Thanks to the irrepresible Ian McEwen, Bedford has become one of the places to go to for poetry in this part of the world. He has a great line up for current Ouse Muse season; including Claire Crowther, Jon Stone and Hannah Lowe.

Last Thursday I and Vanessa Gebbie were the invited poets, reading to an appreciative audience in St Peter’s chapter house in Bedford, which is not their usual venue but a lovely space in which to read.