A new show, Never the right time, comprising poems from a recently published collection of the same name, and original music by the Hosepipe Band. Blake’s Shingle Street collaboration with the band celebrated Suffolk landscapes and seascapes. Now he has widened his scope to encompass themes of elation, regret, nostalgia, sensuality and domestic mishap. There’s a sense of passing time or ‘timefulness’ – of fading memories, missed chances and the coming of age – but his touch remains light throughout.
Blake is a poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres, including his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), Things My Mother Never Told Me, (2002) and Two Sisters (2023).
Photo by Nobby Clark
Blake & the Band, Photo by Jane Hamilton