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Tom was invited to write poems about the Maurice Dobson Museum and the man to whom it is dedicated too. 

Tom Juniper is a poet based in  Sheffield. His work often focuses on the experience of being other, whether that’s talking about being autistic, being part of the queer community (He is a bi, non binary trans guy), or about the Other as in strange and mysterious creatures and entities from various folklore traditions.

He is an experienced slam poet, and has competed in the Great Northern Slam, the Hammer & Tongue National Final, the Axis Slam, Word War, Oooh Behive Slam, Poetry At Your Place a d even the Anti Slam. He has won slams a few times and come second many more!

He is also an educator and workshop leader with a background in youth work and arts education. He delivers poetry workshops through The Writer’s Workshop in Sheffield, and online.
He also offers equality, diversity and inclusion workshops, focusing on disability and/or LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Jamie Doxey is a driven individual and former Royal Marine Commando, the best of the best. But mental health issues and an undiscovered heart condition cut his career short.

He rediscovered his love of surfing and now has his own company, Op Poseidon.

He invites people struggling with their own mental fitness to join him for a surfing retreat. Not only do folk learn new skills, they become one with the sea and connect with the present moment.

For more information and booking you can find Jamie’s website HERE. 🌱

This is the first of a series of five podcasts recorded in London.

My guest today is a former police officer having completed 32 years of distinguished service. Chris Hobbs started his police career in Southall, West London. A vibrant and buzzing town where Sheikh, Hindu and Muslim communities live together. But as history has shown, that has not been without its problems which has resulted in some serious disorder in the late 70’s and early  80’s.

Chris retired in 2011 and is now a respected police commentator appearing on main stream media. He also writes regular articles for the online police magazine Police Oracle. So join us now as we pound the streets of Southall with Chris, visiting places and memories that shaped him as a police officer. 

Comraidship by Edgar Albert Guest 

Edgar Albert Guest was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life.

From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books. 

When Guest died in 1959, he was buried in Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery.

The Poem Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy: 

Since Homer's Odyssey, Ithaca symbolizes the destination of a long journey, the supreme aim that every man tries to fulfill all his life long, the sweet homeland, the eternal calmness, and satisfaction.

Many artists and literary people have been inspired by this interpretation of Homer's poem and have given to this small island of the Ionian Sea a special sense. Famous poets have been inspired by Ithaca and have used its name metaphorically on their works.

The most famous poem about Ithaca has been written by the renowned Greek poet Constantine Cavafy and is entitled "Ithaka". There he makes an allusion of the legendary journey of Ulysses to the journey of every man through life and suggests that each person is looking for his own Ithaca, his personal supreme gaol. 

However, in the end, it is not the goal but the journey that matters, because this journey makes us wise and gives people the richest good: experience, knowledge, and maturity.

This poem was written in 1911 and has been translated into many languages since then. Its lyric words and message are touching.

Text courtesy of Greeka.com

Krish grew up in the shadow of the Himalaya’s. As the oldest son within a Nepalese family, his responsibility within the Buddhist culture meant that he became a monk. He later attempted to join the Brigade of Gurkhas but failed. He tried again a year later and was successful. Later on he was the first Gurkha to pass selection and became a member of the Special Air Service. 

Krish spent the next 19 years within the regiment rising to the rank of Warrant Officer. During that time he became the leader of mountain troop, training his fellow SAS soldiers. He is a world renowned mountaineer and has lead many record breaking expeditions.

After leaving the military in 2021 he now spends his time as a spiritual guide and continues to take injured veterans into the mountains.

His website can be found here

Maurice Dobson was a flamboyant, openly gay man. What is remarkable about his story is that he was running a corner shop in the Yorkshire mining village of Darfield in the 1950s. Maurice being an army, veteran and champion boxer knew how to look after himself. Despite the prejudices he experienced, the village of Darfield, came to accept him.

On his death, he donated his house to the amenities committee, when it was later, opened as a museum in tribute to him, and to all things Darfield.

The website and details of the museum and cafe are here.

My guest today left school with very little. He joined the army and passed the All Arms Commando Course. He then  joined the police service and  became a dog handler. But his mental health was suffering and he went into project management and systems thinging. Since then he has become a director within a company helping other companies to assess data and ensuring their own success.

Liam Mahon discuss’s his recently published 10 point wellbeing plan and to the past looking at the Covid lockdown and to the future of artificial intelligence.

You can read Liams blog here

Ian McMillan is an English poet, journalist, playwright, and broadcaster. He is known for his strong and distinctive Yorkshire accent and his incisive, friendly interview style on programmes such as BBC Radio 3's The Verb. 

We discuss his childhood, his love of poetry and how he is very much enjoying life. 

TRIGGER WARNING: This podcast contains frank discussions surrounding childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence and drug addiction.

Mike and Danny found friendship through a chance meeting on social media. Both had a similar lived experience of sexual abuse, addiction and crime as children and adults.

They now work as a team delivering their message of being trauma informed to health, law and social care professionals up and down the UK. Their company Lads Like Us is genuinely changing the landscape for the better.

You can find Mike and Danny here on their  own website Lads Like Us