, 2008
Jul 8, 2008 Filming in Manchester Jul 8, 2008
Jul 7, 2008 Tatooing The Face of A Confident City Jul 7, 2008
Jul 5, 2008 9.40pm Live On Stage at SOAS Jul 5, 2008
Jul 5, 2008 11.30am Live at The London Literature festival Members launch Jul 5, 2008
Jul 4, 2008 TICK TOXIC TICK TOXIC: Appearing Rooms IN The House I Grew Up In Jul 4, 2008
Jul 3, 2008 Toxic Tally Jul 3, 2008
Jul 2, 2008 Toxic Tales Jul 2, 2008

June 2008

Jun 28, 2008 Glastonbury: Wear your best all the time. Jun 28, 2008
Jun 28, 2008 Let There Be Peace. Excerpt of Glastonbury Poem. Jun 28, 2008
Jun 27, 2008 On My Father: The Ethiopiques at The Barbican Jun 27, 2008
Jun 26, 2008 Two's Company Three's Allowed Jun 26, 2008
Jun 25, 2008 The Alban Berg Quartet and Shlomo. Jun 25, 2008
Jun 23, 2008 Future City Chelsea Space. Jun 23, 2008
Jun 19, 2008 Moon Jun 19, 2008
Jun 16, 2008 Diving into the gene pool Jun 16, 2008
Jun 15, 2008 Elbow into the future Jun 15, 2008
Jun 14, 2008 Two Poems For BBC Radio Four's Saturday Live Today. Jun 14, 2008
Jun 14, 2008 Princess Diana's Bodyguard and Me. Jun 14, 2008
Jun 12, 2008 The Bush Rush Jun 12, 2008
Jun 11, 2008 Meltdown and George Bush Jun 11, 2008
Jun 8, 2008 Cries From The Heart Jun 8, 2008
Jun 7, 2008 Love Music Love Racism Jun 7, 2008

May 2008

May 31, 2008 flowers here too May 31, 2008
May 27, 2008 Medium Rare: Hay blog 4 May 27, 2008
May 27, 2008 The man who said too much: HAY BLOG 5 May 27, 2008
May 26, 2008 Sally and Michael's Fabulous Journey: HAY BLOG 1 May 26, 2008
May 26, 2008 Hay On Wye Literary festival: BLOG 2 May 26, 2008
May 26, 2008 Hay on Wye Literature Festival: BLOG 3 May 26, 2008
May 25, 2008 Let's face up to it, face book on the face of things heading for a face off. May 25, 2008
May 22, 2008 Where are they? May 22, 2008
May 22, 2008 here they are May 22, 2008
May 21, 2008 Searching For The Flowers On my Birthday May 21, 2008
May 20, 2008 Gwyneth Lewis The National poet of Wales. May 20, 2008
May 15, 2008 From Sun Up to Sun down: A life in a day. May 15, 2008
May 14, 2008 Bod Gyalo! May 14, 2008
May 13, 2008 Sony Awards May 13, 2008
May 12, 2008 Summer Monday May 12, 2008
May 11, 2008 Sunday Shining May 11, 2008
May 10, 2008 Curate an event so that something you couldn't predict, happens. May 10, 2008
May 10, 2008 Saturday Live May 10, 2008
May 9, 2008 South African Women May 9, 2008
May 9, 2008 John Major and the RPG Attack May 9, 2008
May 8, 2008 The Cancellation Station. May 8, 2008
May 8, 2008 A muggy Night in Norn Iron May 8, 2008
May 7, 2008 The Agent of Change May 7, 2008
May 3, 2008 To The Monkey Forest, and beyond May 3, 2008
May 2, 2008 A Brief Encounter May 2, 2008

