Performance Rites but rather an exploration into

but rather an exploration into a Sussex often overlooked by more formal histories

All these differences add up to a rich mixture of communities along the Sussex Coastal Plain

a different 'spirit of place'

After featuring in the BBC Proms Poetry and the Bread & Roses awards

Monarch's Way (Book 3)

Performance Rites but rather an exploration intoAfter featuring in the BBC Proms Poetry and the Bread & Roses awards, West Sussex local Barry Smith's debut collection explorers the notion of life as performance. The poems examine ideas of change and transformation, of becoming, of disintegration and discovery. There are poems on both classical and popular music, on art, on theatre, poetry and clowns. The scope covers social rituals, philosophy, cultural transmission, political games, medical rites