{"id":581,"date":"2025-12-03T12:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:33:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/?page_id=581","title":{"rendered":"Shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"581\" class=\"elementor elementor-581\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce215ed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce215ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b02ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6b02ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7adcb4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7adcb4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shenanigans<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8756f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8756f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taking his poetry from the street to what some would call more sophisticated places\u2014maybe not the word Spike would use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f6fd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0f6fd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5748x5 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5748x5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9247ec0\" data-id=\"9247ec0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f003f55 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f003f55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gothic Bar                Poetry Night<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba5f59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aba5f59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Giving the 18th-century revival a sprint for its shillings, acclaimed journalist, poetess, and hostess, Allegra Handelsman, resurrected some of London&#8217;s most lauded youth, like Dakota Warren, for a verseful night.<\/p><p>Perhaps he was too focused on his feet to pick the right trainers. Though he didn&#8217;t quite catch the outfit theme, a typewriter and off-the-cuff poetry were Spike&#8217;s suited contributions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bcc9c8\" data-id=\"3bcc9c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5943b5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5943b5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-13.50.09-1-682x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1035\" alt=\"whatsapp image 2025 09 13 at 13.50.09 (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-13.50.09-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-13.50.09-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-13.50.09-1-768x1153.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-13.50.09-1-1023x1536.jpeg 1023w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-13.50.09-1.jpeg 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" title=\"Shenanigans\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aca5cf8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aca5cf8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-517a0085 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"517a0085\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58faffb9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58faffb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conversation, note-taking, interpretation, cogs whirring, hands worrying, keys clanking, striking hammer\u2014mating ink, stanzas, and page. Meaning found somewhere along the way.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-pkaxhm9 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"pkaxhm9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9247ec0\" data-id=\"9247ec0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d69e7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2d69e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02604-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1111\" alt=\"@lablfoto dsc02604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02604-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02604-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02604-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02604-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02604-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02604-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" title=\"Shenanigans\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bcc9c8\" data-id=\"3bcc9c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc42fa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc42fa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Glastonbury on Sea Pier Poet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f2f22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5f2f22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\">Late-June, Worthy Farm, near the park, lies the robohaven pier. Where organic, mechanic, and spiritual combine for shoreside entertainment on the Great British teal promenade, above a swaying sea of grass.<\/p><p class=\"p2\">Produced by Showponies Studio, Leila Jones and Meg Lawrence, alongside the creative execution of Joe Rush, Rampage, and the Mutoid Waste Company.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-uhh6aqb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"uhh6aqb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0814f73\" data-id=\"0814f73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ea619 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18ea619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02239-scaled-rfuool1t12clxutf2bxa1zrvp4puqdaj58p9yal6r4.jpg\" title=\"@lablfoto dsc02239\" alt=\"@lablfoto dsc02239\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-x43upmn elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"x43upmn\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f13e273\" data-id=\"f13e273\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2905c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e2905c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Pier<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac3fe40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac3fe40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some pinball, a helter skelter, robarbershop quartet, even an ensemble of wires, pistons, and hydraulics, mesh with comedians, a Palestinian circus, synchronised swimmers (who paddle on the wood panels), and an ocean-wide variety of other performers in and around the Victorian pier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d98f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d98f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02692-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1113\" alt=\"@lablfoto dsc02692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02692-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02692-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02692-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02692-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02692-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02692-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" title=\"Shenanigans\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6184e98\" data-id=\"6184e98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c9198 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1c9198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02600-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1109\" alt=\"@lablfoto dsc02600 (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02600-1-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02600-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02600-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02600-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02600-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@LABLFOTO_DSC02600-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" title=\"Shenanigans\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e776b03\" data-id=\"e776b03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e6bea elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16e6bea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Poet<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9304c58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9304c58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I could only offer machinery in the way of my typewriter; the rest of my act was disappointingly human. Despite my perpetual hangover, lack of sleep, and duty as a runner for production, the encompassing excitement was far too great a force for writer&#8217;s block.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de39a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de39a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-17.04.26-2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1034\" alt=\"whatsapp image 2025 09 02 at 17.04.26 (2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-17.04.26-2.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-17.04.26-2-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-17.04.26-2-1024x678.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-17.04.26-2-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-17.04.26-2-1536x1018.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" title=\"Shenanigans\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ub450pc elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ub450pc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b262852\" data-id=\"b262852\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38845d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f38845d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poetry at Bottega Banana<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34933a9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34933a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-17.56.23-750x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1074\" alt=\"screenshot 2025 12 04 at 17.56.23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-17.56.23-750x1024.png 750w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-17.56.23-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-17.56.23-768x1049.png 768w, https:\/\/spikehowarth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-17.56.23.png 794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" title=\"Shenanigans\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I sat within the brisk September garden, taking his time with these poems. 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Gothic Bar Poetry Night Giving the 18th-century revival a sprint for its shillings, acclaimed journalist, poetess, and hostess, Allegra Handelsman, resurrected some of London&#8217;s most lauded youth, like Dakota Warren, for a verseful night. 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