Favourite Moments of 2014

Madeline Heneghan:
Co-Director of Writing on the Wall

A favourite moment of 2014 was having lunch in the crowded Post Office pub on Saturday afternoon with Phill Jupitus and Tim Wells. Hemmed it the corner, waiting for our fish and chips we reminisced on poetry ‘back in the day’, when Apples and Snakes were housed at Seven Dials, Covent Garden. Tim explained the difference between Ranting and Performance Poetry, you don’t want to get in wrong in front of him, believe me. After that we popped into Probe Records and had a moment’s quiet reflection on Poly Styrene, one of the great wordsmiths of Punk. That was the afternoon one of the most unique events in last year’s festival; ‘Poetry from Two Stout Lads’. These stout lads were a pleasure to spend time with.