Mouse & Muse Blog
by Trevor Millum
An occasional series which I hope is of interest to friends and family. Feedback always welcome.
Cleethorpes Dunes
Many years ago, I lived in Highgate, Cleethorpes and regularly enjoyed the beach or the prom, especially out of season, walking the pram or the pushchair (modes of transport just beginning to be transformed into buggies - that's another story). The sea is almost...
Burton Agnes
Always a delight to visit, the gardens at Burton Agnes (on the road to Bridlington from York) are now bursting with spring vigour. Down in the colour garden, the magnolias have pride of place at the moment. All the more stunning as their blooms are so large and the...
Beverley Playhouse
Strange to be drinking coffee up in the roofspace of the old Beverley Playhouse. Not that long ago we sat there (downstairs that is) listening to musicians such as Jacques Loussier, The Blues Band, Alan Price and even Larry Adler. It was a bit of a health and safety...
Tom Courtney as Larkin
at Hull Truck Theatre on Saturday was every bit as good as you would expect. I think I ended up admiring the actor more than the poet, nevertheless. Though the performance, drawn from letters and poems, did reveal that there was more to Larkin than grumpiness and...
Lincoln City
Lincoln: Where to go when you want to find a quiet place to write the odd sonnet or compose a real letter to a friend you keep meaning to write to? (Remember letters? They were so nice to receive. Well, send one and you might get one back.) I found the Usher Gallery...
In the beginning
I have a website www.trevormillum.co.uk which houses both The Mouse and The Muse and a dedicated poetry magazine called Psychopoetica. I thought this WordPress site might be useful too, though I already have a writer's blog at www.teachit.co.uk/poetryplace. It's...
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