Now, as your headlines with. Ray thanks patrick. Good afternoon. Its 3 01. Our top story the first load of humanitarian aid from the uk to gazais humanitarian aid from the uk to gaza is on its way to egypt. The ministry of defence confirmed that an raf plane is carrying 21 tonnes of supplies, which include medical equipment and water filters. The government water filters. The government says stockpiles of wound care packs were donated by the department for health. The aid will be distributed through the egyptian red crescent. We can egyptian red crescent. We can see for those of you watching on television now, live footage from gaza here in the uk, the Prime Minister is refusing to support calls for a ceasefire despite pressure from more than 80 mp5 despite pressure from more than 80 mps to do so. Instead, rishi sunakis 80 mps to do so. Instead, rishi sunak is backing specific pauses in the conflict to allow for the Safe Delivery of aid to the territory. Five british nationals are amon
New poetry collections by Sean Borodale, Karen Hughes, David John Keighley, and others by 14 May 2021
Martyn Halsall reviews collections of work by contemporary poets
EACH of these seven collections of poetry could be labelled as “spiritual”, from the meditated observations of the minute as reflected in mindfulness to a more traditional Christian engagement through worship and scriptural text. Together, these books could compose a symposium, about how any faith community could engage with the convalescent world, if and when plague recedes.
Sean Borodale pays microscopic attention to insects in
Inmates. His poems are fragmentary, bordering on the abstract. His concentrated writing reflects close observations from a miniature world in which the human is peripheral. He sets out his writer’s role in Tick Hatchery: “To examine, / to more closely microscope the waiting”.