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 observing a changing world.
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Captured in rhyme - my
early encounter with India
which offers a street‑level, 1970s
view — a time when
industrial power was rising, yet
deep pools of “old India”
remained.
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Poetry for today
A new collection - exploring those
deep human connections that inspire
and endure, further travel-based
reflections, and those inescapable
issues: environmental change,
Culture Wars, Ukraine, Islam and
the West, diaspora communities
in a globalised world.
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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.
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Albums, EPs, and a single:
songs inspired by
Keats, Shelley & Byron
Songs drawing on lyrics
from the Romantic poets,
and offering an accessible gateway
into their world. A compilation
album, The First Fab Four,
provides an overview of their work,
and 'solo projects': a Lord Byron EP,
a Shelley album and a John Keats single
bring their individual qualities alive.
Invite Inspiration into your home!
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A comprehensive comparison of the two groups, finding links
between them, and inviting
readers to sense the movement of
history revealed by two transformative
creative forces who reshaped their eras.
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 those travelling
days in India.
So happy wandering —
and feel free to send any
thoughts or feedback to
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