Hidden Door

  • Hidden Door 2 approaches fast! I’m particularly excited about this one, as I’ve been putting together a fantastic — if I do say so myself — poetry and art project along with Dave Martin and Jane McKie. It’s called Impossible Journeys, it will thread through the venue and it involves 10 poets, including some leading

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  • Michelle McGrane has been generous enough to offer to post a couple of poems from The Ambulance Box on her blog Peony Moon. You can now read “The Invention of Zero” and “Lullaby” on there, along with blurby bits and a short bio. Many thanks, Michelle! It’s turned into quite an encouraging week on the

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  • (Un)Opened

    The Hidden Door was finally opened at the weekend. And what an event it was! The Roxy was pretty busy throughout Saturday and Sunday, but on Saturday night it was absolutely packed upstairs and down. (That’s no mean feat, given the size of the place.) It was stuffed with interesting, stimulating, beautiful, fun work; there

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  • (Un)Hidden

    Hidden Door is a brand new mini-festival of the arts that takes place at the end of this month. On 30 and 31 January, 30 bands, 40 artists, 10 poets and 10 film makers will take over the Roxy Art House in Edinburgh and transform the space with an art maze, hidden stages and innovative

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