Winter Warmer 2024
Cold Comfort
A poetry recital by Dr David McKinstry to highlight the lived experience of homelessness in winter.
ARC Public; ARC Winter Warmer
Date: Monday 09 December 2024
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Venue: Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Dr David McKinstry
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-comfort-tickets-1088672371369
The event is a poetry recital to highlight the lived experience of homelessness. The poems are written Dr David McKinstry who experienced homelessness in his youth and challenge preconceptions of the homelessness. The poems focus on what it was like to live on the streets in winter and highlight the psychological impact that homelessness has decades after the event. They also give dignity and humanity to the issue of homelessness. The poems have been widely broadcast on the BBC and published across the UK and Ireland. The event has special significance as it highlights the plight of the homeless at Christmas time.