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Dispatches from TheNeverPress - arts, culture, news, discoveries and new writing

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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Vikas

'I first encountered Vikas at the Poplar Poetry Evening (run by WSR alum Rayon), and I was taken by the sensitivity and exploration of self in his poems. Vikas was open with the crowd about working through difficult things in his poetry. We connected on that and began a

28 Nov 2025

Interviews ⸱ Tim Foley ⸱ Graham Thomas

Interview: Tim Kavanagh, photographer

Tim Foley of Write Speak Recover has a wee tête-à-tête with renowned photographer Tim Kavanagh. Turns out they have more in common than just a forename... Picture the scene - I am adrift in the bowels of the beast at my corporate job. Four hours into a content heavy Generative

26 Nov 2025

Poetry ⸱ Tim Foley

Mic Nightlife: Poems not Bombs, Walthamstow Trades Hall

There’s something really special about this venue and night. Upstairs it feels like we are holed away planning a revolution while downstairs is alive with comedy, cabaret, line dancing, music. The kind of place that can start a movement and change the world and the kind of place I

21 Nov 2025

Graham Thomas ⸱ Tim Foley

The Big Interview: Geoff Badger, Lost Reels

Geoff Badger's quest to bring hidden gems and 'lost' film prints to audiences is keeping the celluloid dream alive. We first came across Lost Reels when TheNeverPress went on a group outing to the wonderful Cinema Museum in Kennington - a beautiful, ramshackle museum run by

17 Nov 2025

Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Ruth Beddow

When I stumbled upon a writing class in the summer of 2024, I was like a little baby Bambi poet, all doe-eyed and completely unsure of my footing. Thankfully, Ruth and her collective are so kind and welcoming. That vibe permeated through the space as we squashed together (her workshops

14 Nov 2025

Articles ⸱ DC Thomas

Review: Titus Andronicus, Progress Theatre, Reading

A Halloween Reimagining of Shakespeare's brutal and bonkers gorefest We attended Titan Andronicus on Halloween night at Progress Theatre in Reading, and the timing couldn’t have been more fitting. What unfolded was a confident, inventive reworking of Titus Andronicus that leaned into the play’s inherent brutality

13 Nov 2025

Be wild. Be free.

A Thousand Fortunes

Ameer Azad quests once more, join him...

Mic Nightlife: Home Poetry, TBC, Shoreditch

Mic Nightlife is a photography, poetry and storytelling series celebrating the places in which people share words.

Write Speak Recover - Ameer Azad

Ameer’s poetry screams out with things only he has seen or imagined, shared in carefully curated landscapes that take you on a (sometimes shocking) journey. It seemed suitable to share this edition on Halloween, a day when lines between worlds real and unreal, of the living and the dead

Independent Record Store: Uperkuut Records, Estonia

Our man in Estonia gets into it with indie record store owner Allan Mastov about his space for artists, musicians and the community that comes together under the banner of music.

Write Speak Recover: Laurie Farrugia

When one meets Laurie, it’s impossible not to be struck by her authenticity and vulnerability – she's someone who is in full grasp of her honest self. We first met at a Sober AF Poetry night and Laurie’s stage presence was simultaneously gentle and fierce. It takes

The Big Interview: Walter Hayn, artist

Beautiful, strange and otherworldly creations in silicone. The tools we need to create art are all around us. We discovered Walter's work at the Jeannie Avent gallery in Dulwich. When we entered the charming space, we were welcomed by a genial fellow, sitting at a table beside the