I decided that Deptford Goth’s debut Life After Defo was my favourite album of the year when it was released back in March - a bit premature, I know. My wonderful boyfriend secretly bought us tickets to see him in September at Union Chapel and intended to give them to me for my birthday in…
Tag: performance
Walking Stories at Coastal Currents Festival
Despite managing the bookings for Charlotte Spencer’s Walking Stories project as part of Coastal Currents Visual Arts festival in Hastings, I had no real idea of what to expect when I met the other participants at the beautiful Alexandra Park last weekend. http://vimeo.com/charlottespencerprojects/walkingstories Beforehand, I’d watched Charlotte’s film about the project in Coastal Currents’ pop-up…
William Letford // NEW BLOOD
The Poetry Tent at Latitude Festival was a great place to rest our weary aching legs and also see some pretty great poets perform. A month later I'm still raving about seeing William Letford on Saturday afternoon. He has a broad Scottish accent, and in his clipped, thick brogue, the words of his poems wiggled…
Latitude Roundup
I came back from Latitude after falling in love with the festival! The site was gorgeous, with stages set into the forest and a lake. We did spend a good chunk of each day seeing bands, but it wasn't all music, music, music. I was lucky enough to see a few literary based events in…
Latitude Lineup!
I'm off to my first ever Latitude Festival tomorrow and I could not be more excited! As well as the fantastic weather (sorry wellies, I think you're staying at home this year), the abundance of live literary events is really incredible, considering that Latitude is primarily a music festival. Latitude began 7 years ago in…