The Loneliness of a (Prune-Fingered) Trawler Fisherman This morning, I read a lovely news story by Jonathan Amos about research on...

A 3M-long scrub python is preyed on by a plane. In my effort to write two new poems a week based on things I’ve seen in the news, here’s...

There he is! Yes, the slightly-less blurry one with the big red arrow pointing to it. That isn’t actually there, of course. As part of...

Here’s a poem I wrote for a Teach First poetry slam we held yesterday – mine didn’t end up being performed (although the poem which did...

Botanical Time-Teller At the end of last month, I performed the Vermin Cycle at Green Man Festival – it was a great experience, although...

I was just reminded of this lovely site, where you can enter a body of text and it creates a beautiful word cloud image… So I created my...

It's Balance Month. But I won't be doing any of this. (Have you seen 'Man On Wire'? It made my head hurt) On Saturday evening, H Ren and...

A post-apocalyptic roach, Pixar-style I’ve just finished reading Margaret Atwood’s ‘Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth’. It’s a...

A friend of mine has just started a new blog, which he’ll be updating with articles he’s both read and will be writing – mainly about...

Next week, I’ll be ‘guest hosting’ a writer friend’s group at Spike Island – on Monday evening, 6-8pm. Hopefully I’ll do a passable...

I’ve been working recently back in well-known broadcasting institution – and wrote this poem based on an occurrence a week or so ago....

I realise it’s a little late, but I declare – on behalf of The Palace of the Gorgeoisie – that June 2011 is: CONVERGENCE MONTH For some...

Just to say that part two of the Vermin Cycle, which I recorded for lovely Dave’s BCFM programme ‘A Cup of Tea and a Piece of Cake’, will...

You can see my profile page here: http://www.greenman.net/artist2011/vermin/4210 Very much looking forward to performing at Green Man,...

At the beginning of March, I travelled to Lyon to report on the BioVision World Life Sciences Forum for Research Media/International...

Performing 'Cull (After Hitchcock)' at BioBlitz (c) BioBlitz Performing 'To His Coy Hen' at BioBlitz (c) BioBlitz I was lucky enough to...

The first installment of the recorded Vermin poems (1-3) can be heard here, on lovely Dave Miles’ BCFM show ‘A Cup of Tea’:...

The ‘premier’ of the Vermin Cycle will be at the Bristol Natural History Constortium BioBlitz event, next Saturday 21st May at...

Excellent news, I’ve been confirmed as performing in Einstein’s Garden at the Green Man Festival in August! There is some information...

This evening, I went to the Grant Bradley Gallery in Bedminster for a science-inspired writing open mic night. It was a follow-up from a...