Writing for human rights (From Times Series)

Poet John Hegley hosts an evening of poetry, music and letter writing in aid of Amnesty at Keats House

10:07am Thursday 15th November 2012 in Freetime

Amnesty is inviting people to enjoy an evening of poetry and music at Keats House in Hampstead on Thursday, November 22 from 7pm.

Performance poet and comedian John Hegley will host the evening and will be joined by fellow poets Sean Mahoney and Shirin Razavian, musicians Diego Brown and the Good Fairy and others, in the house of Romantic poet John Keats in north London.

Held in support of Amnesty’s annual Write for Rights campaign, the audience will be invited to follow in the footsteps of John Keats, a prolific letter writer, and send a simple letter that could change someone’s life.

• Keats House, Keats Grove, Hampstead on Thursday, November 22 at 7pm. Details: 020 7332 3868, www.amnesty.org.uk/events