Here’s a chance to hear Katie Beattie, local Featherston resident, talking about why she is standing for the Featherston Community Board at this year’s local body elections, and what she hopes to bring to the role and to our community if she is successfully elected. Katie is one of seven candidates standing for the Featherston … More Katie Beattie – Positive for Featherston!
But meet I did at the Square and Compass Pub in the ridiculously pretty village of Worth Matravers in Dorset, UK. And, as I’m wont to do, I recorded it, and edited it, and then played it on July’s edition of ReCooper8! And here it is again for your listening pleasure! So, ladies and gentlemen, … More Interview with a Morris Man…
Here’s a press release from local poet and organiser of this year’s events for National Poetry Day, Madeleine Slavick. I hope you will support this fantastic event, which is bringing local, homegrown poetry to the people: 16 Wairarapa writers in “16” for National Poetry Day, August 16 Sixteen Wairarapa writers from Cape Palliser to Pahiatua … More 16 Wairarapa writers in “16” for National Poetry Day, August 16
I had the privilege of recording July’s edition of Southern Exposure live(ish) and direct(ish) from Weymouth, Dorset, the other week for Arrow FM. Southern Exposure is the Featherston Community Centre’s monthly programme, bringing listeners news of what’s on at our Centre and in the wider Featherston and South Wairarapa Community. This month, I took the … More Communities, near and far
For those of a chilly disposition, look away now, because July’s edition of ReCooper8 is one big holiday BOAST! I’ll even confess to pre-recording some of the show in my mum’s back garden in what can only be described as rather hot temperatures! Tune in to 92.7FM (or listen live at Arrow FM) at 8pm … More ReCooper8 July: The One where Lucy Goes On and On about being on Holiday
I’m on holiday at the moment with the whanau, living it up in sun-kissed England. Yes, the sun is shining, in a very uncharacteristically hot way for the UK, more recently better known for its biblical floods and other meteorological pestilence. It is a much anticipated holiday, and the first chance for the family to … More England Tour 2013: Simple Pleasures… my holiday hopes and dreams
Here’s an opportunity to listen again to my interview with Carterton based leather artist, Trevor Lamb. Check out Trevor’s website for details of his latest projects and some images of his fantastic work! Edited Trevor Lamb Interview FINAL
ReCooper8 this month airs on Thursday 20th June @ 8pm Sunday 23rd June @ 10pm Thursday 27th June @ 8pm 92.7FM or click ‘listen live’ at http://www.arrowfm.co.nz My feature guest this month is Trevor Lamb, an artist whose chosen medium is leather – a versatile and beguiling material, the seemingly infinite possibilities and potential of … More Poetry and Leather… who’d have thought it!
Yesterday, I did something unusual. Unusual for me, that is. I starred (ok, ‘starred’ is way too big a word. But it sounds better than ‘was in’, doesn’t it!) in a NZ short film. (Look, frankly, I’m still beside myself about the whole experience, so bear with me!) I played the Wild Eyed Woman in … More Lights, Camera…. ACTION!
It’s never much fun waiting in the doctor’s surgery. It’s up there with clearing customs and driving tests for things you’d rather not be doing. So, anything that makes it a more pleasant experience has got to be celebrated, I say! Next to the usual tattered copies of that’s life, Woman’s Day, and Hornby Magazine … More Poems in the Waiting Room
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