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Birmingham Library report – Richard O'Brien
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August 5, 2015. August 5, 2015. This report originally ran on Deutsche Welle. When a new library opened in the UK city of Birmingham in 2013, many locals embraced it. It was hailed as a source of civic pride and an attraction for international visitors. But eighteen months on, this ambitious architecture project is in line for controversial spending cuts a prospect faced by many libraries and other public services across the UK. Whatever Happened to Verse Drama? Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Missing the Perseids (for three years running) – Richard O'Brien
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Missing the Perseids (for three years running). August 12, 2015. August 13, 2015. It’s Perseids Week, and Slate. On how to watch the meteor shower: essentially ‘on your back, after midnight’ today seems to be the consensus. Two years ago, I stayed with my lovely friend Natasha Frost. And saw the meteors from a French farmhouse, and ended up writing this poem, which came out in. A few months later. If you’re stargazing tonight, then don’t read this, go outside! Five of us supine on the patio,. Scouring th...
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Verse Drama – Richard O'Brien
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As well as writing verse plays, I’ve been writing about what verse plays do – how they work, how they got to be the way they are today, and what they can do that other kinds of drama can’t. My articles and interviews about this topic are collected in this section, as well as press relating to the verse play my company, Haunted House Theatre, are currently working on:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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Articles and Interviews – Richard O'Brien
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Category: Articles and Interviews. Fresh Meat’s Poetry Problem. March 26, 2016. VOD: Oggs. More poetry for you. OREGON: Right. I’ll get the wheelbarrow. Fresh Meat. Series 4, Episode 4. On Thursday night, I went to the London launch of Magma, a poetry magazine with a rotating editorship which devotes each issue to a chosen theme. The theme of Issue 64 was ‘Risk’, and guest editors Jon … More Fresh Meat’s Poetry Problem. Fresh Meat’s Poetry Problem. It’s hard to be the Bard – but why? December 15, 2015.
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Articles – Richard O'Brien
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I’ve written articles and reviews for various places, including The Missing Slate, Poetry London, and the Times Literary Supplement. You can find some of them here, along with information for those not online. Ten Live Tweeting Commandments: Part Two. July 8, 2016. This is going to make a lot more sense if you read Part One. I think I can only number it 1-5, but we all know it’s 6-10, right? Ten Live Tweeting Commandments: Part Two. Ten Live Tweeting Commandments: Part One. July 8, 2016. March 26, 2016.
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Radio – Richard O'Brien
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I’ve worked as a presenter for EURadioNantes, and a reporter for Deutsche Welle’s ‘Inside Europe’. Here are some samples of my work. August 5, 2015. Building a bird reserve from London earth. August 28, 2013. Building a bird reserve from London earth. Of Latin and labyrinths – two reports from Helsinki. May 26, 2013. I spent the last week of March in Helsinki, and put together two reports about the city for ‘Inside Europe‘, a magazine show put together by the German radio station Deutsche Wel...These are...
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Whatever Happened to Verse Drama? – Richard O'Brien
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Whatever Happened to Verse Drama? August 5, 2015. This article originally appeared on. There was a time when poetry and drama were indissoluble. That time was most of literary history. In any broad-brush summary, the history of verse drama in English since Shakespeare is a story of decline. Today, most new plays in verse are greeted by a Greek chorus of critical loathing. I have a database on my computer which might as well be called Mean Things The. That play was Mike Bartlett’s ‘. Two of those words se...
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‘Did You Miss Me?’: The Secret of Mystery Show – Richard O'Brien
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8216;Did You Miss Me? 8217;: The Secret of Mystery Show. August 5, 2015. This article originally appeared at The Timbre. A journal dedicated to podcasting. DID YOU MISS ME? THE SECRET OF MYSTERY SHOW. Starlee Kine investigates the cold cases of everyday life. Each episode sees. When I listen to the third episode of. You don’t care about any of this, because you don’t know me. And neither does Starlee Kine, but here’s the thing: when I listen to. But as so often in detective stories, the scenes of the lea...
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Poetry – Richard O'Brien
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In 2006 and 2007 I was one of 15 winners of the Foyle Young Poets. Of the Year Award. Since then, my work has featured in Poetry London, The Salt Book of Younger Poets, The Morning Star. And a number of anthologies published by the Emma Press. My. Latest pamphlets are A Bloody Mess. Dead Ink/Valley Press) and. The Emma Press). I run a blog,. Which is devoted to the close-reading of contemporary poetry. In 2013 I read for BBC Radio 3’s. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Join 54 other fo...
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Publications – Richard O'Brien
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This is a list of the places my poetry has appeared, as far as I can currently remember:. 8216;Table Talk’ in Magma. 8216;Discipline’ in Oxford Poetry. 8216;Pont Désert’ on Ink Sweat and Tears. Published by Dead Ink/Valley Press. I trade futures contracts on my couch’ on. New Boots and Pantisocracies. On The Morning Star. 8216;Well Versed’ blog. 8216;Plea for Future Philanthropists’ in. The Emma Press anthology of political poems. As a ‘poetry book every child must read’. The Emma Press Anthology of Dance.
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