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An interview with Peter Hitchens

9th May 20179th May 2017 Sam Berry 0 Comments Conservative Party, Drugs, Education, Labour Party, Life events, Party Politics, Peter Hitchens, poetry, UKIP

Sam Berry takes us through the highlights of his interview with Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens

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Latest Literature 

What’s on in Epiphany Term?

9th January 20179th January 2017 Alice Smith 0 Comments Book Club, Charles Dickens, Durham, Louise Fazackerley, Newcastle, Nights Out, North East, North East Literature, Novels, poetry, Stockton, Sylvia Plath, Thrillers, Waterstones

Alice Smith guides you through some of the North East’s literary scene’s most interesting events in Epiphany Term.

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Supermarket Forest

8th January 20179th January 2017 Dion Dobryznski 0 Comments Christmas, creative, creative writing, darkchristmas, poetry

A poem by Dion Dobrzynski for our Christmas Competition on the theme of dereliction at Christmas time.

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Limericks: The ultimate 21st-century medium?

4th January 20174th January 2017 Rupert Swallow 0 Comments Boris Johnson, Emojis, facebook, Hardy, instagram, keats, Limericks, poetry, politics, President Edrogan, social media, Sonnets, The Novel, twitter

Rupert Swallow challenges you to read a whole article as he discusses social media, limericks, and the 21st-century attention span.

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The Sound of Silence

28th October 201628th October 2016 Zarmala Naeem 0 Comments creative, creative writing, mental health, poem, poetry, sense

A poem by Zarmala Naeem exploring the effects of depression and social anxiety.

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Touch

25th October 201626th October 2016 Susan Maginn 0 Comments creative, creative writing, experimental, poem, poetry, sense

  Susan Maginn explores different poetic forms in her experimental four-part piece.

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Synesthete

21st October 201621st October 2016 Imogen Sharpe 0 Comments creative, creative writing, poem, poetry, sense, synesthesia

A poem by Imogen Sharpe exploring the way in which synesthesia impacts the senses.

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‘Realisation’ and Other Poems

19th October 201619th October 2016 Will Girling 0 Comments creative, creative writing, observation, poetry

  Three poems by Will Girling on the theme of observation and exploring the power of the mundane to contain

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Editor's Picks Latest Literature 

Does Bob Dylan really deserve a Nobel Prize?

15th October 201616th October 2016 Alice Smith 0 Comments books, literature, music, poetry, politics, women

Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rolling stone (sorry) for the last few days will be aware that Bob

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Creative Lifestyle 

‘I Tried to Talk to the Angels’ and Other Poems

19th June 201619th June 2016 Asa Williams 0 Comments angels, creative, creative writing, France, french, poems, poetry

Three poems by Asa Williams meditating on God and eternity.

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