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From the Margins – William Letford and Roddy Woomble

From the Margins – William Letford and Roddy Woomble

Writers pick the other artists they'd reclaim from the margins

21 Feb 2012

William Letford, writer, poet, roofer Which artist, writer, musician, filmmaker would you reclaim from the 'margins'? Jack Gilbert published his first collection of poems, Views of Jeopardy, in 1962. This won him the Yale Series of Younger Poets…

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

Pop poet turns wordy rock star

21 Aug 2008

Simon Armitage is a very modern poet, as happy to ruminate over Arctic Monkeys’ lyrics as he is to translate 14th century romantic poetry. During the 15 years since he handed in his notice as a probation officer to concentrate fully on his writing, he’s…

Charles Leadbeater

Charles Leadbeater

Internet ideas man seeks to expand boundaries

14 Aug 2008

‘What excites me about book festivals is the sheer diversity of ideas, viewpoints and styles,’ says Charles Leadbeater. ‘There are so many interesting people who are interesting in different ways.’ Leadbeater is all about ideas. He has advised…

Dispatch - Roddy Woomble

The Dispatch

12 Feb 2007

Celtic Connections passed by in all its hazy, folky glory. I had a great time during the festival, and managed to see a few concerts I’d been looking forward to: John Martyn performing Solid Air, and Dick Gaughan performing his 1981 folk masterpiece…

Dispatch - Roddy Woomble

The Dispatch

11 Dec 2006

It’s a wonder this Dispatch made it at all; I thought I’d missed it. Not a very rock star confession I know, worrying about missing your column deadline, but there you go. I’ve been away on tour with Idlewild. Not a long tour - our days of those are…

Dispatch - Roddy Woomble

Keeping fit has never seemed so Orwellian but Rodd

11 Nov 2006

The Dispatch It feels like we’ve going through some sort of food revolution at the moment, or maybe it’s just because I’ve started to notice it a bit more now that I’ve started taking an interest in growing vegetables and reading books about soil…

Dispatch, The

The Dispatch

28 Sep 2006

I’ve just been spending some time down in London finishing off a new Idlewild record, which has been, by all accounts, a successful foray back into the world of rock music. I used to live in London, but I hadn’t spent any proper time there really until…

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