Bring your rock; we have spares if you need them.
Come talk the chalk and chew the land's fat with John and Pat.
Our starting point will be rocky rememberings and reactions of the group; Professor Pat Corbett, will assist with geological context to sit alongside the 'evidence' - which could be a photograph painting, map or papier maché model rather than a harder talisman.
There will be writing, drawing, mandolin playing, deepness, daftness, ingenously igneous, as we roll with the rocks and the poetry.
John Hegley is also at the Ukranian Community Centre 18th-22nd August.
About John Hegley
John Hegley is one of the few poets in the UK who is likely to be recognised in the street and his poetry is just as distinctive. A poet, editor, comedian, musician, songwriter and much more, he finds poetry in the everyday and wants to put it back there. He writes for adults and children and has published nearly 20 books in a career spanning four decades. A popular performer, he appears regularly at schools as well as festivals – from Glastonbury to Hay – as well as contributing to radio and TV. He received an honorary Arts Doctorate from Luton University in 2000 and was Writer in Residence at Keats House in 2012.
About Patrick Corbett
Patrick was born in Woking Surrey (1956) and his family moved to Worth Matravers, Dorset, where he grew up and went to nearby Swanage Grammar School.
Living on the Jurassic Coast helped develop in him a love of geology and he read the subject at Exeter University (1974-77). With a subsequent master’s degree at University College London, he moved into the oil industry where he worked as a geologist until 1988 for US company, Unocal, in UK, Netherlands and Indonesia.
Returning to Scotland to do a doctorate at Heriot-Watt University and completing in 1993, he stayed on in various academic positions in Heriot-Watt until today, where he enjoys partial retirement.
Picking up poetry as a form of communication since stepping back from some of his academic responsibilities, he has developed a deep interest in poetry related to geology and the broader sciences. He is always keen to share his passion and in March 2020, the Edinburgh Science Festival, shared some of his geological poems.
