Shaking the Dust at the Slam Final. After all, I was only making a. 10 impressions from the Shake the Dust Weekend. Day 2 of the National Shake the Dust Weekend. The Final Shake Up! Yes, they welcomed it with open arms! .

Our real poems are already in us, and all we can do is dig. A Powerful Sun with Ayanna Witter-Johnson. What Have you Been Told? The First Six Months. Everyone says I should hit you.

So 5 minutes ago! Hacking my way through the digital marketing jungle. FOMO or fear of missing out ,. Is the new form of social anxiety. Cruising the Social Media highway,. With our compulsive cell checking. Am I liked, have I new followers? We constantly check our status. Our need for frequent reassurance,. Engaged in our connected digital era,. In reality we miss out on the present. Hooked up to multiple screens,. We drown in this immersive experience.

Literary adventures in the East Midlands. 35, the Brittle Star team were wondering. What a collective noun of writers might be. The closest I can think of would be a collage, or even an album of writers, since one of the delightful things about readings like this is the variety of voices showcased.

Music reviews and some poetry too. To those who know them, Belfast-based And So I Watch You From Afar. Are renowned for their distinct brand of noisy, instrumental math-rock. Here I review their third release, the optimistically-titled All Hail Bright Futures. The album does not start with the bang that I had expected from the last two albums.

Where linguistics and the latest trends in technology collide. Insight on Christian Bök and DNA. Sorry about the blog getting no love, by the way.

I saw my dentist today for the second lot of fillings in as many weeks. He chuckled as I told him my last set caused me to skip dinner in favour of dribbling iced water. He laughed harder as I told him tonight, I was prepared! I had a bucket of ice-cream for dinner. Then I realised, it was only because I would be back for more fillings. Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.