100 poets write anthology on homelessness for charity

Poet Andrew Mears from northeast England, a region with the country's highest homelessness rates, came up with the idea in 2025 to ask 100 writers to each write a poem about homelessness. The poems were collected in the self-published anthology 'Words on a NE Street'. By Christmas, Mears had sold enough copies to donate £4,200 to Newcastle Helping Street Friends,...