The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: crisis
A Jacket And Nail Clippers
Not sure where I’m going with this. Readers who’ve followed me for a while will know that every Christmas for the last few years I’ve spent some time volunteering at one of the Crisis For Christmas shelters that appear for … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis at Christmas, homelessness, hope, London, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged crisis, homeless, volunteer
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If you’d bear with me…
… I want to ask a favour of each of you. I love London, a sprawling mismatch of a city with everything good and bad about it that you will find anywhere people, lots of people, live cheek by jowl. … Continue reading
Posted in charity, Christmas
Tagged charity, crisis, engagement, help, homelessness, respect, the Rucksack Project
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Homeless
Walking in any big city these days, you cannot fail to miss the homeless who increasingly fill the folds between pavement and building. Some cities try and sweep them out of sight; or at least out of the tourist traps, … Continue reading
