23 August, 2014. Another Guardian letter; this time on-line, and on British jihadists:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/action-reaction-middle-east-isis

21. 8. 14 I have accepted a kind invitation to read at Cheltenham Poetry Festival again next year --sometime around 24 April. Should have new book in tow. Yippee. Great fun there last time.

19.8.14 Albion Beatnik. 18 October, 2014:
Reading to Spark Audience Participation event created:

Jane Draycott, Beatrice Garland, Andrew Smardon, and me

https://www.facebook.com/events/1463599843898688/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Not sure how to make this link live: but if you look up Albion Beatnik Bookship, Oxford, events,
you can see details on all of us.  I'm really excited by this new experiment!

9.8.14 New embroidery up Review page. A snake for a half Chinese, half English, baby born in the year of the snake!

6 August, 2014. Have been invited to give a reading for Cheltenham's Well Versed Poetry Evening,
10 October, 2014, at the Muffin Man Cafe, Cheltenham. I look forward to it.