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The Nicky Morgan Paradox. | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. The Nicky Morgan Paradox. November 12, 2014. It is of course possible that Nicky Morgan has simply changed her mind and now no longer believes in the value of the arts – in supporting people, or indeed making life worth living. It wouldn’t be the first time she’s had a change of heart on a subject – switching from being opposed to gay marriage, to being in favour of it. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Create a f...
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Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. Film Special in Partnership with Staple Magazine. In addition to writing and performing, Lydia works across literature in a range of other professional capacities. She is the Chair and Compere of WORD! The longest running spoken word night in the Midlands; Chair of BrightSparks. In 2011 she Co-Directed Everybody’s Reading. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Poetry | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. My full length collection, ‘The Venus Papers’ will be published by Burning Eye Books in 2015. Amongst other things I’m currently very interested in ghosts and zombies. A poem about Genocide, featuring cows and how to say ‘I love you’ in Rwandan. A sonnet about how snails are actually refugees from Italy. And can also be found this blog. My father is half Hungarian. I recently visited Budapest.
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Happy Great White Christmas… | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. Happy Great White Christmas…. December 17, 2014. A Shark Called Lydia. The other night I dreamt I was a shark. As I lay in bed dead to the dark. Painted at the bottom of the sea. My head filled with water. I have never liked the water. Always had a terror of sharks. A particular horror so that every sea. Is a bath full of fins filling the dark. Every swimming pool a scene. Get out of the water! In the quiet ...
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Alice | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. December 28, 2014. Back in 2009, filmmaker Keith Allot made a film of me performing the below poem. Since then the piece has changed quite a lot – mainly in it’s performance but also in an alteration to its ending. The talented writer, activist and filmmaker, Ambrose Musiyiwa. Recently reposted the film on Facebook and fellow writer, Andrew Walton. Early filmed version here. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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‘Telling Tales’ – A Radically Faithful Retelling. | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. 8216;Telling Tales’ – A Radically Faithful Retelling. November 16, 2014. I first encountered Patience Agbabi around 7 years ago through WORD! Canongate,2014) is a retelling of Chaucer’s 14th century Medieval masterwork, ‘The Canterbury Tales’. Many highly respected names in contemporary British Literature have been unreserved in their praise for this latest work. Wonderful – says, Andrew Motion. The original...
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Unexpected Palindromes | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. February 17, 2015. Goodness me, it’s been ages again hasn’t it? The chair stands in an empty room, lit by the light of a lampshade. The shape of a tree, one of those conical conifers, apple green. Throwing it’s light like a potter. Meanwhile the chair,. Bone white and with the grace of an egg – replies,. A philosophy of shadows. The room is empty. And would have that drama that in certain moods. The shape of...
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Good Prognosis | Lydia Towsey
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. November 16, 2013. As the year ticks down, you are cordially invited to attend ‘Good Prognosis’ – a ground-breaking day of speakers, stalls, food, performance and art – celebrating the impact of culture on health and wellbeing, in Leicester, Leicestershire and beyond…. Programmed speakers and delegates will feature key commissioners, decision makers and experts in their fields, including:. Performances from ...
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Lydia Towsey | Poet. Performer. Facilitator | Page 2
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Poet Performer. Facilitator. Lydia Towsey – Poet & Performer. Lydia Towsey – Producer & Director. December 28, 2014. Back in 2009, filmmaker Keith Allot made a film of me performing the below poem. Since then the piece has changed quite a lot – mainly in it’s performance but also in an alteration to its ending. The talented writer, activist and filmmaker, Ambrose Musiyiwa. Recently reposted the film on Facebook and fellow writer, Andrew Walton. Early filmed version here. Happy Great White Christmas….
