London, Again…

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Was lucky enough to be in London for a couple of days early this week on RTE Radio 1 duty and with a bit of time to spare. We were there for this – thanks to the Irish Literary Society for organising a room, guests and an audience for our one hour Poetry Programme Special.

It’ll go out on Xmas Eve at 7pm.

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Managed to fit in a few other pretty picture taking opportunities along the way…

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And then it was to the new extension of Tate Modern for the first time after lying around in the Turbine Hall for a while. The Tanks below are populated with fascinating and weird experimental things, the new main collection rooms allow things like Carl Andre’s bricks to have a proper space and then the viewing platform ten stories up is, to put it mildly, breathtaking…

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Well worth your time if you’re there and the view costs nothing as opposed to the fortune to go up to the top of The Shard…