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Station Road

Station Road

Station Road I live in a village with a Station Road.It has houses with low wallsthe village hall, community libraryno shops, a couple of bus stopsthe Parish Council officeand a Station Drive coming off it. What it doesn’t haveis a

Wheelchair user breaking chains: disability liberation

10 questions for Disability History Month

All4Inclusion asked me ten questions, and posted them and my answers on its website as part of its Disability History Month celebrations Ten questions for Disability History Month 1. Can I start by asking you to tell us a little

What Rough Beast: poems on Trump and Trumpism

What Rough Beast: poems on Trump and Trumpism

As citizens vote in the Presidential election in the USA, an anthology of poems opposing Donald Trump is published in the UK – and it includes Janine Booth’s poem, ‘Hallelujah President Trump’.

'Shelter' sign at Lviv kindergarten

Pantoum: At Kindergarten in Lviv

At Kindergarten in Lviv The sirens sound, the children risePut on their coats and follow teacherAway from danger from the skiesAir raids are a schoolday feature Put on their coats and follow teacherToddle through the honeycombAir raids are a schoolday

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer: tough decisions in the Budget

Rachel Reeves says that her Budget will be

Rachel Reeves says that her Budget will be A Budget for striversfor staying-alivers No tenners or fiversfor dossers or skiversduckers and diverssmokers or drivers Fiscal adviserswon’t risk the reviversThey’ll nudge it or fudge itbut never begrudge itfor toilers, hard-boilerssalt of

Liz Kendall

What Doctor Kendall ordered

What Doctor Kendall ordered (as Labour’s Work & Pensions Secretary plans to send Work Coaches to visit mental health in-patients) You think you need some space to breathesome peaceful time awayBut no! You need some handy hintsto spruce your resumé

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer: tough decisions in the Budget

Tough Decisions

Villanelle: Tough Decisions

Governments must make tough decisions
Sorry choices, hard selections
Daring shares and long divisions

Soteria in the Pub

The Betsey Trotwood 56 Farringdon Road, London, United Kingdom

Poetry from Janine features in the latest Soteria in the Pub. A Sunday afternoon of music, spoken word, information and pleasant company in support of more humane, non-coercive mental health services. A work from the organisers ... Soteria in the ... Read more

Poetry Scum, Nottingham

Robin Hood 540 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Poetry Scum Janine will be the headline poet at this Nottingham poetry night dedicated to platforming working-class, marginalised and activist artists and creatives. Come to the Robin Hood in Nottingham for some ranting, rhyming and revolting. Poetry Scum also includes ... Read more

Poeting at Bearded Theory festival

Catton Hall Catton Hall, Catton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Janine will be poeting in the Something Else Tea Tent at various points during the Bearded Theory festival at Catton Hall in Derbyshire. This follows her previous performance at Bearded Theory in 2023. <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsefests%2Fvideos%2F1147395503427774%2F&show_text=false&width=476&t=0" width="476" height="476" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" ... Read more

Good Shout: Poetry in Peterborough

Here We Aren't 18 Godric Square, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Janine returns to the place she grew up with a feature set at Good Shout - her first performance of poetry in Peterborough since the city's Radical Bookfair in 2023.

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