November 23rd 2018 St Martin with Ludgate, London

Produced by Time Productions

A candle-lit St Martin within Ludgate was the atmospheric setting for an evening of poetry and music directed by liveryman Ian Grant who says he has returned to his early love of drama after a 40-year career in publishing. No-one Is An Island combined contemporary poetry, including works read by their authors Raymond Antrobus and David Harsent, with selections from Donne, Milton, Marvell and Katherine Philips. Themes ‘for these fractious times’ ranged over love and friendship, hubris, shame and death but ended on a note of joy and hope. The third performer, opera-trained Grace Cookey-Gam also sang and the music, interwoven between the poems, was performed by Holly Cullen-Davies and Live Junction. The event was a joint production between The Stationers’ Company, the Poetry Book Society and Time Productions.