Blog | Margaret Adkins

On this day, 1863, England & Wales were shaken by 'a mysterious and alarming convulsion of nature.'

Margaret Adkins Writing

Oct 6, 20225 min

On this day, 1863, England & Wales were shaken by 'a mysterious and alarming convulsion of nature.'

Individual accounts of an earthquake affecting midland and western counties of Britain in the early hours of Tuesday, 6th October, 1863,...

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Telling the Bees | Stories, Superstitions and Gossip in Newspapers Written for our Ancestors

Margaret Adkins Writing

May 6, 202210 min

Telling the Bees | Stories, Superstitions and Gossip in Newspapers Written for our Ancestors

A scrapbook of selected stories, superstitions, and gossip that featured in historical British newspapers. A window on the everyday...

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Margaret Adkins Writing

Mar 27, 20224 min

Poetry Review: 'Fleet' by Jane Burn

Fleet | a poetic drama of a shapeshifting Hare | a fable for the modern world |

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Poetry Review | 'Fan-Peckled': Twelve Old Shropshire Words in Poems & Pictures J. Atkin & K. Alston

Margaret Adkins Writing

Apr 22, 20215 min

Poetry Review | 'Fan-Peckled': Twelve Old Shropshire Words in Poems & Pictures J. Atkin & K. Alston

An intuitive collaboration between Jean Atkin and Katy Alston, Fan-Peckled explores idiomatic language of historic Shropshire.

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Course Review | Ledbury Poetry Festival Linklater Method Voice Coaching for Poets 2021

Margaret Adkins Writing

Mar 31, 20213 min

Course Review | Ledbury Poetry Festival Linklater Method Voice Coaching for Poets 2021

Ledbury Poetry Festival's fifth annual Linklater Method Voice Coaching for new and emerging poets was held online this year. Françoise Walot

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Guerrilla Poetry Project | Strangers Speaking

Margaret Adkins Writing

Mar 9, 20213 min

Guerrilla Poetry Project | Strangers Speaking

‘Strangers Speaking’: a guerrilla poetry project, written for those who feel lonely in a crowd...when experiences cannot be shared or spoken

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Poetry Review | 'Hierarchy of Needs': reimagining Maslow's theory, bringing plant life into focus

Margaret Adkins Writing

Jan 26, 20214 min

Poetry Review | 'Hierarchy of Needs': reimagining Maslow's theory, bringing plant life into focus

‘Hierarchy of Needs’ is nuanced and skilfully written. Voices of animated plants and those of humans observe their interactions and interdep

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Winter lockdown: the hermit's hut and the significance of lamplight in forced isolation

Margaret Adkins Writing

Jan 10, 20213 min

Winter lockdown: the hermit's hut and the significance of lamplight in forced isolation

Winter encourages us to be creaturely: to retreat from the elements and inhabit interior space. In darkness there are reasons to create ligh

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Poetry Review: 'I, Ursula' by Ruth Stacey

Margaret Adkins Writing

Nov 11, 20204 min

Poetry Review: 'I, Ursula' by Ruth Stacey

Through variety of form and evocative language, an ensemble of impressive voices builds, including several historical muses.

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Course Review: Lucid Dreaming for Artists, Writers & Creatives: Online with Leah Larwood #TheMoonLab

Margaret Adkins Writing

Oct 6, 20203 min

Course Review: Lucid Dreaming for Artists, Writers & Creatives: Online with Leah Larwood #TheMoonLab

Course Review: Lucid Dreaming for Artists, Writers & Creatives: Online with Leah Larwood #The Moon Lab

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Book Review: These Are The Hands: A Personal Reflection (Part Two)

Margaret Adkins Writing

Sep 11, 20205 min

Book Review: These Are The Hands: A Personal Reflection (Part Two)

As one contributor to the anthology I feel that that I am among colleagues despite never having worked with any of the other contributors

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Book Review: These Are The Hands: Poems from the Heart of the NHS. (Part One)

Margaret Adkins Writing

Sep 11, 20205 min

Book Review: These Are The Hands: Poems from the Heart of the NHS. (Part One)

NHS care is a constant, continuous force generated by thousands from various disciplines and departments, contributing...unstinting effort

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