When We Were Almost Like Men Tim Cresswell 'Poets I Go Back To'

'Poets I Go Back To' — Simon Currie and Chris Jones

Parallel to the world of the political leaders is the tight bond between their sons

“Tim Wells is exactly the poet for our times

saw him sentenced to six months in prison for sedition

and he died forgotten and destitute

When We Were Almost Like Men Tim Cresswell 'Poets I Go Back To'When We Were Almost Like Men explores the world of the modern courier industry, the working lives of the men and women caught inside the machinery of the modern city. From controllers to couriers, telephonists to mechanics, supervisors to sales reps, Martin Hayes is a guide to a kind of hell that is simultaneously fascinating, depressing, hopeless and hilarious, exploring what it means to hold down a job when all the odds seem to be stacked against