Poetry Competition

The 2013 Wenlock Poetry Competition is now open for entries. Up to 5 original poems, maximum 40 lines, on any subject, can be submitted. Entry fee is £5.00 per poem.

· 1st Prize £500
· 2nd Prize £200
· 3rd Prize £100

Shortlisted entries will be judged by Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate. Winners will be invited to read at an awards ceremony on Saturday 6th April in Much Wenlock as part of Wenlock Poetry Festival 2013.

More information and details on how to enter can be found on the Wenlock Poetry Festival website www.wenlockpoetryfestival.org

DEADLINE: Midnight on Wednesday 6th February 2013

Light from the Middle East
This may well be interesting to Digital photography students This Exhibition is FREE  and ends in 7th April 2013

Hollywood Costume Exhibition - Victoria and Albert Museum

This is a fabulous Exhibition ends on the 27th January 2013 Tickets have sold out on line but can be bought at he Museum.

Schopenhauer's Child

Congratulations to Adebowale Oriku on the publication of his new book, Schopenhauer's Child, available on Amazon.

'The death his younger sister goads Nigerian-born Adebowale Oriku into asking searching questions. In this remarkable book, he tackles the issues that have exercised the minds of thinkers of every stripe over centuries. Can religion be a consolation? Maybe (for some). Maybe not. Psychology? Psychoanalysis? Literature and the arts? Humour? Sociology? Science? Or the 'mother' - Sophia - of all disciplines: Philosophy? A self-described 'liberal' and 'sceptic,' with the power of imagination and what the ancients would call 'nous,' Oriku writes about how the death of his sister affects him and how he deals with it - or tries to deal with it. And, generally, drawing on a fund of experience, both theoretical and practical, he expands on Life, Love and Loss.'

Drama @ LSBU

BA Drama & Performance students are staging two Brecht plays this month, and the guest night for the first one is this Thursday, during the symposium (flyer attached).

There's a reception from 6.30 and the play starts at 7pm in the Edric theatre.  I hope you'll be able to come -- tickets are £6 (concession price), but you'll have to reserve in advance by emailing Gill Foster (fosterg@lsbu.ac.uk).