Rogue Strands

Bearing in mind that I’ve seen all the poems in Mat Riches first pamphlet, Collecting the Data (Red Squirrel Press, 2023) at multiple stage...

21st June 2017, a sweltering day in London, was a significant date for me in two respects. The number one reason was that it was the launch ...

London launch of ‘ Whatever You Do, Just Don’t ’ , jointly with Mat Riches, who’ll also be launching his pamphlet, ‘ Collecting the Data ’ ,...

Apart from being the co-organiser of our upcoming Rogue Strands poetry reading on 28th November ( see Facebook page, etc ), Mat Riches is al...

Over at The Poetry Shed, Abegail Morley's astute editorial eye has selected a terrific poem by Mat Riches for publication today. You can...

I'm grateful to Sam Tongue, the poetry editor at the Glasgow Review of Books, for having chosen one of my most recent poems to be publis...

Mat Riches' poetry blog, Wear The Fox Hat , is a relative newcomer to the scene but is already one of my favourites. His professional ...

If last week saw me doing a whistle-stop tour of Chichester, London and Aldeburgh, this week has seen me back in Extremadura, racing to keep...