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WINTER IS MADE WARM BY...
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COMING UP...
TWO FEATURES ON BBC RADIO
WINDOWS ON WILLESDEN GREEN
BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE XMAS SOCIAL
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL NYE PARTY
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...And this month you'll also find me continuing to support OccupyLSX. If you wonder why Occupy, I recommend watching Inside Job.
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Winter is made warm by...
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...other people.
Central heating helps, yes you are right.
Singing's also pretty good I find.
I spent Monday evening down in Brighton, in a small circle of friends. Fire in the hearth, fitting old folksongs into our wintry heads, assisted by a mulled cider or two.
And Tuesday I walked along the prom where the Winter waves had kicked the beach pebbles up onto the path. Watched the rain splutter over Hove and head towards me. I bumped into a very nice lady called Peace who shared her umbrella with me, and on our walk she told me stories from her hometown in Uganda, and about how she always likes to expect the best of every stranger she bumps into. Ooh, and then we looked at the rainbows together when the sun came out.
Here's the underlying philosophy on which the Willesden Green Wassail was created: Sometimes it feels like individual daily actions are too small to make a dent in the larger problems of the world; but I'm pretty sure that society won't take a peaceful direction if we don't even know how to speak with our neighbours, or sing with friends, or expect the best of strangers.
You get the picture.
And may the people you meet and spend time with see and celebrate the best in you, too.
Read below for upcoming excitements...
All my love and thanks for your support in 2011,
RRRx
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COMING UP...
Please click here for additional up to date listings
The Verb & In Tune, BBC Radio iPlayer
Have a listen to this commission (16mins) from the BBC to celebrate the upcoming Bicentenary of Dickens' birth. It's up on BBC iPlayer until Friday evening, but will be on my website shortly if you miss it.
You can also hear my beloved creation The Willesden Green Wassail featured on BBC Radio's In Tune (58mins in), also on BBC Radio 3. The producer-man said he called me because when he googled for Urban Wassail, we were the only one he found. Hopefully that'll change :)
Sunday December 18: Windows on Willesden Green
Come and join me in the 'Pilot Shop' to create your own story or poem of Willesden Green. Fantastical or factual, serious or silly, your participation is welcome whether you are 3 or 103 years old! Collect your inspiration card, and walk down the High Street, then return to the cosy warmth to write, draw, read, and take home. To find out more about all the wonderful activities happening in Willesden Green in the coming months, follow this link:www.willesdenwindows.comFREE, 13:00-17:00, 45 Walm Lane, NW2 4QU
Monday December 19:
Book Club Boutique Xmas Social
 A Christmas knees up with a much loved spokenword night hosted by Salena Godden and featuring BCB favourites including Francesca Beard, Tim Wells, Michelle Madsen & Orlando Seale.Mexican-themed drinks, so costumes to match if you please!
FREE
19:00-23:00
El Camion,25 Brewer Street, London
Saturday December 31: Royal Festival Hall NYE Party
 I've been given the great gift of hosting a sparkling party of spoken word in the Southbank Centre Poetry Library as part of its enormously popular NYE Party.£80 (Spoken Word Session runs 19:00-21:00)
Poetry Library, Level 5,
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
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And don't forget, if you are in London... save
Sunday 22 January for the incredible
Willesden Green Wassail.
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