Claire's Poetry Hub

There is a lido venue that was closed for a number of years, but which was refurbished and given a new chapter. Namely the Thames Lido...

Summer has emerged from the strange spring that we encountered this year. Now the sun has made a long-awaited appearance, my thoughts...

Hello, just checking in to say I'm still here with you. I've been away for a little while working on various projects. Happy to tell you...

As part of my birthday present for October last year, James had bought us tickets to go to The Comedy Store in central London. We are...

My Seasonal Wish   December arrives cloaked in a dull, dampened cape. A little mild, then very wild: no great difference there. The...

It was September 2023 when I last gave my recommendations for local restaurants and eateries. As you may know by now, I’m a bit of a...

It’s an adage that we never stop learning throughout our lives, and it comes back to me repeatedly. We are often not aware how much we’re...

Images are with all of us, most of the time. Specifically photos of our nearest and dearest, from years ago and present day. I personally...

Day One After a smooth journey from Basingstoke to Kings Cross St Pancras International, James and I picked up our journey to Bruges. Our...

It has been an extremely sombre time in my life over the last couple of months. I have taken a break from the blog to reflect and...

Around this time last year I published a poem on the blogsite, called The Price of Progress, discussing how our local amenities and...

My ideas for a new post for February 2024 didn’t necessarily include extremely serious subjects and themes. I had wanted to set a...

In October this year I turned 50 and for one of my birthday treats my husband James bought us a “Walking with Alpacas” experience. It...

On of my all-time favourite passions in life is dining in restaurants. I’ve enjoyed eating in local restaurants since I was a child and...

I first posted a blog on this site back in March 2021, to launch Claire’s Poetry Hub into the online creative writing space. Now, nearly...

When I reflect on radio and how it has been part of my life for so many years, I now understand how important it is to me. From childhood...

This week – 12th to 18th June - has seen the marking of Loneliness Awareness Week, organised by the Marmalade Trust. They are (as yet)...

Compassion could surely be given out more freely, just when our abused planet needs an urgent lifeline. Instead, we have egotists, who...

The subject of my latest poem is something close to my heart and I thought I needed to get it out onto the page. We keep losing our...

The day of our Chichester trip had come around quickly and turned the January gloom into something brighter. James and I were looking...