Here is my latest contribution to the arts periodical Whispering Dialogue - this issue is titled ’The Genius or e-Genie'. The text is the beginning of my novella ’Paradise’, about a jouney in a spacecraft called Paradise... https://whisperingdialogue.com/2026/10/15/paradise/

My poem 'Burying the Dead' received an Honourable Mention in the Dark Poets Prize 2026. It describes my mother's funeral; I was 16 at the time... Image: View of Kingston-upon-Thames Cemetery by IdR When you are burying your mother, not you personally of course, but other mourners in your name. And not exactly your mother, of course, because what is a dead body except for a dead body, barely fragments of flesh and bone held together temporarily during that unstoppable process

IdR at Acton Library by IdR The 'Dead Poets' Slam took place on 1st October 2026 at Acton Library, and was was hosted by poet Dean Atta and organised by poet Robin Vaughan-Williams, with the participation of some superb Spoken Word performers. The winner was the brilliant Sheila Moylan. As a homage to Federico García Lorca, I recited La Tarara, an old Spanish children’s song, as well as my English translation of the song. Lorca restored this 19th century composition, adapted