{"id":1749,"date":"2025-11-11T19:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:18:15","slug":"22-january-2026-18h45-literary-event-with-james-leader-at-mezzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/22-january-2026-18h45-literary-event-with-james-leader-at-mezzo\/","title":{"rendered":"22 January 2026, 18h45: Literary Event with James Leader at Mezzo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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It was a brilliant event, when our member, James Leader,\u00a0gathered a group of 16-18 guests for yet another of his popular\u00a0Literary Events at Mezza<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we all enjoyed a drink, James Leader invited active participation by sharing printed selections of his poems and encouraging us to read along and exchange reactions, rather than listen passively. His work explored family, faith, nature and romance, with vivid personal reflections on life in Luxembourg\u2014especially Steinsel, which clearly anchors much of his writing. He also offered generous insights into his creative process, including how his regular runs in the woods directly inform his poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below a few pictures from the event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Leader with his second poetry volume: ‘In Steinsel Woods’<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a brilliant event, when our member, James Leader,\u00a0gathered a group of 16-18 guests for yet another of his popular\u00a0Literary Events at Mezza. While we all enjoyed a drink, James Leader invited active participation by sharing printed selections of his poems and encouraging us to read along and exchange reactions, rather than listen passively. … Continue reading “22 January 2026, 18h45: Literary Event with James Leader at Mezzo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1800,"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxford.lu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}