Poets Andy Brown, Raine Geoghegan, Alan Morrison, Mandy Pannett, James Simpson, and Barry Smith will be taking part with musicians and folk singers in Blakefest, a one-day festival at Bognor Regis in West Sussex to celebrate William Blake, who lived in the nearby village of Felpham from 1801-03. There the poet, painter and printmaker saw visions of angels, was inspired to write Jerusalem and was placed on trial for sedition after an altercation with a soldier outside an inn. He was cleared of the charge at Chichester assizes. Blakefest on Saturday 28 August will also include children’s workshops and artworks. It takes place at the Regis Centre, Bognor, between midday and 9pm. More details