I was thrilled to be chosen as winner of the Agenda poetry competition, it’s a real honour to be recognised by such a prestigious journal with its long history. Congratulations to the other prize winners on their great poems, which you can read in the latest edition of Agenda, Keenings.

We celebrated at the Christmas get-together and launch of Andrew NcNeillie’s collection Losers/Keepers – a lovely cosy evening in the Middle House with Christmas lights shining as the rain lashed down outside.