STORIES IN DANCE By Norman Warwick When I led a poetry night, for instance, to raise awareness of homelessness issues in our area, we collaborated with local artists. We collected the rhythmic skills of Pandemonium Percussion with the linguistic artistry of Touchstones Creative Writing Group, the verse-making of Just Poets and the choral abilities of […]
STOMPING AND SKIP JIVING SOON TO RETURN? Norman Warwick reads Alan Lawless to remind him of live jazz Alan Lawless once reminded readers of all across the arts in the UK that Rochdale Jazz Club on Dixon Street, (check http://jazznorthwest.co.uk/rochdale.htm?i=1) had something of a tradition of ringing in the New Year of their Jazz On […]
PROCESSION TO CALVARY By Andrew Moorhouse. The Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel lived and worked in the middle of the 16th century. He died in 1569 at an uncertain age, his birthdate either unrecorded or lost to history. ‘An uncertain age’ may equally apply to the tumultuous times he lived through. In the 1520’s Martin […]
MORE THAN BEING A WRITER The world and Norman Warwick reads Rachel Abbott Rachel Abbott is the pen name of Sheila Rodgers, (born 1952) and under that pen name is a British author of psychological thrillers. A self-publisher, her first seven novels (and one novella) have combined to sell over three million copies, and have […]
NEW CHAPTER FOR BOOKSHOPS By Norman Warwick The UK government has said some bookshops can now return to physical selling as part of a phased exit from the coronavirus lockdown. However, at the time of the publication of the last issue of trade magazine, The Bookseller, no details had been announced of which shops might […]
Norman Warwick asks CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK, PLEASE SIR? One of my favourite songs of the early seventies was Can I Have Money Back (Please Sir?) by Gerry Rafferty of Baker Street fame. It wasthe title track of his first solo album, the distinctive cover design of which was by was by John […]
STILL STATUES REFLECT by Michael Higgins I wonder how long eternity is hoped to be in this day of TV protest soundbites, political iconoclasm, and the anti-racist ‘cultural revolution’ that newspaper headlines proclaim is happening in the name of George Floyd. That unfortunate victim of police brutality has become an icon because he is a […]
IT WAS CANARIES DAY ALL WEEK ON LINE By Norman Warwick The videos, that should have been staged as live performances planned for the commemoration of Canary Islands Day were broadcast over several days throughout Lanzarote, with broadcasts of ceremonies beginning in the city of Haría and ending with formalities at the Cabildo de Lanzarote. […]
WRITE AROUND THE WORLD By Norman Warwick We were delighted to have been invited to host a major event for National Poetry Day a few years ago in Bolton, the more so when we turned up to find the opening performer would be Owen Sheers (he was, then, a poet I greatly admired and is […]
A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT MENTORING By Norman Warwick English Folk Expo’s Artist Mentoring Programme 2020/2021 Open now for new applications Deadline: 5pm Sunday 21st June Applications are now open for the third edition of the English Folk Expo (EFEx) Artist Mentoring Programme, aimed at equipping emerging artists with the skills, knowledge and experience for […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 7 / 12 / 25 classical, jazz, folk, rock, americana; songwriters & invisible angels7th December 2025 - 7:00 am
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A LITTLE BUNDLE OF SUMMER. sidetracks & detours 3rd September 2025 featuring Jazz Artist, Jenny Bray. Broadcaster and writer, Steve Bewick, Expo Folk and Sound Roots3rd September 2025 - 7:00 am