Morden Tower - Wikipedia
WEBThe Morden Tower in Back Stowell Street on the West Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade 1 listed building. [1] Since June 1964, Connie Pickard has been custodian of Morden Tower, and has made it a key fixture of Newcastle's alternative cultural life, with the building hosting music and poetry ...
The Life of Poetry in Morden Tower
WEBSep 4, 2019 · Morden Tower quickly became an international poetry center with strong connections to the Objectivist, Beat, and Black Mountain poets and their United Kingdom allies. From Basil Bunting’s first reading of Briggflatts to Allen Ginsberg’s European debut of Kaddish, Morden Tower housed poetry history. This exhibition, opening on September 5 ...
Morden Tower | The Poetry Foundation
WEBSep 30, 2019 · The Morden Tower is situated halfway along a looming, dark, narrow, forbidding, and dangerous alley on the thirteenth-century city walls and was without electricity or plumbing but was supplied with gas for …
Poetic power of Morden Tower - The QT
WEBOn June 16, 1964, Connie and Tom Pickard organised the first poetry reading at Morden Tower on Newcastle’s mediaeval town West Walls. Over the next few years, against the odds, it became an international centre for poetry and one of the most iconic venues for poetry performances in Britain.
Morden Tower | Co-Curate - Newcastle University
WEBThe Morden Tower in Back Stowell Street on the West Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade 1 listed building. For the last 45 years (since June 1964) Connie Pickard has been custodian of Morden Tower, and has made it a key fixture of Newcastle's alternative cultural life.
'To Show Me How It Was Done': On the Fiftieth Anniversary of…
WEBJan 19, 2016 · The Morden Tower is situated halfway along an unlit alley, Back Stowell Street, on the western portion of the thirteenth century wall that once protected the city of Newcastle upon Tyne from invading Scots. It also served to garrison troops who would, when required, invade our neighbors.
Morden Tower, Newcastle: the modern poetry movement
WEBNov 6, 2021 · The Morden Tower became one of Britain’s best-known literary landmarks. For the past 45 years, hundreds of poets have come from all over the world to give readings in this ancient turret room, at first sight not the most obvious of venues.
Tower of influence - Big Issue North
WEBAug 19, 2022 · The story of how this 65-year-old Northern hero arrived in this peculiar building is remarkable – even a little improbable. Over the last 18 months this stretch of Newcastle’s town walls, the Morden Tower, had been transformed into an unlikely centre of countercultural activity.
Tom Pickard: The Life of Poetry in Morden Tower - The Visualist
WEBSep 5, 2019 · Celebrate the opening of The Life of Poetry in Morden Tower with Morden Tower reading series cofounder Tom Pickard. He discusses the history of the literary landmark, including highlights from its long-running reading series that began in 1964.
Mordon Tower - the life of poetry | Co-Curate - Newcastle …
WEBThe very simple architecture of the of the room and its intimate scale - it's roughly circular, and holds up to 50 people at most when sitting comfortably - has through the years ensured for poets a space and atmosphere in which they have been able to achieve a direct communication with their audience...."
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