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Updates from TheNeverPress - news from inside the camp, and also dispatches from out there. These may be film, tv or music reviews, artist profiles and interviews, industry updates or the odd gonzo report from our various misdeeds and shenanigans.

Articles Graham Thomas

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
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Seb Bance

I have only heard Seb speak once at a poetry event, the poem below, (and a mad one about croissants!) and the performance stayed with me. This episode is exactly why I decided not to solely focus on recovery as it might usually be spoken about in addiction and sobriety.
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Interviews Graham Thomas

The Big Interview: Solomon Prempeh, poet

One from the heart... Solomon is an enigmatic and popular figure in the poetry scene. He has a way of quietly sliding into shadowy spaces at the back of rooms. Before taking the stage, holding space with a deep breath, head cocked as if in a question. All part of
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Lizzie Rose

"Oh gosh what can I say about Lizzie to do her justice? She is a siren, she calls out from a place that can’t be calmed. With a voice that has to be heard. Telling stories that are at once profoundly personal and universally relatable. Whenever I hear
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Articles DC Thomas

Between the Trees: A Festival Worthy of the Shire

Four days in the Candleston Woods, Merthyr Mawr filled with music, traditional crafts and fireside storytelling. A serene tonic for the modern age.
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Interview: Gareth Brookes, comic writer & academic

Reinvention, recontextualisation and remixing of culture. Big stuff from a big name in comics and academia. Smart hats on, and let's go...
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Articles Tim Foley

WriteB4theMic Celebrate their First Anniversary

We spend an evening of poetry and performance with the WriteB4TheMic collective for their one-year anniversary!
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Interviews Graham Thomas

The Big Interview: Judy Head, artist

We sit down with the esteemable Judy Head to discuss the long and winding road that leads to open doors.
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Articles DC Thomas

Celebrate Summer in Full Bloom: A Watercolour Workshop with Sisetta Zappone

On a warm August evening at the wonderful Malavenda Cafè & Bistro in East London, we joined a group of fellow participants for Celebrate Summer in Full Bloom - a relaxed, all-abilities watercolour workshop led by artist and printmaker Sisetta Zappone.
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Sasha

"In talking to, and listening to Sasha's poetry you'll be met by a deep poetic knowledge and understanding of the natural world, and the challenges it faces. I always learn something when I talk to Sasha, about identity, the body, the planet. Gentle lessons about
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Independent Press: Good Press, Glasgow

We cross the border to get the skinny from the amazing people at Good Press - a brilliant printing, publishing and distribution co-operative in Glasgow.
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Interview: Philip Womack, author

Renowned journalist and author Philip Womack talks to us about his process, the business and developing your voice, book after book.
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