Spoke - In The Lamp

01/10/2024

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Aldridge Celebrates National Poetry Day With Series Of Creative Writing Sessions At The Thomas Project

31/05/2024

One last cache of photos from Spoke End, thank you to everyone there and everyone who sent their best wishes. Cheers, Folks!

29/05/2024

So, that's it folks!

A sincere and heartfelt thank you to all our poets, performers & punters over the last few years from Al & Martin.

It's been a blast!

25/05/2024

Some more from the archives - some post lockdown shenanigans and our co-hosts doing what they do...

28/03/2024

A discussion of diets from last night's Spoke - In The Lamp headliner Mr Paul Elwell. Thanks to Paul and our other poets and punters for a memorable evening...

28/03/2024

Paul Elwell was on top form last night. So glad to have allowed him the opportunity of a full headline set, and given the chance to experience a wider range of his talent, which is considerable. Cheers Paul!
We lacked a few voices but those who shared theirs were splendid and made for a memorable evening. And the audience was very appreciative.
Thanks to all. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

The next Spoke will be on 29 May. It will be the last one.
Unless someone else would like to take the mantle?
Any takers?
Love to you all,
Al
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21/12/2023

Some rather splendid reading in here for a quiet Twixmas afternoon...

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I love old Edgar Allan, but...

A cartoon by Charlie Hankin.

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04/09/2023

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The original One Hand Clapping (1983) Songwriting. I used to do it all the time. You learn the basic chords: G, C and D, then A and E and then, after a little while, your fingers begin to mould an F. (This is on the guitar.) You have to push down, hard, and it hurts at first. It's only an overmaster...

19/06/2023

Put me anywhere in the centre of London and I'll tell you exactly where I am: in my twenties, my thirties, my forties or my fifties. These days, it feels almost like a pilgrimage: the National Gallery, the Charing Cross Road (sadly denuded now) and then The Spanish Bar, its metal staircase making me...