In 2020 The Big Poetry Weekend, formerly the Poetry Swindon Festival, was scheduled to go ahead at a new venue, Lydiard Park, in October, but as with so many festivals, the pandemic hit, and the festi

Last week I posted on social media that I'd completed my last endorsement for the summer and wouldn't be doing more until winter break. I hoped by making such posts, I might avoid causing disappointme

This July will be the tenth anniversary of my mother's death. She had gone into the hospital the day before and was scheduled for a colonoscopy. She died on the table before they could begin the proce