The self-doubt of artists (unedited version)

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Poetry is boring

Who thinks poetry is boring? Me too. Or at least I did. I used to think poetry was boring because that’s how it was at school. Old poetry books delivery either incomprehensible old English or slow sad First World Poems about total misery. Not what you’re after as an excitable 11-year-old. But that all changed […]

Poet Rowan McCabe coming to Preston

SPOKEN WORDRowan McCabe: Hard Knocks Artch Studios, PrestonFriday September 11, 2026. (7.30pm)Tickets £10 (concessions £8)Get tickets from Skiddle now. Following the release of his new book, The Door-to-Door Poet, as well as a hit programme on BBC Radio 4, Rowan McCabe returns to the stage with Hard Knocks, a show of spoken word and comedy about […]

EXCLUSIVE: Toria Garbutt & Louise Exactly at Mercer Hall, Great Harwood

SPOKEN WORDWorking Class: Toria Garbutt & Louise ExactlyMercer Hall, Great Harwood, BB6 7ALSaturday 19th September 2026Tickets £12.50Get tickets now from Hyndburn Leisure website Working Class is an exciting double bill of spoken word featuring two of the UK’s most powerful voices: Yorkshire-born poet Toria Garbutt and Wigan-based Louise Exactly. Their fierce, funny and unflinchingly honest […]