Welcome to the third of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. David Morley was a research scientist first, before becoming a University Professor in Creative Writing – and this has affected what he writes about and how he writes about a subject at a very deep level. He talks with Nadia Kingsley about “fiction” and […]
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DIVERSIFLY podcast #3: David Morley
Welcome to the third of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. David Morley was a research scientist first, before becoming a University Professor in Creative Writing – and this has affected what he writes about and how he writes about a subject at a very deep level. He talks with Nadia Kingsley about “fiction” and […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #2: Chris Kinsey
Welcome to the second of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. Chris Kinsey has always lived near a river and can’t imagine life, or poetry, without a river. In this podcast she talks with Nadia Kingsley about her childhood influences and explains why walking a greyhound (or two) has honed her skills of observation; and […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #1:Brett Westwood
Welcome to the first of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. In this podcast you will join Brett Westwood and Nadia Kingsley on an Urban Bird Walk, in the centre of Stourbridge, West Midlands Brett jointly won the Thomson Reuters/Zoological Record Award for Communicating Zoology with Stephen Moss for the book and radio series Tweet of the Day, […]
Speaking of Nature – at MEREFEST
I am organising the SPEAKING OF NATURE tent at Ellesmere’s MEREFEST – on Saturday 16th September 2017 Here is the official poster from Merefest: Pop along for a bit – or join me for the whole thing from 11am to 9pm Its a wonderful setting There’s lots of other things going on throughout the day […]
A bit of a tit : DIVERSIFLY BLOG #12
First things first: let’s just for a moment deal with the word ‘tit’. Since the nineteenth century, it has been used as a slang word for breast, but its origins come from early-fourteenth-century usage meaning ‘small’ or ‘a small creature’. Hope that clears things up. So says Bill Bailey in his Remarkable Guide to British […]
Two for joy: DIVERSIFLY BLOG #10
About ten years ago, I was an eBay addict – when I opened one of my impulse buys I made myself jump out of my skin… it was a taxidermied magpie. Perhaps because of the song* – I ended up buying two. As I write this I wonder if I have grown in some way […]
Towing the line? Or making the most of a shortcut? DIVERSIFLY BLOG #6
It was during the second half of the eighteenth century that the great age of canal building in Britain started. This was a time when Britain was bursting with trade, industry and commerce. By the end of the eighteenth century the boom was over, and most British canals were completed by 1815. Within ten years […]
Want to hear poetry and help Shropshire’s wildlife?!
Ruthie Lowe has organised a poetry fundraising event at Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre WORDS FROM THE WILD-LIFE An evening of poetry with some outstanding poets! (says the Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre events page about this Poetry fundraiser I will be reading at!) Come and hear: Chris Kinsey (BBC Wildlife poet of the year 2008) Keith […]
June 3 Poetry, Much Wenlock – for Cuan wildlife rescue centre
Ruthie Lowe has organised a poetry fundraising event at Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre WORDS FROM THE WILD-LIFE An evening of poetry with some outstanding poets! (says the Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre events page about this Poetry fundraiser I will be reading at!) Come and hear: Chris Kinsey (BBC Wildlife poet of the year 2008) Keith […]
