A Plague Be Upon Us
Glenn Marshall writes: Martin Rowson, the South London sonnetist who also does a bit of drawing, has just released his poetic lockdown diary ‘Plague Songs’ . Full of customary Rowson bile and twisted humour these ‘rhymes of our times’ address the accursed last year under the dark shadow of Covid. Tomorrow night sees an online […]
Cartoons and poetry meet on stage
PCOer Clive Goddard on a unique cartooning event It’s not every day you hear of a comedy double-act show featuring a poet and a cartoonist. I recently got a ticket for such an event at the Cornerstone Theatre, Didcot. The cartoonist in question was Tony Husband, whose work I’ve admired for years, and the poet […]