This was an Artists For Palestine benefit.
A decade is a very, very long time in performance poetry, so this was a well-earned celebration. However, one despatch to Time Out’s letters page (24 Sep) found the show to be ‘a sickened, weakened thing’, thanks to ‘pollution by PCAs (politically correct attitudes)’. Proof that you can’t please all ...
This was a book reading at Compendium Bookshop. The Compendium Bookshop in Camden which opened 1968 was closed in 2001, ask anyone of a certain age and they’ll tell you it was a destination bookshop for bohemian alternative types.