On Renault’s return to #F1 as a manufacturer
by the F1 Poet So Renault are back in the F1 game, even if they have no livery or cars. To lose them would have been a crying shame, the French are some of motor [...]
View ArticleA London walk (#38): a poem from Fitzrovia to St James’s
Being the tale of a walk from Fitzrovia to St James’s 1. From the old style Italian deli and the hefty Ferrari on Great Portland Street, Contract abseiling on the side of a van. A [...]
View Article2016 : Celebrate the year of Byron at Switzerland’s Chillon Castle...
This year, Chillon Castle in Switzerland is celebrating the bicentenary of English poet, Lord Byron’s visit to the castle. As a libertine, a dandy and an adventurer – Lord Byron (1788-1824) left his...
View ArticleOn hearing that Red Bull had promoted Max Verstappen #F1 #poetry
Few races in and changes at Red Bull. A driver out, a driver in – it’s odd. Max should still be studying at school but over Kvyat now he’s got the nod. Mid-season changes (driver-wise) [...]
View ArticleThe #F1 Poet– On the Spanish Grand Prix–was RIC robbed?
The youngest ever winner is the tale we’re s’posed to take from the GP in Spain. But really RIC has every to cause to wail, his team lost him the win – I feel his [...]
View ArticleThe #Brexit Poet writes– Not a good time to be a Brit
Oh dear thinks Leave what have we done?A nation smashed, the world confused. We have unleashed a bigger bun-Fight than Suez. Dave stands accusedOf referending to kill UKIPForgetting that it might...
View ArticleThe #Brexit Sonneteer on Gove, Boris and the Brexit Madness #poetry
A crisis, I think it’s fair to say has overtaken Britain and the world. B Johnson has won and got his way, but declines to help clean up the mess unfurled. Labour also swims in [...]
View ArticleBrexit poetry: On not daring to look at the news in case more chaos has...
On not daring to look at the news in case more chaos has engulfed Britain It’s been a week of crazy seismic shifts Everyone is stunned and all confused. There’s been a whole new reason [...]
View ArticleThe All Female Ghostbusters?
Woman-o-woman. I ache for you, darling. Man-o-man, I ache. Gentlemen, never underestimate the strength of the opposite sex. She is cunning, she is wise, she is all things, and above all else- she will...
View ArticleThe Brexit Sonneteer: On Boris Johnson being made Foreign Secretary #politics...
We thought that once the government took shape the Brexit does means Brexit talk would end. The new PM from Brexit would escape, negotiate with Europe and then mend relationships. But what’s her plan?...
View ArticleThe Art Sonneteer visits @FriezeArtFair #FriezeLondon
On visiting Frieze Art Fair To Regents Park – would John Nash have approved? Were giant tents part of his landscap’d plan? Each full – too full – like temporary Louvres With art, purported art and [...]
View ArticleWhat does the Art Sonneteer think of #BeyondCaravaggio at @NationalGallery ?
We asked the Art Sonneteer to visit Beyond Caravaggio at the National Gallery. On visiting the new Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery Caravaggio and his mates are on display The National...
View ArticleOn seeing Julian Bailey’s work at @browseanddarby
Cork Street’s bereft of style right at the mo, more building work than galleries you’ll see. But there’s an exhibition should make you go, thick oil impasto, a vibrant esprit. J. Bailey sloshes on the...
View ArticleThe Art Sonneteer visits Queer British Art at @Tate #poetry
On viewing Queer British Art at Tate Britain Queer British Art is launchéd at the Tate, an overview of works by artists queer who had to deal with prejudice and hate – As Oscar showed [...]
View ArticleThe Art Sonneteer on visiting the London Original Print Fair at the...
On visiting the London Original Print Fair If visiting the RA at the mo,You’ll facetoface with images galore.Want prints? Then off you’d better go Freud, Bourgeois, Hock. and many, many more. There’s...
View ArticleThe Movie Poet on viewing Whisky Galore! #launchingfilms
Whisky Galore has a heart-felt plot – the local pub runs out of alcohol! It takes place on a little island Scot with sub-plots of Home Guard and betrothal. A ship sinks near – with [...]
View ArticleOn visiting Lake Albano…#TravelPoetry #Italy
Oh no! The station’s on a hill. A steep decline the water’s edge to reach. Once there the lakeside walk is brill, shady - with intermittent beach. Locals on bikes race wildly on the path [...]
View ArticleThe Art Sonneteer on seeing Modigliani at @Tate Modern #poetry #art #modigliani
On seeing Modigliani at Tate Modern Modigliani has come to Modern Tate And off the bat let’s say it’s a great show. It’s over-due (by years) that we should fête the stunning works of Livorno’s [...]
View ArticleActing at the Coffee Shop
In mid-afternoon a week before Christmas there are no other people about, and he sits as anyone might on a warmer day at one of the three or four tables each with its furled [...]
View ArticleRome to London with the Travel Poet #poetry #travel
The journey took Lord Byron several months But I intend to do it in a day. A bus stop near the Vatican I hunt an airport bus arrives – I’m on my way. The boarding [...]
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