“Once, whilst working for the Government, I suggested the PM tell the nation how great he was at planning ahead whilst standing in the rain with no umbrella”

Can I borrow your cagoule?

historically, men in this situation used a folding canopy called an umbrella

at a wrestling match

Katy Mack Liam Bates 🚪 Or any of the anthologies. You’re spoilt for choice really. Excited to be in this one with the talented Tristram Fane Saunders, @Selected_Poems, Wendy Allen and Lucia Dove. You’ll be hard pressed to find anything so kaleidoscopic. So much fun. Great Scott etc here brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/s…

"Holes will collapse around you and the mix of water and sand will cement you in situ endangering life."

spotted at glasto (by a friend)

Saying “fergalicious” when I mean “Kafkaesque”

The Dutch have surrounded a group of England fans in Dortmund and started playing “Hey Jude” with them. Great to see both sets of fans enjoying the day creating a fantastic atmosphere together. 👏

sorry I’ve been at dinner. Assuming Olympics uproar tonight is around that bloke who flew from Amsterdam to London in 2014 to r*pe a 12-year-old girl?

Turns out the terfs don’t know what a woman is after all

Imane Khelif was assigned female at birth. She’s spoken about being initially banned from boxing by her dad who said it wasn’t for girls. The attacks on her show that transphobia doesn’t only hurt trans people, but also other women who don’t fit conventional ideas of femininity.

Based in Wivenhoe, Essex, Dunlin Press is the imprint of writer & poet M W Bewick and artist & editor Ella Johnston, celebrating ten years of fiction and non-fiction, poetry, photo-essays and illustration. We're delighted to welcome them to #smallpublishersfair24 on 25/26 October

After the riots by Maccabi supporters the mayor of Amsterdam banned all protests in the city, Pro Palestine protests happen daily in the center so also today with extreme police presence.

Whoever coined the term coined the term coined the term coined the term

What a lovely gesture from Dunlin Press sending me a bonus book to dive into with my order of Lucia Dove's Vloed. And very beautiful they both look. Can't wait to get reading!

🎙 Is this thing on? Is Publishing Twitter (X?!) still a thing? If your answer is yes, your voice is probably what we're looking for! If you work in UK publishing, we would love if you could take 10 minutes today to complete our 2025 workforce survey: forms.gle/ow1m83wj6B9PVE…

I’ve a new book being published! ‘From the Sea’ is a journey into watery and endangered worlds & includes stories from Eating to Extinction + new material. Most thrilling is that it’s part of a series: ‘Oceans, Rivers & Streams’ which explores humanity’s relationship with nature

Salt chapel double act. Loved seeing my ' Beneath the Jetty' photograph paired with an amazing painting by Andrew Hall of the same scene at low tide, at the 61st Essex Open launch. The huge and diverse exhibition is up until February Beecroft Art Gallery #estuary