In a confident and gripping tale of race, crime, and inner-city conflicts, Rod Duncan’s Backlash is a truly great example of contemporary British crime fiction. The book, first of a trilogy series told from differing perspectives, was published by Simon and Schuster in 1997 and is priced at just £6.99 – an absolute steal! “Written…
Just because today is World Poetry Day, and because I couldn’t possibly get through today without scribbling down a little poetic line or two, here’s a quick piece I prepared earlier (quite literally) about social media’s effects on the most depressing part of anyone’s relationship (unless you’re well rid!)… the BREAK UP! This piece…
Following on from yesterday’s Easter update, here is the second selection of poems from the latest MA deadlines for your reading pleasure… I hope you enjoy them! x ____________________________________________________________________ Part Two: Footprints in the Snow 1. Reflection Your hair free-falls d o w n and spreads right – a c r o…
I’m back… PHEW! In a nutshell, this term has been my craziest yet and the Semester has only been 6 weeks long before a well overdue Easter break. Amidst heavy involvement in the Union Executive Elections, a creeping 22nd birthday, PhD proposal preparations and MA deadlines, it is no wonder that the blogging came to…
The 1984 Miners’ Strike under the reign of Margaret Thatcher. Please note that I do not own the rights to this image. The much-anticipated ‘verbatim-style’, extensive, 14-page poem on the Miners’ Strike of 1984-5 (in the era of Margaret Thatcher), is now here in full for you to read. * This poem…
Dr Sophie-Louise Hyde is a poet, writing tutor and entrepreneur based in the East Midlands.
She has an MA in Creative Writing from Loughborough University and completed her PhD in September 2016.
She now works at the university full-time, supporting students and graduates on their own businesses journeys.
