WRITE AROUND THE WORLD
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…
COLISEUM CONFRONTATION FOR COVID 19
COLISEUM CONFRONTATION FOR COVID 19
By Norman Warwick
Oldham Coliseum
Oldham Coliseum Theatre and commissioning partner HOME Manchester have commissioned Associate Artist Hafsah Aneela Bashir to create a project as part of the Homemakers…
WRITING OUR TIMES?
WRITING OUR TIMES?
By Norman Warwick
Steve Cooke, all across the arts
I was further reminded of the notion that so many authors seem to somehow ´write their times´ when reading Steve Cooke´s recent post on a similar subject. On…
STORIES WRITTEN FROM THE ART
STORIES WRITTEN FROM THE ART
a compare and contrast by Norman Warwick
Eileen Earnshaw, poet,all across the arts, The Rochdale Observer
When we recently published Eileen´Earnshaw´s article about her ´virtual´ creative writing workshop…
ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE
ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE
By Norman Warwick
Live performances would have been the natural culmination of the second edition of the Festival de Teatro Escolar de Lanzarote, an initiative promoted by the area of Culture of the Cabildo…
LINES FROM THE LOCKDOWN
Norman Warwick looks at LINES FROM THE LOCKDOWN collated by Eileen Earnshaw
Writing on our sister all across the arts page in The Rochdale Observer of Wednesday 13th May, Eileen Earnshaw, (seen far left with Shirley Anne Kennedy) a…
WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE
WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE
Before presenting his ´virtual´ Ribble Vallay Jazz And Blues programmes when the Festival was cancelled, Steve Bewick actually used these Sidetracks And Detours pages for a kind of triall run, and so he and I spent…
FINE LINES FOR FINE PRESS POETRY By Andrew Moorhouse
FINE LINES FOR FINE PRESS POETRY
By Andrew Moorhouse
Andrew Moorhouse (left)talking to Norman Warwick
I’ve been a bibliophile for as long as I can remember.
My face, and mind, buried in books.
I was a collector too; stamps…
WORDS FROM THE WRITER: Andrea Sarginson
MAN OF GLASS - A NOVEL FOR OUR TIMES
It was only five years ago, in retirement, that Andrea took up creative writing at Open University. Shortly after subsequently joining Touchstones Creative Writing Group (TCWG) she contributed prose and…
WORDS THAT LINGER AND WORDS WE LOSE
WORDS THAT LINGER AND WORDS WE LOSE
By Norman Warwick
Michael Higgins
Most of our readers will by now be familiar with the regular contributions made to these pages by Michael Higgins, who keeps us informed of current events on the…