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Layabouts, druggies, smackheads and scroungers? Wake up bro, there's more than you have seen.

Ben Westwood

Sep 30, 2021
5 min

Layabouts, druggies, smackheads and scroungers? Wake up bro, there's more than you have seen.

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Ben Westwood

Sep 28, 2021
2 min

The News in Poetry 28/09/2021 - Petrol Pump Panic

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Ben Westwood

Sep 3, 2021
4 min

The News in Poetry 03/09/2021 - A Decade On (London Riots 2011)

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Ben Westwood

Aug 19, 2021
2 min

The News in Poetry - 19/08/2021 - A Prayer For Afghanistan

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Ben Westwood

Aug 13, 2021
5 min

August newsletter - The News in Poetry, Reflections of a Runaway and Access All Areas

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Ben Westwood

Aug 10, 2021
3 min

The News in Poetry - 10/08/2021 - Children's home prejudice

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Ben Westwood

Jul 30, 2021
4 min

The News in Poetry - 30/07/2021 - Children's Home Abuse Scandals.

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Ben Westwood

Jul 29, 2021
1 min

The News in Poetry - 29/07/2021 - X Factor

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Ben Westwood

Jul 28, 2021
2 min

The FIRST EVER News in Poetry - Hi Viz Boris - 28/07/2021

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Poem - Leatheton United

Ben Westwood

Jul 17, 2021
4 min

Poem - Leatheton United

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The big book giveaway 2021 - an upcoming crowdfunder

Ben Westwood

Jul 14, 2021
2 min

The big book giveaway 2021 - an upcoming crowdfunder

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New additions and coming soon - My lucky dip bracelets

Ben Westwood

Jul 8, 2021
1 min

New additions and coming soon - My lucky dip bracelets

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The Giant Magic Tree - Poem - Commissioned by The Foundling Museum - Quentin Blake exhibition.

Ben Westwood

Jul 3, 2021
3 min

The Giant Magic Tree - Poem - Commissioned by The Foundling Museum - Quentin Blake exhibition.

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Update for supporters - 18th June 2016

Ben Westwood

Jun 18, 2021
3 min

Update for supporters - 18th June 2016

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Honoured to be part of the Foundling Museum's Quentin Blake Exhibition - 25th June to 26th September

Ben Westwood

Jun 10, 2021
1 min

Honoured to be part of the Foundling Museum's Quentin Blake Exhibition - 25th June to 26th September

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Now available as an audiobook - Poems From a Runaway

Ben Westwood

May 10, 2021
1 min

Now available as an audiobook - Poems From a Runaway

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What is the care review and what are some people saying about it?

Ben Westwood

Apr 19, 2021
23 min

What is the care review and what are some people saying about it?

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How did a 13 year old child live out rough in Central London and go unnoticed?

Ben Westwood

Mar 11, 2021
6 min

How did a 13 year old child live out rough in Central London and go unnoticed?

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My polymer project - three weeks in.

Ben Westwood

Jan 30, 2021
2 min

My polymer project - three weeks in.

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Relaunching and improving my handcrafted beads business.

Ben Westwood

Jan 14, 2021
3 min

Relaunching and improving my handcrafted beads business.

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