Niall O'Sullivan – Poet

I’ve blogged on this subject elsewhere, and ranted about it a few times on stage, so please forgive me if I repeat myself now. I think that the current advertising campaign for Barclaycard is perhaps one of the most deceptively honest expressions of the current financial crisis. Like many people, I just enjoyed the fun [...]

This week at Unplugged we had a little film crew down from UCA Farnham, students making a film about the UK poetry scene. They showed up, weren’t overstaffed, didn’t mess with the lighting and generally proved themselves to be more professional than most of the film crews we’ve had down. I’m wary around cameras and [...]

So here’s the lowdown, I’m five minutes into my set in a dark, broody Soho garret and I’m unable to finish a sentence because some guy keeps on shouting “Fuck off” at me. Other members of the audience are telling him to shut up because they want to hear some poetry. Despite my polite attempts [...]