A solicitor and poet from Walsall has been asked to speak on behalf of Acorns Children`s Hospice about his work with Saint Teresa of Kolkata ahead of a new three-part Sky documentary series Mother Teresa: For the Love of God which talks to some of her friends and bitterest critics, serving as a thorough reappraisal of […]
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May
May
A local published poet and playwright has been invited to share his work at the first-ever Stafford Litfest on Saturday 21st May 2022. Ian Henery, whose 5th collection of poetry – Poems of Hope – is published by Kates Hill Press – will be reading at the University of Wolverhampton in Stafford from 1.30pm – […]
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Apr
Apr
A radio presenter is to read from a Walsall playwright`s latest work at the St George`s Day and Shakespeare`s birthday celebrations this weekend. The play, the second in the trilogy called “Home” by Walsall Poet Laureate Ian Henery (pictured with Susan Vickers co-hosting the Pop & Soul Stage at Willenhall Lock Stock Festival) was originally […]
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Apr
Apr
Click here to have a listen to Ian’s poem on the Hope Central soundscape.
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Oct
Oct
Ian Henery, Andrew Clayton and Phil Buckley are three ordinary chaps, living in Walsall and enjoying the creative muses of poetry, music and photography respectively. So why did they turn out last Tuesday with a converted ice-cream trike to delivery poetry to the people of Walsall? The story behind the project turns out to be […]
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Oct
Oct
What do you get if you stick a poet on a bike? This is the question more than a dozen local poets are hoping to answer on Tuesday 5th October when Poetry in Motion hits the paved thoroughfares of Walsall Town Centre. Looking for a way to celebrate the second stage of the AJ Bell […]
05
Oct
Oct
A local poet is to perform at the You Are Not Alone arts exhibition and festival between 6 – 10th October 2021 in Birmingham. It is a free event. Ian Henery, who is a solicitor with offices in Birmingham and the Black Country, is to feature on National Poetry Day on Thursday 7th October during […]
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Sep
Sep
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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Sep
Sep
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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Sep
Sep
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 […]