Oli Spleen At the end of June, as he transitioned from Mayor of Greater Manchester back into Westminster where he would be appointed Prime Minister of the UK, Andy Burnham stood at the People’s History Museum in Manchester by a permanent installation of Hastings poet Salena Godden’s “Pessimism is For Lightweights”. As the BBC cameras…
Oli Spleen On September 10, Moth Light Press will publish a book to commemorate two hundred years of Hastings poetry. Poet Town: The Poetry of Hastings & Thereabouts will be released in two paperback editions, featuring images of the contemporary poets in their chosen locations, brilliantly captured by photographer Maxine Silver. The first section of…