April 2008

Apr 27, 2008 POETRY IN proMOTION Apr 27, 2008
Apr 26, 2008 Bloodshot Monochrome Apr 26, 2008
Apr 24, 2008 You got to go with the Shlomo Apr 24, 2008
Apr 22, 2008 The Beekeeper and William Wallace The Letter Cutter. Apr 22, 2008
Apr 21, 2008 In Hollywood Losing is the new winning, questioning is the new answer Apr 21, 2008
Apr 21, 2008 From Christchurch to Bush House Apr 21, 2008
Apr 19, 2008 Saturday Live Apr 19, 2008
Apr 17, 2008 The South Bank Works: Duwayne Brooks and Simon Hattenstone Apr 17, 2008
Apr 16, 2008 Is it a Lift or an Elevator? Apr 16, 2008
Apr 14, 2008 Who runs my world Apr 14, 2008
Apr 12, 2008 That was the week that was Apr 12, 2008
Apr 11, 2008 Bring Me The Head of Made In England Apr 11, 2008
Apr 10, 2008 The Talking Chameleon Apr 10, 2008
Apr 9, 2008 LIVE HOPE LOVE Apr 9, 2008
Apr 7, 2008 Gil Scott Heron Campaign Apr 7, 2008
Apr 6, 2008 Vannessa Mae Vannessa Mae Not Apr 6, 2008
Apr 5, 2008 Human Rights Watch press release Apr 5, 2008
Apr 4, 2008 All roads lead to Sunday. Apr 4, 2008
Apr 3, 2008 South Bank of The Thames Apr 3, 2008
Apr 1, 2008 Martin Luther King Junior at The South bank Apr 1, 2008

March 2008

Mar 31, 2008 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Mar 31, 2008
Mar 28, 2008 The Torch Mar 28, 2008
Mar 27, 2008 Hope in Huddersfield. Mar 27, 2008
Mar 26, 2008 HUDDERSFIELD Mar 26, 2008
Mar 25, 2008 Alert! Old Ladies Mar 25, 2008
Mar 25, 2008 Olympic Torch or fire on the end of a stick. You decide. Mar 25, 2008
Mar 24, 2008 The Mystery Of The Black Boy Mar 24, 2008
Mar 20, 2008 Springy Sprung Spring. Mar 20, 2008
Mar 20, 2008 SPRING TIME Mar 20, 2008
Mar 15, 2008 Performance. Chasing Shadows Mar 15, 2008
Mar 13, 2008 The Storm Mar 13, 2008
Mar 8, 2008 The Cell of The Cellphone Mar 8, 2008
Mar 7, 2008 The Gay Hussar. Soho Mar 7, 2008
Mar 6, 2008 The Grave in Bronte Country Mar 6, 2008
Mar 5, 2008 Southhampton and The Seat! Mar 5, 2008
Mar 4, 2008 In The Vortex Mar 4, 2008
Mar 2, 2008 A Manchester Weekend. Mar 2, 2008

February 2008

Feb 4, 2008 An email Feb 4, 2008

January 2008

Jan 31, 2008 Feedback from Los Angeles Jan 31, 2008
Jan 21, 2008 Martin Luther King Day Celebrations. Jan 21, 2008
Jan 21, 2008 Martin Luther King Day Celebrations. Jan 21, 2008
Jan 20, 2008 Village People Jan 20, 2008
Jan 20, 2008 The Finished Article Jan 20, 2008
Jan 14, 2008 Time Bandits Jan 14, 2008
Jan 11, 2008 Missing Person Appeal Jan 11, 2008
Jan 11, 2008 Californication Jan 11, 2008
Jan 4, 2008 The Big Country Jan 4, 2008

December 2007

Dec 28, 2007 US EMBASSY LONDON Dec 28, 2007
Dec 24, 2007 The Score Dec 24, 2007
Dec 17, 2007 The phone number you have called is SWITCHED OFF Dec 17, 2007
Dec 13, 2007 One Word Dec 13, 2007
Dec 6, 2007 The Real Street Preachers Dec 6, 2007
Dec 4, 2007 Liverpool The Golden City Dec 4, 2007
Dec 3, 2007 Liverpool City of Culture. Dec 3, 2007

November 2007

Nov 30, 2007 The Hay Winter Festival Nov 30, 2007
Nov 22, 2007 The Vicar and his wife Nov 22, 2007
Nov 19, 2007 Jump in the puddle and fall through the Sky Nov 19, 2007
Nov 18, 2007 Containing Myself Nov 18, 2007

