Her name was Yoda,
A showgirl she was.

#StarWarsDay

Siobhán is pronounced exactly how it’s spelled in the Irish language

POEM

there are dogs
in polling stations,
or sitting outside,

waiting
for their democratic right
to exercise

#dogsatpollingstations

And here’s one last list of places... places I’ll be performing my one-man show of global idioms (in list form) in the coming weeks. Please come along if you’re nearby

hardest part of beekeeping is thinking of all the names

Tickets have gone on sale for this year’s Ledbury Poetry Festival. There’s a great line-up. That aside, I’m reading poems there, too: on 30th June.

And a full list of my remaining shows this year - only ten to go now - can be found here: brianbilston.com/events/

Ledbury Poetry

What’s it like living with anxiety:

Norwich, you were a blast. Thanks for such a top evening.

The next time
Henry Normal and I will be reading poems together will be at the Brighton Festival on 15 May.

In the interim, I’m off for a few of solo gigs in Cornwall & Devon.

Details here:
brianbilston.com/events/

Here are the top 5 times:

1. 7:32pm (indisputably the best time)
2. 2:44pm (has its critics but an all-round excellent time)
3. 9:51pm (not too early, not too late)
4. 3:07am (chances of being required to attend a meeting at 3:07am? Low)
5. 11:38am (the connoisseur's lunch time)

Stop The Boats? #RwandaNotInMyName
Nah... instead let's...

STOP THE TORIES

Our tactical voting website has just launched for the local elections on May 2nd.
Just type in your postcode and let us do the rest
TRY IT NOW
Stopthetories.vote

Pls RT RT
Thank you

Thank you, Ilkley, for a splendid night at the King’s Hall. What a lovely audience you were.

Tonight, we’re in Henry Normal’s hometown of Nottingham, reading poems at a sold out Playhouse.

Then Norwich on Wednesday. There are a few tickets left: norwichartscentre.co.uk/event/spoke-pr…

And here’s a link to those extra Brighton tickets if you fancy coming along …

brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Xwl-h…

Good ol' Twitter.

15 tickets left!

I’m fed up with people pointing out all the mistakes in my poetry so I’ve written them this poem; it’s called ‘Pedant’s’.

44 years ago today, history's greatest printing error was published in the Peterborough Standard

Liz Truss goes to a book group

Rob is brilliant. Do go and see him if you ever get the chance.

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

📣 We've just had a handful of seats released for Brian Bilston & Henry Normal at #kingshallilkley on Monday (22 April). Be quick, these tickets are likely to sell FAST!
🎫 👉 orlo.uk/cQysh