Thursday, 12 September 2013

Cycling Down the Edgware Road- Simon Mole

Cycling Down the Edgware Road- Simon Mole

In today's lesson we looked at Cycling down the Edgware Road by Simon Mole.

Your homework is to do some research Simon Mole or performance poetry and leave a comment on this blog post with something you have found out. Don't forget to check your research and try to find a piece of information that no one else has posted.

Make sure you leave your name at the bottom of your post.

Due Tuesday 17th September


8 comments:

  1. Looking forward to reading some of your posts!

    Mr Brown

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  2. Simon built his skills at the openmics and battles of the Brighton hip hop scene, before moving to London in 2003.

    from Abbey Fall

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  3. Simon Mol was a guy from Cameroon who came over to Poland as a supposed political refugee {this back story was a letter found to be completely false by one of the polish newspaper}.



    From Aimen Rauf

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  4. Simon Mole worked for several newspapers and radio stations and after finishing high school career he worked in the refinery.

    Palak Mittal

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  5. Simon Mole is an emcee and spoken word artist whose writing and performance foregrounds the unseen and the unheard the forgotten and yet to occur.



    Amreen Ahmed

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  6. Since his early teens Simon has also been writing and devising theatre-based art, and in 2008 he was commissioned by Brakin Arts Festival to create a piece challenging the boundaries between hip hop, theatre and spoken word.

    From Catie Newton

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  7. Simon Mole is Brent's first Poet Laureate. He wrote his first poem for Brent inspired by the build-up to attending an England vs Ireland at Wembley Stadium. The poem is about him trying to get a drink in a pub, bringing the whole experience to life like a football match.

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  8. Simon built his skills at the open-mics and battles of the Brighton hip hop scene, before moving to London in 2003. He released mini-albums, the second one was "clouds" it was released in 2008.

    leena bedroud

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