October 2007

Oct 29, 2007 Rochdale Rocks! Oct 29, 2007
Oct 28, 2007 Violence on the way to the theatre Oct 28, 2007
Oct 27, 2007 From Scotland to Bradford or Bust. Oct 27, 2007
Oct 24, 2007 Diagonal Sheep. Oct 24, 2007
Oct 23, 2007 Pictures at Moniack Mhoor Oct 23, 2007
Oct 22, 2007 You've Been To Egypt? Oct 22, 2007
Oct 21, 2007 Fingers in so many pies I can't tell which is burning! Oct 21, 2007
Oct 13, 2007 Beverley Knight and I Oct 13, 2007
Oct 12, 2007 You shall not go to the ball. Doh! Oct 12, 2007
Oct 11, 2007 Eastern Europe, Racism and Norwich Arts Centre Oct 11, 2007
Oct 10, 2007 Above The Title Oct 10, 2007
Oct 9, 2007 Turning Down or Turning Up. Oct 9, 2007
Oct 6, 2007 The Saturday Club Oct 6, 2007
Oct 5, 2007 Dissertation. Oct 5, 2007
Oct 2, 2007 Feedback from yesterdays conference in Harrogate Oct 2, 2007
Oct 1, 2007 the swan Oct 1, 2007
Oct 1, 2007 A swan on a canal in the witching hour. Oct 1, 2007

September 2007

Sep 30, 2007 The Soup Has Left The Building. Sep 30, 2007
Sep 29, 2007 Feed me Feedback for 27th Sep 29, 2007
Sep 28, 2007 The Card Trick in Slow Motion. Sep 28, 2007
Sep 28, 2007 Home from Home Sep 28, 2007
Sep 27, 2007 Manchester! It's totally ZUZU! Sep 27, 2007
Sep 25, 2007 Fame And The Giant Reach Sep 25, 2007
Sep 20, 2007 There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.. Sep 20, 2007
Sep 20, 2007 Put down the cross . We Need the wood for a fire! Sep 20, 2007
Sep 19, 2007 A day in the life of a Manc. Sep 19, 2007
Sep 18, 2007 Dust Sep 18, 2007
Sep 15, 2007 One Million listeners. One Leaning tower and Radio One and One Butterfly. Sep 15, 2007
Sep 15, 2007 Dei Miracole Sep 15, 2007
Sep 15, 2007 The Man who saved the leaning tower of Pisa and Me Sep 15, 2007
Sep 14, 2007 All Writers Must be Heroically Alone. Sep 14, 2007
Sep 13, 2007 Why I Shouldn't Put Emails Before Creativity. Sep 13, 2007
Sep 12, 2007 The Gallery of Memory. Sep 12, 2007
Sep 12, 2007 Nkechi arrives at The Gallery Sep 12, 2007
Sep 11, 2007 Ethiopian Millenium Pictures Sep 11, 2007
Sep 11, 2007 Ethiopian Millenium in Trafalgar Square Sep 11, 2007
Sep 10, 2007 Bart Simpson and The Race Issue Sep 10, 2007
Sep 8, 2007 Meeting The The Emperors Photographer Sep 8, 2007
Sep 8, 2007 three smiling ethiopians Sep 8, 2007
Sep 7, 2007 Feedback Sep 7, 2007
Sep 1, 2007 manchester festival Sep 1, 2007
Sep 1, 2007 Manchester performance Saturday and home on Sunday Sep 1, 2007

August 2007

Aug 31, 2007 Sixteen people one house two tutors seven days. Who goes you decide. Aug 31, 2007
Aug 31, 2007 pictures from the week Aug 31, 2007
Aug 24, 2007 It's all about the journey. Aug 24, 2007
Aug 23, 2007 Journey's end Aug 23, 2007
Aug 22, 2007 An Englsih Journey by JB Priestley Aug 22, 2007
Aug 21, 2007 “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” Aug 21, 2007
Aug 20, 2007 Journey to the end of the earth. Aug 20, 2007
Aug 17, 2007 Eating Cheese after Carmen Jones Aug 17, 2007
Aug 17, 2007 Why is the Pen mightier than the sword? Aug 17, 2007
Aug 16, 2007 Roll Call of The Dead Aug 16, 2007
Aug 15, 2007 Keep On Keeping On Aug 15, 2007
Aug 13, 2007 Leaving Scotland, home of the brave and the bearded Aug 13, 2007
Aug 12, 2007 Flocks of Flying Haggis over Portobello Aug 12, 2007
Aug 11, 2007 To the Festival! Aug 11, 2007
Aug 10, 2007 Anthony H Wilson Dies Aug 10, 2007
Aug 10, 2007 Mainlining on a chicken wrap Aug 10, 2007
Aug 10, 2007 The Guardian of my past Aug 10, 2007
Aug 9, 2007 Fools? Gold? Aug 9, 2007
Aug 6, 2007 Book em! Aug 6, 2007
Aug 6, 2007 Carla's at the National Aug 6, 2007
Aug 5, 2007 Lemn Balm. Aug 5, 2007
Aug 1, 2007 Independent Minded. Aug 1, 2007

