TheNeverZine

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

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We're creating, discovering and celebrating art and artists that delight, astound and inspire. We're a collective of artists, creatives and writers open to connecting and collaborating with you so dive in and let's create.

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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Grace Gachoki

I first encountered Grace at the Writeb4theMic poetry night led by the wonderful Starlight. I was very new to the scene, it was my first time at a group like that. I felt like I was in the presence of mystics. Grace in particular, captured me, with her poise and
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Interviews Graham Thomas

The Big Interview - Bijal Shah, bibliotherapist

"A single sentence can illuminate a truth we hadn’t yet been able to name."
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Interview - Ioana Simion, founder, Artizine

Artizine is both the artistic identity of founder Ioana and a platform for zine making workshops. We chat to Ioana about her journey, zine making and the importance of expression for wellbeing.
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Interview: Meredith Fleischer, Founder & Director, The MF Gallery

We're across the pond, connecting with Meredith Fleishcer, founder of The MF Gallery, to talk fine art photography, gallery ownership and the power of the image.
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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
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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
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Be wild. Be free.

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
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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
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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
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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
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A Thousand Fortunes

Ameer Azad quests once more, join him...
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Mic Nightlife: Home Poetry, TBC, Shoreditch

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