MAKE POETRY WEIRD AGAIN

BONUS EPISODE TO KEEP THE SPONSORS HAPPY TRIGGER WARNING : BODY DYSMORPHIA Nols Nathankski makes an episode about his recent performance of a cento to his queer hero Quentin Crisp at Hackney Wick Life Drawing. The episode begins with a recording of the poem being improvised the night before the performance, using only Quentin Crisp quotes as a reference. Nols talks to his own body dysmorphia and d...

Nols sits down with Ollie a Poet and Spoken Word artist from East London to talk about the state of the nation, break ups, giving up gardening to make poetry, what queerness means, why everything is fucked and how to make political poems that make people chuckle. Trigger warning for suicide, substance misuse, british dread. Ollie's instagram is @olliewordsoneggsontoast

OPEN MIC SPOTLIGHT: TESTING GROUND @nolsnathankski  makes poems with John Nordon an educator and poet from East London. His writing covers the weird and wonderful of the world through many angles. He is a co-founder and co-host of Testing Ground, an open mic based performance evening which takes place on the first Wednesday of each month @wearebardbooks Nols and John talk about the rising stars of...

Bună Ziua! Nols is joined by Thea, a resident artist at the Roundhouse for 2025, a silly messy artist and the humblest slam poet on the scene. Thea is currently working on a bilingual show called: IF I WERE TO SAY IT IN ENGLISH Thea's instagram is @that1thea - FOLLOW NOW Nols and Thea make poems to the following prompts Things that hang - 3 mins Write your horoscope for last year - 3 mins Tell you...

ELIZA FIVER is a poet and spoken word artist from North London that survived art school to write poems as she speaks to rooms full of people. Nols and Eliza make some automatic poems, get very off track and put the London spoken word scene to rights. Eliza's first poetry showcase is at TRADE STARS in Islington on the 14th August 2025. Give Eliza a follow @elizafiver on instagram Sign up to the pat...