'Higher than the handsomest hotel...'

Joe has, through some tricky circumstances, been visiting a particular building and thinks you should wander the corridors with him.

If it doesn't come through in this episode: my absolute respect for all NHS staff that keep these buildings going, and especially to the good folk at University Hospital Southampton.

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'The mower stalled, twice...'

I've been asked to mow the lawn this weekend.

Here's a throwback to late spring 2024, when I recorded my first sketch for the Philip Larkin Society. If you are a lover of Larkin, please check out their excellent podcast entitled 'Tiny in all That Air' here.

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'Let faxes butter-curl on dusty shelves...'

Joe rings in spring by sitting in a sunny space and reads this wonderful poem for turbulent times.

Ros Barber kindly agreed to be interviewed about this poem and the second half is less a sketch and more a portrait of the poet herself, and how this superb poem came into being.

Find more of her work here:

https://rosbarber.com/

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https://substack.com/@thesketchpoet

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