How social media is ruining us – part one
It’s only there to make you angry, kids. That’s what it’s there for. But it wasn’t always the case
Read moreDetailsJimmy is a Wakefield poet who performs all over the UK. Co-founder of Red Shed Readings, he is a presenter on ELFM’s Love the Words, where he writes and produces the Jimmy Andrex Outside Broadcast, as well as co-curating their Writing on Air Festival. Cartoon by Hamley Jenkins.
It’s only there to make you angry, kids. That’s what it’s there for. But it wasn’t always the case
Read moreDetailsThe winners of the inaugural Bylines Network national poetry competition will be announced by livestream next week
Read moreDetailsRugby league’s saviours say it must go global or die (again), echoing the same hype and failures from the last...
Read moreDetailsWhen the country crumbled, I turned to pies. Politics is messy – gravy isn’t. Happy birthday Yorkshire Bylines!
Read moreDetailsAI this, Zuckers! A poetic tale of how to disappear up your own rabbit hole aka How To Destroy A Business
Read moreDetailsThe Boggarts – a group of some of the country’s top writers – are crowdfunding to produce an anthology of...
Read moreDetailsExperiencing the joys of the small music venue – the vibrant, immersive launchpads for bands like Oasis and newer artists...
Read moreDetailsIt’s all about the climate! It’s all about the economy! It’s all about Gaza! It’s all about the parking!
Read moreDetailsA wet nerd in a wet suit drowned out by protesters, saying stuff no one can hear that doesn’t make...
Read moreDetailsShowered with 5-star reviews, English Teacher produce a Northern classic that looks forwards in a retro-facing world
Read moreDetailsA teacher recounts how a novel approach to behaviour transformed both the teaching and learning experiences in his classes
Read moreDetailsPassionate vignettes from the forgotten world “where all the screens are set to sports channels but there are no sports...
Read moreDetailsIn a long journey from the mead halls and winter feasts, a brilliant retelling of Beowulf brings the ancient saga...
Read moreDetailsWhat can we learn about ourselves from the natural world? A poetry event celebrating ‘wonky animals’ may hold some answers
Read moreDetailsWhittaker, a quiet riot of beige and brown, was as much the 1970s as the cover of David Bowie’s Aladdin...
Read moreDetailsJimmy Andrex shares his dreams in his latest poem
Read moreDetailsJimmy Andrex surveys the eager contenders standing in today’s by-elections
Read moreDetailsSome may be happy to take guidance from political luminaries but there are other ways to enjoy poetry from the...
Read moreDetailsJimmy Andrex takes a wry look at the way BBC television news presentation has changed since the 1970s
Read moreDetailsDirections to the Sunlit Uplands. Spoken word poem. (From a tweet by Sir Florence Johnson).
Read moreDetailsChapel FM arts centre stages a new play celebrating the ‘homes from home' we find in our community and emphasises...
Read moreDetailsGary Lineker has just discovered that speaking accurately with a moral conscience in ‘Global Britain’ can result in a tide...
Read moreDetailsFor his PPPie of the week, Jimmy Andrex reviews Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists: Whose Round Is It Anyway? at Carriageworks,...
Read moreDetailsJimmy Andrex shares his latest piece of poetry
Read moreDetails“When something needs to be done, doing nothing feels horrible.” Yorkshire poet Clare Shaw is appealing for support for artists...
Read moreDetailsWakefield? It’s all shut down shops, right? Jimmy Andrex challenges some stereotypes of this Yorkshire city
Read moreDetailsBanzai! Achtung! Down with that sort of thing! A guide to enjoying the World Cup for those with ethical concerns
Read moreDetailsJimmy Andrex reviews Marina Hyde's appearance at Off the Shelf, Octagon Theatre, Sheffield and asks “what’s the point of satire?”
Read moreDetailsCan music help win a war? An electronic pop duo from Lviv is touring the UK to raise money for...
Read moreDetailsJimmy Andrex is inspired to revisit his encounter with a pro-Truss ‘poet’ and concludes there’s an awful lot of awful...
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