Lacock, Wiltshire, 27 July 2014

My dear friend Lynn Corr was visiting this weekend, and Sunday we took her to Lacock. We began at Lacock Pottery, which sells Trevor's work, took a lovely walk through the countryside that gave us some lovely views of Lacock Abbey.

A hidden grotto

Lacock Abbey

 

Typical housefronts in Lacock

 

A street in Lacock

 

Please consider sponsoring me for Macmillan Cancer Support

For Macmillan Cancer Support's "World's Biggest Coffee Morning" on Friday, 24 September, a group of writers, including me, will be writing and presumably drinking that coffee to fuel sentences. Come sponsor me/us at this website in the name of someone you know who has/had cancer. No amount is too small. Thanks to Julia Copus and Lynn Corr for making the first donations on my behalf. I'm doing this in memory of friend and poet Linda Lamus--I miss her dearly.

London launch of The Tethers, 9 June 2009

the view from the podium

Anne-Marie Fyfe, Siobhan Campbell, and Rosemary Campbell

Moniza Alvi introduced me.

Simon Reynolds as barman, I his happy customer. 

In front of the bar, from left to right, Rachel Karn, Lynn Corr, and Frenchi Francoli. 

the crowd

the Australian contingent, Laurie Duggan and Jaya Savige

In spite of the tube strike, the launch was attended by over 50 people and over 40 books were sold. Special thanks go to Simon Avery, senior lecturer at the University of Westminster, for securing the venue (at much hassle to himself, unfortunately).