And here is my poem 'Hands and Lips' - it received an Honourable Mention from the Dark Poets Prize III 2025 - despite complaints from some quarters, most of the time I tend to write poetry of the darkest kind ... what else, in these very, very dark times?

A sonnet from my book ‘Ataraxy - sonnets of love and death’: “I am too old for this…”

Drums keeping the pace at the Madrid marathon…

On International Women’s Day - in pink, just like the women democrats making a statement against Trump in the US Congress last week…

Removing the largest Xmas decorations in mid-January - this definitely spells the end of the festive season, at least in Ealing… #festiveseason #endofchristmas #christmas2024 #bigtoys

Yesterday was my doctoral graduation ceremony! My PhD in Creative Writing from the University of West London (UWL) is titled 'Translation as Interlingual Adaptation: Writing a Speculative Novel in English and Spanish through Creative Practice-Led Research'.
#phd #phdgraduation #uwl #uwlgraduation

A view from Waterloo Bridge today at dusk… #waterloobridge #riverthames #londonatdusk

As seen from Tate Modern at night: the City, St Paul’s and Millennium Bridge… and inscribed in the foreground are the words ‘La paz es poder’ in Spanish: Peace is Power #tatemodern #stpauls #cityoflondon #millenniumbridge #peaceispower #lapazespoder

Who are you really? My poem and one of my images from my 2021 poetry collection 'Dolorem Ipsum'… #whoareyou #poetry #doloremipsum

Who are you really? A poem and image from my 2021 poetry collection 'Dolorem Ipsum'… #whoareyou #poetry #doloremipsum

After all that incredibly hard PhD work… #PhD #doctorate #doctorado