Broken Greek by Pete Paphides wins the Christopher Bland prize! A feat of a book, very funny, original. A brilliantly remembered take on how children are parented by music and pop culture. Lovely to be a judge. youtu.be/a1bxkaQX9Xo via YouTube Pete Paphides Royal Society of Literature

Dr. Deepti Gurdasani Thank you Deepti. I don’t understand why those with the power to make the right decisions don’t listen & act. Please keep going. The whole situation feels a bit like this beautiful piece of art, ‘The Mechanics of History.’ Please keep going 💕 youtu.be/FUE2qgx-xpM

I just signed the open letter calling on The Royal Family to rewild the land they own - they own huge swathes of it - to boost wildlife and fight the climate crisis. Will you add your name too? 💚💚 speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/roya…

Just posted a photo @ Chichester Festival Theatre instagram.com/p/CW5q642o8jn/…

Was working on the basis this week there had to be an upper limit on how many times I can watch this. Seems not. Day 3 and I’m still going. #normalmen CBBC

🌎🌱🍃🌳Happy Earth Day 🌳🍃🌱🌍 Fill your home with plants. They’re great company and clean the air 💚🌱🍃

I've voted for Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt - podfollow.com/1530701242 in the British Podcast Awards Listeners' Choice Award. Vote for your fave: britishpodcastawards.com/vote.

Lucky dip to brighten up your Wednesday morning wherever you are. instagram.com/reel/Cg1mEgbMZ…

🦁Nice lion. Brilliantly cartoony. The picture on the pall on the Queen’s coffin. You might have thought it was the Queen being kind to kids who were being made to watch the funeral with their parents. Like a sort of friendly face to look at with everyone about it so sad and grim

Just posted a photo @ Preston, Lancashire instagram.com/p/CnXnXM3IRWs/…

Just posted a photo @ Rutland instagram.com/p/CoVQbqAIFzc/…

Sugar beet blight. This appalling government, instead of supporting and subsidizing the 3000 sugar beet growers, has decided, against scientific and environmental advice to allow a prev-banned Novichok-to-bees pesticide. Sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6319…

This is horrifying. Investigators just confirmed that Russia has taken thousands of children from Ukraine and put them into Russian re-education camps. Please sign this petition to try to help stop this. 🇺🇦 fb.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk…

‘HER GREEN HELL’ SO GOOD! Based on a true story from the 70’s about a plane crash survivor - the plane chair, sycamore seed-like, helicopters her down to the rainforest. Written (brilliantly, and so well imagined) and directed by Emma Howlett The Vault Theatre. Highly recommend!

Lovely to visit @MrsMarshLibrary Henley-in-Arden School to talk about Albi The Glowing Cow Boy and to the students about their writing 🌿🌱🐮🌱🌿 Meat Free Monday

Lastly on this mini Midlands tour, here are pictures from LRC@HTHAcademy and the talk there. The students heard about Sock Monsters and Molly Moon and Albi. We had a great time. Thank you for having me Natalie Turnbull. 🌿🐮🌿and thank you Meat Free Monday for giving the school books.

After Henley-in-Arden School it was on to West Bromwich Collegiate Academy West Bromwich Collegiate Academy to talk about Albi and the writing that students were and are up to there. Copies of Albi kindly donated by (and thank you to ♥️) Meat Free Monday 🌱🐮🌱and thank you for having me, Janine Parkes!

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Children at HVHARTS Foundation. We worked on a few characters - Grackertufty, The Gobblers and Pancake. The SirHvHArts is a brilliant charity ‘inspiring a generation of young people by offering them a gateway to the arts’. Thank you debbi clark for having me!