Events

FREE event but please book in advance on 020 7332 3851 or email ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk

An inspirational workshop exploring the stories and experiences of LGBT people as revealed in records and documents held at London Metropolitan Archives. Posters, images, court cases and campaigns reveal fascinating histories and help us to see differently. The workshop is for new and emerging poets.

‘There is a place where the musical, the political, the spiritual and the beautiful come together and it is here’ Benjamin Zephaniah on Rommi Smith’s performance poetry.  Rommi is a poet and playwright who works to fuse spoken word and music. She has been performing since she was 14 and she presents her work regularly both nationally and internationally at arts, music and literature festivals. She has been Parliamentary Writer in Residence, the first time in history such an appointment has been made and Poet in Residence at Keats House.

Starts: 10:00 for a 16:00 finish