July 2007

Jul 31, 2007 Bukowski lives! Jul 31, 2007
Jul 30, 2007 Answer on a postcard Jul 30, 2007
Jul 25, 2007 A crop of Rainbows in Valencia. Jul 25, 2007
Jul 21, 2007 What to do in the canoo. Jul 21, 2007
Jul 20, 2007 A Black Man At The Golden Fleece Jul 20, 2007
Jul 19, 2007 SATURDAY on a thursday at noon. Jul 19, 2007
Jul 16, 2007 Pictures of me in The Lucky Hollow Jul 16, 2007
Jul 16, 2007 Lucky Hollow Jul 16, 2007
Jul 15, 2007 Hackney Empire Jul 15, 2007
Jul 14, 2007 Flatitude. Jul 14, 2007
Jul 13, 2007 Five days like a clenched fist. Jul 13, 2007
Jul 8, 2007 London Institute for Higher Education Jul 8, 2007
Jul 7, 2007 Strange Fruit Jul 7, 2007
Jul 6, 2007 Miriam Miriam. Jul 6, 2007
Jul 5, 2007 "It no mystery. We're making History" Jul 5, 2007
Jul 4, 2007 An Air of Fresh Breath Jul 4, 2007
Jul 3, 2007 LONGITUDINALS Jul 3, 2007

June 2007

Jun 30, 2007 Purcell Room. Jun 30, 2007
Jun 29, 2007 "Brilliant. Literally" Jun 29, 2007
Jun 27, 2007 Manchester International Festival London Literature Festival Jun 27, 2007
Jun 26, 2007 Manchester Jun 26, 2007
Jun 26, 2007 speech by Deputy director of Manchester Museum Jun 26, 2007
Jun 23, 2007 Red Sky In The Morning - Saturday Live BBC Radio 4 Jun 23, 2007
Jun 19, 2007 Check Jun 19, 2007
Jun 17, 2007 Cries From The Heart Jun 17, 2007
Jun 15, 2007 Why I don't Hate White People. Jun 15, 2007
Jun 14, 2007 THE CITY Jun 14, 2007
Jun 14, 2007 The Festival Hall Jun 14, 2007
Jun 14, 2007 BBC Jun 14, 2007
Jun 14, 2007 Camden Irish Centre Jun 14, 2007
Jun 11, 2007 The Storm Jun 11, 2007

May 2007

May 31, 2007 From the Page to The Stage May 31, 2007
May 28, 2007 The Caribbean and African connection May 28, 2007
May 28, 2007 The Gritty streets of East London May 28, 2007
May 24, 2007 My head cut by Millionaire May 24, 2007
May 23, 2007 Cue The Cloud May 23, 2007
May 17, 2007 Some sayings from OLA May 17, 2007
May 15, 2007 Duwayne Brooks May 15, 2007
May 7, 2007 The Burning Beach May 7, 2007
May 1, 2007 The Present May 1, 2007

April 2007

Apr 30, 2007 The South Bank Apr 30, 2007
Apr 29, 2007 mica paris at Ronnie Scotts Soho. Apr 29, 2007
Apr 27, 2007 Rich Mix East London Apr 27, 2007
Apr 26, 2007 Bookslam - West London Apr 26, 2007
Apr 24, 2007 Cork Ireland Apr 24, 2007
Apr 23, 2007 Professor of English At Virginia Tech. Apr 23, 2007
Apr 19, 2007 To Rochdale and beyond Apr 19, 2007
Apr 17, 2007 Tackling Reception Apr 17, 2007
Apr 17, 2007 addition to reception blog Apr 17, 2007
Apr 16, 2007 To inspire and be inspired. Apr 16, 2007
Apr 8, 2007 Easter Apr 8, 2007

