Welcome — and thanks for stopping by
I’m a writer and songwriter
working across several creative
worlds. This site brings together
poetry, songs, videos and books
that have emerged from a lifetime
of travelling, reading, listening,
and exploring how cultures
speak to one another.
🇮🇳 Poetry Inspired by India
My first poetry collection captures
my early encounter with India
and offers a street‑level, 1970s
view — a time when
industrial power was rising, yet
deep pools of “old India”
remained: sacred landscapes,
spiritual traditions, and
cultural memories.
Themes include:
Spirituality and pilgrimage
Anglo‑Indian cultural exchange
Landscapes and memory
Diaspora identity
Explore Indian‑themed poetry
🌏 Poetry on Modern Issues
My second collection explores the
deep connections that inspire and
endure, travel-based
perspectives, and urgent issues
of our era: environmental change,
Culture Wars, Islam and interfaith
understanding, and diaspora
communities in a globalised world.
Also:
🇺🇦 Poetry on the War in Ukraine
This section includes poems
written in solidarity with Ukraine
— reflections on resistance,
loss, displacement and cultural
survival. These poems speak
to the human cost of
conflict and the resilience
of Ukrainian identity.
Byron, The Beatles, and the Question of Tyranny
Two fables, in which Lord Byron
and The Beatles confront the idea
of tyranny, offer historically
grounded, hopeful perspectives
on power, freedom and
cultural courage.
Discover more in modern‑issues poetry
🎥 Videos with Benjamin Zephaniah
I first collaborated with Benjamin
Zephaniah — a passionate
admirer of the Romantic poets,
especially Shelley — in 2000.
He narrated two scripts I wrote to
accompany songs I had written
using the Romantics' lyrics. One
video explores Shelley’s life and
creative fire; the other follows
Lord Byron’s final journey to
Greece, showing how an individual
can change the course of history.
Watch the videos here
🎶 Songs Inspired by Keats, Shelley & Byron
My song collections include
those settings of lyrics
drawn from the Romantic poets,
offering an accessible gateway
into their world. A compilation
album,The First Fab Four,
brings together key lyrics —
including a contribution from their
friend Leigh Hunt — and drops
you into the world of the
Romantics, a group who, like
The Beatles, were an undeniable
“force for good in the world”.
Explore Romantic‑inspired songs
🎸 The Beatles & the Romantics
This latest book
develops the comparison between the two groups, inviting
readers to sense the movement of
history when they are placed side
by side— two creative forces who
reshaped history and cultural
imagination in their own eras.
Read more in Beatles cultural analysis
🎵 Albums, EPs, and Videos
If you’d like to delve deeper,
you’ll find:
a Lord Byron EP
a full Shelley album
a Keats single
Turn washing the dishes into an uplifting experience!
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You can also drop in on 
an album of contemporary songs
touching on personal and political
themes, 'searching for particles of
light', and including
On the Asian Highway,
which recalls travelling days
in India.
So happy wandering —
and feel free to send any
thoughts or feedback to
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