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My husband’s best friend jumped in front of a train in May. Maybe if we spoke about these things out loud, there might be more openness, more understanding, and more hope. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #SuicidePrevention #SuicidePreventionDay samaritans.org/support-us/cam…

I totally misread this and thought: well, that’s a bit steep. All I had to do was a couple of fundraising assemblies for Children in Need

🎭 REVIEW 🎭 Vanessa Oakes' new play, Mademoiselle F - currently playing at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry - explores isolation, mental health (OCD) and our connection with the natural world. "Absorbing and compassionate." westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-ma…

I loved Murder, She Wrote in which a middle aged woman without a husband or children lived a really full, exciting life and kept being invited to things even though people dropped dead at every house party she attended. RIP wonderful Angela Lansbury.

What a career. What a legacy.

Whenever I hear the USA national anthem

I’m an author in a movie. After settling at my immaculate desk I stare into the middle distance for a moment before beginning to type. I don’t stop until I have an impressive stack of printed pages next to me. I don’t check Twitter or Instagram and I am always dressed.

I’ve always loved this advice from Lydia Davis For a while I was doing this regularly, and I found it really helpful, and then I fell out of the habit, but I really do think it can be useful if you have the discipline to not immediately move from writing to something else

It’s the holy hand grenade of Antioch

Read a book because you've always meant to read it. Read it because someone has told you it's good. Read it because someone has told you it's awful! Read it because you like the cover. It's all good.

Cope and waste this into a quite sweet, clanging ode belter each tile until the original leaning is upintelligible

We're calling on the new Labour Government to support our plans to make the North East the centre of creativity for the writing industries. Let's establish a Centre for Writing in Newcastle and reposition the industry's southern and London bias 💫 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Competition time! 🎷 To mark the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola's classic Gene Hackman-starring #TheConversation, we have a prize bundle to give away – including the new 2-disc 4K UHD boxset, plus 2x t-shirts and a keyring. Follow us and Repost this to enter. UK only!

The new Chicago Manual of Style is out and it's no longer required to mention place of publication. It's a sad day for Basingstoke.

when I have three deadlines in one day and then someone messages me asking if I can hop on a quick call

So who’s the lukewarm water?

The independent expert report on the interim evaluation of #HorizonEU is out. It outlines recommendations on how the #research & #innovation Programme can adapt to emerging challenges & maximize its value throughout the remainder of its implementation. Take a look ⬇️

A father’s love