TheNeverZine

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

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About this Digital Zine

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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Poetry Ameer Azad

The Dead Stay Smiling

The first submission from the uncompromising, dark troubadour Ameer Azad, our Poet-In-Residence. Brace before clicking.
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Fiona Broadhurst

I went to my first poetry night in early 2024 after returning to the UK permanently for the first time in over 20 years. I had been writing feverishly and the lovely souls in my Recovery Dharma group had been encouraging me to go out and speak. I had found
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Articles Tim Hanson

Album review: Chas Leman – Wish The Clock Would Go Back

South London DIY poet and songwriter Chas Leman has followed up a string of impressive singles with a standout debut album that ties together the varied elements of his sound with a pop sensibility and a unique lyrical voice.
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Interview: Giulia Blasi, photographer

We grab some time with Rome-based photographer Giulia Blasi to talk about being in the moment and owning one's doubt.
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Jean Akintoye

Jean is a maker of magic. You can feel it moving around him as he enters a room. An aura of wonderful otherness as if he wears a cloak of creativity. Ready at any moment to whisk it into action and spring into sorcery! That’s how his poems and
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Poetry Graham Thomas

Introducing: Ameer Azad, poet

Ameer Azad, our new Poet-In-Residence breaks down his process and shares some work.
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Be wild. Be free.

The Big Interview: Sisetta Zappone, master printmaker

Strap in for a hefty chat with a master, a teacher and the embodiment of the artist. 'A Knight of the Arts.'
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Report: The Language of Roses, Etcetera Theatre, 30.05.25

We take in a new live collaboration from Tifany MarSah and Solomon Prempeh in Camden. A beautiful evening of spoken word, performance and an unforgettable journey.
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Write Speak Recover: Dave

I can’t say enough about Dave in a brief intro. Dave is colossal. Their voice sets you off-kilter as it tears at the walls of reality. A helter-skelter of honest, deep, angst-laden self-reflection. Though, as you cling to the sack, knuckles white as you take the turns, you realise
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Report: DunsPlayFest, Duns, 2-10.05.25

We venture out of HQ, up to Duns to take in an exhilirating week of challenging, dynamic and exciting new writing from some electric new playwrights.
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Interview: Courtney Dixon, documentary filmmaker

We get the inside skinny on documentary filmmaking, the intersection between creative vision and practical collaboration.
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Write Speak Recover: Anthony Lewis

I’ve heard Anthony speak a couple of times now, and the poem that stands out to me talks of his upbringing in East London and how he had to build a tough exterior and swallow some of his softer, creative traits. He is open and honest about his struggles
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