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Firbush
A few months ago I found out about a brilliant opportunity that I really, really wanted to take up, only to find out I couldn’t due to its popularity. This opportunity was the Firbush Retreat that...
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South Bank Poetry magazine competition
Closing Date for Entry is 4th December, 2013 (entries postmarked that day from the UK or abroad will be accepted ) Judging Period Entries will be handed over to the judge, Clare Pollard, who will read...
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Results of South Bank Poetry magazine, 2013 competition
We had a record number of entries to our competition this year and competition was very tough for all concerned. Our judge Clare Pollard has now chosen the winning poems which will appear in the next...
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Meeting Carol Ann Duffy and The Ted Hughes Awards
The Ted Hughes Awards It feels like the first day of spring outside as I step into the Savile Club who are hosting The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry alongside The National Poetry Competition....
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Winning the Saltire/British Council Travel Bursary
As a three year old I fell out of my aunt’s seventh storey apartment while visiting my mother’s country Bolivia. As a consequence to this I spent several months in hospital, started primary school...
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Arriving in Bolivia
The flight is long, perhaps too long. I am exhausted by the time we touch down in Santa Cruz. Going through security is a journey in itself. I could have travelled to France from London in the time...
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La Paz
Once my headaches and nausea have gone I start to enjoy being in La Paz and settle in quickly. This is perhaps because its mountains remind me of Edinburgh, or because I have the feeling that I am...
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Back to London
There’s torrential rain, Joey is barking very loudly and I am eating a baked potato with Rose Harissa Paste. This is London. It is Thursday the 22nd May and I have been back since Saturday morning and...
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