Crowded beaches
We were nervous about going to the beach. All that noise about Bournemouth and crowds , the parking, the litter....
Lines from Lockdown
We had a beautiful creative evening last week, when Mole Valley Poets held an open Zoom session of work created...
Black and white
I’ve been trying to get my head round the idea of black and white, the specifics of black as opposed...
On line poetry – and history in the making
I’ve tended to have an old fashioned view of libraries – a very positive one, but limited to book borrowing,...
Relax (don’t do it?)
I suppose the religious analogy is with the ‘last days’ where everything is in a state of chaos and confusion...
Reasons to be cheerful
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by uncertainty at the moment; by fear of infection; by a craving for closeness with...
These are the things
I’ve been thinking about what happens next. There’s been a lot of talk in the press, and shared posts on...
From page to stage and from stage to screen…
The image shows what it used to be like. What it will look like again. A stage show. Dinner theatre....
Virtual Theatre is a hit
When Damn Cheek teamed up with Brighton Beam for a co production of Maria MacAteer’s ‘On a Wicklow Hill’, we...
Jackdaws and social isolation
These are strange times and we all cope in different ways. Some of my relatives have been amusing me with...
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Crowded beaches - Tony Earnshaw
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We were nervous about going to the beach. All that noise about Bournemouth and crowds , the parking, the litter. And yet, here we were, at our regular dog walking spot and lots of space. There’s something uplifting about the sea as it meets the beach. The grandeur, the colours, the space, all add ...www.tonyearnshaw.co.uk/lines-from-lockdown/
Lines from Lockdown - Tony Earnshaw
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We had a beautiful creative evening last week, when Mole Valley Poets held an open Zoom session of work created during lockdown. Nine poets, nine styles, and subject matter ranging from grief to joy, looking back and looking forward. We had a guest compere in Darren Cheek and treated the evening as....www.tonyearnshaw.co.uk/black-and-white/
Black and white - Tony Earnshaw
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I’ve been trying to get my head round the idea of black and white, the specifics of black as opposed to Asian experiences of racism, to separate the strands of argument, discussion and of conditioning which feel inescapable at the moment. This was prompted by the furore caused by the appalling and...www.tonyearnshaw.co.uk/on-line-poetry-and-history-in-the-making/
On line poetry - and history in the making - Tony Earnshaw
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I’ve tended to have an old fashioned view of libraries – a very positive one, but limited to book borrowing, quiet spaces for reading and a children’s corner. Of course, there is much or to a modern library than that and I have become involved with a couple of aspects of Surrey Libraries of wh...www.tonyearnshaw.co.uk/relax-dont-do-it/
Relax (don't do it?) - Tony Earnshaw
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I suppose the religious analogy is with the ‘last days’ where everything is in a state of chaos and confusion and expectation of the second coming. For us, right now, there are some definite parallels. The chaos and confusion is there, certainly. There are even a couple of candidates for the Ant...