March 2007

Mar 31, 2007 More Music in Morcambe. Mar 31, 2007
Mar 29, 2007 The Ropes Mar 29, 2007
Mar 29, 2007 The Voice Mar 29, 2007
Mar 28, 2007 Get on your Bike Mar 28, 2007
Mar 27, 2007 Got these pics today Mar 27, 2007
Mar 26, 2007 Something Dark Mar 26, 2007
Mar 24, 2007 The Saracens Head Mar 24, 2007
Mar 23, 2007 Agggghhhhh Mar 23, 2007
Mar 22, 2007 Meeting John Giorno. Mar 22, 2007
Mar 22, 2007 Italy. It's not pornography it's an iron. Mar 22, 2007
Mar 20, 2007 Glasgow Central Scotland Mar 20, 2007
Mar 19, 2007 Midnight and the Night Train to Glasgow Mar 19, 2007
Mar 17, 2007 All in the Mind. Mar 17, 2007
Mar 12, 2007 I should've been in Wales today Mar 12, 2007
Mar 7, 2007 The Black Dog At Marlborough College Mar 7, 2007
Mar 1, 2007 A day in the life. Mar 1, 2007

February 2007

Feb 28, 2007 Sweden Umea Feb 28, 2007
Feb 27, 2007 An audience obliged or an audience compelled Feb 27, 2007
Feb 27, 2007 Guardian Feb 2007 Feb 27, 2007
Feb 26, 2007 Stockholm Feb 26, 2007
Feb 23, 2007 WH Auden and Night Mail. Feb 23, 2007
Feb 23, 2007 Inside Out Feb 23, 2007
Feb 20, 2007 pictures of articles from India Feb 20, 2007
Feb 16, 2007 You are So Perfect Feb 16, 2007
Feb 11, 2007 The drive back from Rajasthan Feb 11, 2007
Feb 10, 2007 The Mad Knight of Rajasthan. Feb 10, 2007
Feb 8, 2007 Hyderabad Feb 8, 2007
Feb 5, 2007 Live in Delhi Feb 5, 2007
Feb 4, 2007 Delhi-ntelligensia Feb 4, 2007
Feb 4, 2007 Air Force Feb 4, 2007
Feb 3, 2007 Bangalore Ranga Shankar Theatre Feb 3, 2007
Feb 2, 2007 Bangalore Feb 2, 2007

January 2007

Jan 29, 2007 Indian Touchdown Chennai - 29th to 2nd February Jan 29, 2007
Jan 23, 2007 The day I got High for the BBC Jan 23, 2007
Jan 19, 2007 The Storm in the valley Jan 19, 2007
Jan 14, 2007 Manchester Writer Dies Today. Jan 14, 2007
Jan 7, 2007 Visiting Shakespeares House. Jan 7, 2007
Jan 6, 2007 The Show must go on. Jan 6, 2007
Jan 2, 2007 Car Crash Christmas Jan 2, 2007

December 2006

Dec 20, 2006 Germaine Greer and Bob Marley. Dec 20, 2006
Dec 16, 2006 Saturday Live BBC Radio 4 Dec 16, 2006
Dec 14, 2006 Dave Haslam The DJ Dec 14, 2006
Dec 13, 2006 Palestine and the Present. Dec 13, 2006
Dec 11, 2006 "Successful white students are ignored?" Dec 11, 2006
Dec 10, 2006 SKATE. Dec 10, 2006
Dec 6, 2006 John Lewellyn Rhys Prize for fiction Dec 6, 2006
Dec 1, 2006 BBC goes back to Black Dec 1, 2006
Dec 1, 2006 Flying With Excess Baggage Dec 1, 2006

