A former Walsall Poet Laureate is due to appear at Shrewsbury Food Festival on 4th September to champion mental health. Alongside other Walsall poets including Phil Buckley, Tina Cox, Julia Dean-Richards, Angela Wood Maurice Malcolm and Elliot Parker there will be spoken word performances, workshops and a community poem on the theme of mental health […]
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A group of local published poets have come together to champion mental health and aim to take their workshops and performances to the Shrewsbury Food Festival in Quarry Park on 4th September near Shrewsbury town centre. The topic for their poetry will be mental health. Walsall poet and retired social worker and lecturer Phil Buckley […]
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A local poet and solicitor is performing on Sunday 25th July in Mile of Smiles to spread some much-needed cheer after the planned final easing of lockdown on 19th July. Ian Henery is taking part in the free family festival in Shrewsbury in the region`s first big event to raise money for charity. The free […]
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A former Walsall Poet Laureate, who worked with 3 Mayors of Walsall between 2011 – 2015 to raise money for charity, is to perform at Mile of Smiles on Sunday 25th July in Shrewsbury. The event is a free family event aimed at spreading some happiness for charity. Ian Henery, who is also a playwright, […]
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A local solicitor, poet and playwright is celebrating after receiving additional Arts Council England funding for his play based on the largely ignored story of the Chinese Labour Corps who served thousands of miles from their homeland in the foreign mud and trenches of the Western Front. It is estimated that between 1917 – 1920 […]
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Haikus of Hope – New Collaboration with Hope Radio and Red Bucket Projects
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A wonderful collaborate project with Red Bucket Projects and Brum Community Media to create a body of work for broadcast on Hope Radio and exhibit in the Hope Radio Virtual exhibition to bring hope during COVID-19 lockdown. Red Bucket projects is working with Hope Radio on a new project called Haikus of Hope. Hope Radio […]
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In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the Hope for Hospitality campaign which sees venue owners across Birmingham come together to request further support from government. Additionally, we bring you the latest goings on in Southside, including a special offer you won’t want to miss and an exclusive competition. HOPE FOR HOSPITALITY The Midlands hospitality industry […]
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A forgotten 1920s Willenhall scholar and teacher is to feature at the inaugral event at BritGrad 2020 with Sonnets for Shakespeare in aid of Shakespeare`s Globe Theatre and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Harold Percival Kingston, who was born in 1895 and grew up in the family drapery store at 26 Cross Street, Willenhall, was awarded […]
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These Poems of Hope were born out of the Covid-19 pandemic which has swept away the old lifestyles of the entire world. Some are about what has befallen us all but the collection is far more wide ranging. There are poems for Ian’s daughters, for his partner, for his home town. Poems referencing local nature […]
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A city centre solicitor-cum-poet has gained international recognition for his latest collection of work “Poems of Hope” which reflects life in pandemic Birmingham and beyond. Ian Henery, who manages a legal firm in Southside, was invited to perform his Brummie-inspired verses at poetry events in San Francisco and across the whole of the UK via […]