A member's view: 'What would a poet be doing in a steel mill?'

Former photojournalist Ian Yeomans attended a Guardian talk in which poet Ian McMillan and photographer Ian Beesley discussed their lastest collaboration

I’m a new resident of Manchester and I am still finding my way around. I’ve been here two years, and moved to be close to my daughter. I didn’t even realise we had a People’s History Museum before this event, but it really is a fascinating space.

Ian Beesley and Ian McMillan produce chapbooks together. These are 16-page books made from one piece of paper. They create limited editions to pay for further work. There were so many mentioned. They produced a chapbook of damp, which might surprise you, but damp has a shape and can be beautiful.