November 2006

Nov 30, 2006 The Arvon Prize Giving. Nov 30, 2006
Nov 29, 2006 At Al-Jazeera and inside The Clockwork Orange Nov 29, 2006
Nov 28, 2006 Rankin and Bukowski in a day! Love it. Nov 28, 2006
Nov 27, 2006 A night out with Selena Nov 27, 2006
Nov 25, 2006 Suicide Note Nov 25, 2006
Nov 24, 2006 The Car Crash and The champagne. A long day. Nov 24, 2006
Nov 23, 2006 Iput my Ipod on for I High Pleasure Nov 23, 2006
Nov 21, 2006 Time and Tides in Morcambe Bay Nov 21, 2006
Nov 17, 2006 THE QUEENS SPEECH. Nov 17, 2006
Nov 16, 2006 And script is done Nov 16, 2006
Nov 15, 2006 The Queens Peach Nov 15, 2006
Nov 15, 2006 Guy Ritchie and The Novelist Affair. Nov 15, 2006
Nov 13, 2006 a ledge to some is a step to others. Nov 13, 2006
Nov 10, 2006 Fact to Friction Nov 10, 2006
Nov 8, 2006 It's all relative Nov 8, 2006
Nov 7, 2006 I'm Mad On Her Nov 7, 2006
Nov 2, 2006 The World Serviced by The CHild Soldier. Nov 2, 2006
Nov 2, 2006 Never Mind The Full Stops Nov 2, 2006
Nov 1, 2006 Riding high on Rodin Nov 1, 2006

October 2006

Oct 31, 2006 If Black History Month Ends Am I still Here. Oct 31, 2006
Oct 31, 2006 Art Archive and Anarchy Oct 31, 2006
Oct 30, 2006 Keats and Me Oct 30, 2006
Oct 25, 2006 Antidote to the winter blues Oct 25, 2006
Oct 25, 2006 Lomography. Click with it. Oct 25, 2006
Oct 25, 2006 When poets read the spirit moves, abroad. Oct 25, 2006
Oct 24, 2006 Wisteria Oct 24, 2006
Oct 24, 2006 Kwame Dawes and the operatic African americans Oct 24, 2006
Oct 16, 2006 The bears. Oct 16, 2006
Oct 14, 2006 A conference of Writers Oct 14, 2006
Oct 13, 2006 In The Middle of a Love Donut Oct 13, 2006
Oct 12, 2006 Two Theatres Two Schools One Day One Love Oct 12, 2006
Oct 10, 2006 The Restaurant and the Vietnam Vet. Oct 10, 2006
Oct 9, 2006 The art of travel. Oct 9, 2006
Oct 6, 2006 Lightening Strikes but misses the sausage at Gammage. Oct 6, 2006
Oct 4, 2006 Lemn outside of his home. FFoto by Toby Madden for The Independent Oct 4, 2006

September 2006

Sep 28, 2006 Tips to change the world. Sep 28, 2006
Sep 27, 2006 September 2006 outside my apartment Sep 27, 2006
Sep 27, 2006 Phoenix rising in Arizona Sep 27, 2006
Sep 26, 2006 Fully Booked as spoonerism. Sep 26, 2006
Sep 26, 2006 Lost in a Limousinie Sep 26, 2006
Sep 23, 2006 Independent 2006 Sep 23, 2006
Sep 23, 2006 Gunshot in manchester Sep 23, 2006
Sep 20, 2006 Al Gore, ken Livingstone and Me. Sep 20, 2006
Sep 15, 2006 Moving to hell. Sep 15, 2006
Sep 13, 2006 Kitchen, War and Boney M. Sep 13, 2006
Sep 12, 2006 Pineapples Sex and Ikea Sep 12, 2006
Sep 2, 2006 death by stingray Sep 2, 2006
Sep 1, 2006 Australia, melbourne Sep 1, 2006

August 2006

Aug 28, 2006 Hotel in the sky Aug 28, 2006
Aug 27, 2006 On the plane, the plane. Aug 27, 2006
Aug 25, 2006 Spain Was A Blast Aug 25, 2006
Aug 16, 2006 Off To Spain Aug 16, 2006
Aug 14, 2006 Race Aug 14, 2006
Aug 8, 2006 SLOG. Aug 8, 2006
Aug 7, 2006 And its monday morning Aug 7, 2006
Aug 6, 2006 Lazy Sunday Afternoon Aug 6, 2006
Aug 5, 2006 Hoxton Hall Shoreditch Aug 5, 2006
Aug 4, 2006 Finance Aug 4, 2006
Aug 2, 2006 I blog therefore I am Aug 2, 2006

September 1988

Sep 21, 1988 Guardian 1988 photo by Don McPhee Sep 21, 1988

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