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.
Storytime evenings are as energetic and enigmatic as their host. This edition is an extension of my experience of that. Simple, straightforward storytelling that somehow makes perfect salubrious sense!
I have a story to tell! I yell
Silently inside myself
Come tell! I hear him yell
And I follow his
‘I met Ricky when I was pretty new on the scene, at my first ever poetry slam at Slamden, Raven Records in Camden. I didn’t really understand what a slam was and did a sad moody poem, made my wife cry and came last! Ricky was so kind and
The only way to have the answers is to have a vision, then most questions are just a case of consulting with your vision and answering in a way that fits in with it.
'I met Adriana at the Sober AF poetry night at Club Soda, which was a wonderful, soulful poetry night that is sadly now no more. The clue is in the name that the night usually steered towards stories of sobriety and recovery, though it was a welcoming place for
"I do this work for my children, and for everyone’s children—for the next generation that deserves to inherit a country honest enough to look at itself, and brave enough to change."
'The organisation was born here, shaped by Brixton’s history of activism, creativity and community-led change, and that spirit still runs through everything we do.'
When conceiving these dolls, I nurture their image in my mind for a very long time. Every detail matters — every wrinkle, every fold in their clothing — for I must understand who they are, why they stand there, and what dwells in their soul.
Josie’s poetry persona is “Satellite Head”, which is so suitable because floating in her orbit is a celestial, mindful place to be. Josie wears her soul on her sleeve. Always sharing poetry that is as equally introspective as it is universally understandable. We both have connections to Cornwall, however
'We make art that clarifies meaning, connects people and enriches every element of our lives. Whatever it is that’s calling to you, trust it. The world needs you and your art.'
We are back in the Baltics and going freeform with Allan Mastov.
You may remember we met previously Allan Mastov a few weeks back and we yapped away about his ace record store (read all about that here). This time we shift focus away from Uperkuut, and instead pick his
Lewis is our first participant in the project that I hadn't heard speak at a poetry event. He met Graham, our Founder at TheNeverPress and asked if he could send a submission. Our first inbound project request! What follows is a heartfelt love letter to his father and
