Raymond Antrobus
Appeared: 30 July
Raymond Antrobus is a poet, teacher and author of The Perseverance. He was raised in East London, Hackney, by a Jamaican father and English mother. In 2019 he was a recipient of the Ted Hughes Award and won the Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award, He became the first poet to be awarded the Rathbone Folio Prize.
Appeared: 30 July
Raymond Antrobus is a poet, teacher and author of The Perseverance. He was raised in East London, Hackney, by a Jamaican father and English mother. In 2019 he was a recipient of the Ted Hughes Award and won the Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award, He became the first poet to be awarded the Rathbone Folio Prize.
Spotlight on Bookshops...
Burley Fisher Books
400 Kingsland Road Dalston
London E8 4AA
Website: https://burleyfisherbooks.com/
Telephone: 02072492263
Haggerston's independent bookshop, Burley Fisher Books has recently re-opened since lockdown restrictions have been eased.
Raymond Antrobus says, 'It's my local bookshop that I'm a personal ambassador for.'
400 Kingsland Road Dalston
London E8 4AA
Website: https://burleyfisherbooks.com/
Telephone: 02072492263
Haggerston's independent bookshop, Burley Fisher Books has recently re-opened since lockdown restrictions have been eased.
Raymond Antrobus says, 'It's my local bookshop that I'm a personal ambassador for.'
Spotlight on Theatres
Bush Theatre
7 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush
London W12 8LJ
Telephone: 020 8743 5050
Website: https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/
The Bush Theatre is a world-famous home for new plays and an internationally renowned champion of playwrights. They discover, nurture and produce the best new playwrights from the widest range of backgrounds, and present their work to the highest possible standards. They look for exciting new voices that tell contemporary stories with wit, style and passion and they champion work that is both provocative and entertaining. The Bush has produced hundreds of groundbreaking premieres since its inception in 1972, many of them Bush commissions, and hosted guest productions by leading companies and artists from across the world.
Raymond Antrobus says, 'Every production I've seen here has inspired me to one day write a play. The most consistently interesting and progressive writing / theatre making I've seen in London.'
7 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush
London W12 8LJ
Telephone: 020 8743 5050
Website: https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/
The Bush Theatre is a world-famous home for new plays and an internationally renowned champion of playwrights. They discover, nurture and produce the best new playwrights from the widest range of backgrounds, and present their work to the highest possible standards. They look for exciting new voices that tell contemporary stories with wit, style and passion and they champion work that is both provocative and entertaining. The Bush has produced hundreds of groundbreaking premieres since its inception in 1972, many of them Bush commissions, and hosted guest productions by leading companies and artists from across the world.
Raymond Antrobus says, 'Every production I've seen here has inspired me to one day write a play. The most consistently interesting and progressive writing / theatre making I've seen in London.'
Spotlight on Libraries...
London Library
14 St James's Square, St. James's
London SW1Y 4LG
Telephone: 020 7766 4700
Website: https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/
The London Library is an independent lending library in London, established in 1841. It was founded on the initiative of Thomas Carlyle, who was dissatisfied with some of the policies at the British Museum Library. Membership is open to all, on payment of an annual subscription, and life and corporate memberships are also available. As of March 2015 the Library had 6,708 members. T. S. Eliot, a long-serving President of the Library, argued in 1952 in an address to members that, "whatever social changes come about, the disappearance of the London Library would be a disaster to civilisation".
Since the lockdown, the London Library has re-opened. Some important changes have been put in place to ensure that members and staff can continue to use the Library safely. Importantly, members must book a slot to visit the Library, whether you want to spend the day in the building or collect or return a book. There are new "lanes" in the Issue Hall, new entry and entrance arrangements as well as new ways to navigate and use the building, and changes to the way members can handle books.
Raymond Antrobus says, 'I'm also a personal ambassador for this library, their collections and range are incredible, and they're trying to make it more accessible to the public.'
14 St James's Square, St. James's
London SW1Y 4LG
Telephone: 020 7766 4700
Website: https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/
The London Library is an independent lending library in London, established in 1841. It was founded on the initiative of Thomas Carlyle, who was dissatisfied with some of the policies at the British Museum Library. Membership is open to all, on payment of an annual subscription, and life and corporate memberships are also available. As of March 2015 the Library had 6,708 members. T. S. Eliot, a long-serving President of the Library, argued in 1952 in an address to members that, "whatever social changes come about, the disappearance of the London Library would be a disaster to civilisation".
Since the lockdown, the London Library has re-opened. Some important changes have been put in place to ensure that members and staff can continue to use the Library safely. Importantly, members must book a slot to visit the Library, whether you want to spend the day in the building or collect or return a book. There are new "lanes" in the Issue Hall, new entry and entrance arrangements as well as new ways to navigate and use the building, and changes to the way members can handle books.
Raymond Antrobus says, 'I'm also a personal ambassador for this library, their collections and range are incredible, and they're trying to make it more accessible to the public.'