Sunday lunchtime in #Bradford. Come and join Reeta Chakrabarti and me #Brontes #books #writers

Funny old world when the powers-that-be decline to use their might to halt the Gaza killing fields, but drag a 27-year-old rapper before a judge on daft terrorist charges #Kneecap #Gaza e-pages.dk/irishindepende…

MORAL PANIC KNEECAP are doing what hypocritical governments are afraid to do – calling out genocide Martina Devlin independent.ie/opinion/commen…

I never tire of #London

Another fine piece from Martina Devlin

Enjoying my wander around ⁦Bradford City⁩ - convinced it’s England’s friendliest city. (Yes mush is a greeting apparently!) #CityofCulture2025 #Bradford2025

Moved by poignant, funny, sad #LGBTQ+ storytelling ⁦Polari Literary Salon⁩ ⁦Bradford Literature Festival⁩ ⁦Wallers Brewery⁩ from⁦⁦Paul McVeigh Writer⁩ and @vg8083 were rock n roll @paulburston1 MC’d

Whirling Dervishes from Turkey were mesmerising ⁦⁦Bradford Literature Festival⁩ ⁦University of Bradford⁩. Sufi mysticism met the contemporary world and the contemporary world went wow

Lovely time reading at Polari Literary Salon at Bradford Literature Festival with Paul Burston @paulburston.bsky.social & VG Lee and more and lovely seeing Martina Devlin who came to support and is doing an event today on her new novel on Charlotte Brontë - check it out

Talking Charlotte Bronte with ⁦Reeta Chakrabarti⁩ (right) and Helen Meller of #thebrontesociety ⁦Bradford Literature Festival⁩ Brontë Parsonage Museum⁩ ⁦The Lilliput Press⁩

It was good to talk! Great event Bradford Literature Festival

Honeybee in our garden today. Makes your heart sing.

Excellent piece by Martina Devlin Bonfire bigotry has been allowed to fan the flames of hatred for far too long independent.ie/opinion/martin…

The Parades Commission in #NorthernIreland has been a success. Why not set up a Bonfires Commission? My column #bonfires #12July e-pages.dk/irishindepende…

I’m here and it’s great - they’ve switched the weather on especially for it and everyone talks to you! #Kerry #Anam #Tralee

⁦Fascinating chat from Lisa Harding⁩ about her pivot from acting to writing #TheWildelings and other books at Anam Tralee. Anne O’Neill (left) interviewed her. anamtralee.ie #books #writers #arts

Welcome to Kerry Martina

Traffic warning Tralee style #ANAM

#Tralee on a sunny Saturday #ANAM

Sure where else would you want to be on a sun-drenched weekend? With Carlo Gébler and ⁦Anne O' Neill.⁩ #ANAM #Tralee arts festival #Kerry