On a dark, blustery winter’s evening, I’m sitting at my computer, listening to one of my favourite songs, 'My December' - the only motivation I need to write about how I finally found the courage to share my writing, how that evolved into making music, and how this year has shaped my artistic identity. Thank … Continue reading From poetry to songwriting and producing… my creative journey in 2025
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Depeche Mode: M – A Cinematic Journey of Music, Memory and Mortality
(I took this photograph in January 2024 at Depeche Mode's performance at the O2 in London) On a gloomy Monday afternoon in early November, I found myself listening to Sister of Night and reflecting on the long-anticipated Depeche Mode: M, the film I was lucky enough to see at the Greenwich Odeon the day before. … Continue reading Depeche Mode: M – A Cinematic Journey of Music, Memory and Mortality
Between Quotations
Lately, I have been immersing myself in nature as a way to reconnect with inspiration for my writing. After visits to St James’s Park - where I took this beautiful photo of a black swan - and Regent’s Park, I felt compelled to capture my experience of urban nature in verse. Between Quotations is a … Continue reading Between Quotations
The Witch’s Daughter – A Poetic Meditation
If you have been following my work for a while, you will know that Carl Larsson’s The Witch’s Daughter (1866) has long lingered in my mind. As a painting that strays from the warmth of Larsson’s domestic idylls into something far more spectral, I am continually intrigued by the sense of being bound to something … Continue reading The Witch’s Daughter – A Poetic Meditation
Shadows of Autumn
Picture taken at The Museum of the Home, Hoxton “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” This quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has always intrigued me, casting autumn as a season of new beginnings, which has always struck me as paradoxical. I have a fondness for the … Continue reading Shadows of Autumn
The Stranger I Know
Some poems sit with you for years before they are ready to be written. The Stranger I Know began as a rough draft when I was twenty, inspired by a brief friendship with someone (approximately the same age as myself) who captivated me with anecdotes and pictures from the Brighton Teddy Boy nostalgia scene of … Continue reading The Stranger I Know
Face-to-Face with ‘Fountain’: My visit to the Tate
Yesterday, I visited the Tate and found myself face-to-face with a piece of art that, for reasons I will attempt to explain, has been close to my heart for several years: Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain. Even now, It is somewhat strange to admit this. After all, Fountain is little more than an upturned urinal - deliberately … Continue reading Face-to-Face with ‘Fountain’: My visit to the Tate
Crow in a Cage of Windows
Sometimes a single moment in everyday life lingers long after it has passed. A few weeks ago, while walking through a shopping centre I often visit, I watched a raven trapped inside - swooping between the ledges beneath tall glass windows, seemingly confused by the transparency of the walls. Ravens and crows are highly intelligent … Continue reading Crow in a Cage of Windows
Ripples on the Water – Returning to poetry after a prolonged creative block
In the time that has elapsed since my last post, I have returned to writing poetry after at least six years since I put poetic words to paper. As much as I wish I could say it was an impulsive creative yearning that pulled me back into poetry, it was actually a notification from my … Continue reading Ripples on the Water – Returning to poetry after a prolonged creative block
A Visit to John Keats’ House – Walking in the Footsteps of a Romantic Poet
(AI generated image) Nestled in the affluent suburban Hampstead streets is more than just a museum but a time capsule of the life and work of one of England’s greatest Romantic poets; John Keats. Visiting this charming, elegant house, where Keats wrote some of his most famous poems, provides the visitor with a journey through … Continue reading A Visit to John Keats’ House – Walking in the Footsteps of a Romantic Poet
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