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One of the most overwhelming
experiences of my career was when

the State Mayakovsky Museum in
Moscow invited me to perform “The

Panjandrum of Quondam” at the
Museum. I haven’t managed to do
this yet, but I am working towards it!

I would say that the pinnacle of
success was when I received and

read an email from the Director of
the Margot Fonteyn Academy saying
they wanted to collaborate to

produce a ballet performance about
my Plath poem “Candy Cotton Kid

and The Faustian Wolf” I celebrated
every day for a month!
Then more recently word came

through from Sergei Polunin about
choreographing a ballet in

collaboration with me based on my
epic “The Panjandrum of Quondam”!
Sergei will be Mayakovsky!

8) Are there any new projects you're working on that we could look forward to?

The new projects are the two ballets and the ideas are coming through thick and fast

already. The Director of the Margot Fonteyn Ballet Academy loves the ideas I am having
and we are attuned to this process. I am honoured to have a choreographer with
40years experience to work with! Truly honoured and humbled. There’s a short film

based on my epic “The Warring Harridan” in pre-production. Along with 3 other short
films based on my poetry soundtracks. I’m writing a screenplay and a sequel based on

my controversial life story and both productions will include my poetry. I have a
Director/Producer for both productions. I am also studying for a PhD. I have plans to do
a further PhD thereafter. My projects and studies are all big projects and will take a

number of years to bring to fruition. I would really like to take on new challenges and
maybe retire. I am 64 this year and I still work at the fast pace of a young woman and

still look like a young woman a lot of the time! But anyone who says it’s too late to
succeed and sets up road blocks for themselves are foolish. I am realising now that I am
in the prime of my life and the wisdom and life experiences I’ve had are unequivocally

the catalysts for my extraordinary writing. If you’re dealt a difficult hand in life you have
to be adept enough to play it with determination to win at all costs!