The next North Sea poets workshop is Gods of the Word - Poetry's Best-Kept Secret with Lisa Brockwell ✍️ 🗓️ Saturday 21st June 🎟️ £35/£25 Book your spot: buff.ly/Z3MEeoc #NorthSeaPoets #PoetryCommunity #PoetryWorkshop

Happy publication day to the superstar that is Fiona Cummins

innocent ignorance of Housing Association HomeGroup, means these swifts can’t get to their chicks&nests thanks to insulation being installed across 100+houses in Bridgehill, Durham. This is a wildlife crime&work needs to stop now. ⁦The Northern Echo⁩ ⁦Durham County Council⁩

Fantastic event!

Look what my late son Eddie's friends have done: a joke book! To raise funds for Meningitis Research - meningitis research. I hope you get one. Click on the link. meningitis.org/shop/products/…

Eileen Mary Nearne MBE, known by her SOE codename "Rose," conducted clandestine radio operations in occupied France during the Second World War. However, she was captured. She was imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she declined to perform prison labour. As a

Sergeant Mohammad Hussain passed away earlier today. He was from Gujjar Khan, Punjab. Pakistan. He was one of our last WW2 veterans. He served in one of the most effective divisions of WW2. The 8th Indian division played a strategic role in the defeat of the German army in

Emilienne Moreau-Evrard stood as a French heroine across both World Wars I and II. During the Second World War, she played a courageous role in the Brutus Resistance network, risking her life, and ranks among the six women awarded the prestigious Ordre de la Libération medal.

Us too!

And, for a while, between the two of us, Dying became so very ordinary, like candy or tacos or semantics, And death itself suddenly just this obnoxious third-wheel … —Nathaniel Whittemore rattle.com/death-and-taco…

These swifts got too hot, ejected themselves from their nest&died. If you find a chick alive I can talk you through how to help. May their little lost lives be a warning for us to help wildlife through this hot weather. Put shallow dishes of water out.

RAF veteran Wayne moved from Barbados to the UK aged 8, joining his Windrush-generation parents. Like so many others who came to Britain then, he made significant contributions, rising through the ranks and breaking barriers as the first black Warrant Officer to complete IOT.

The National Windrush Monument designed by Basil Watson was unveiled at Waterloo Stn in 2022 by Alford Gardener and other #Windrush pioneers. I was proud to be in charge of overseeing and establishing its creation. Happy #WindrushDay but the scandal needs to be resolved urgently

🚨COVER REVEAL ALERT!🚨"The Northern Gravy Anthology for Young Readers - Edited by Jonny Syer" is going through the final checks with our publisher Valley Press and writers. You can pre-order yours now from our shop for a discounted price: northerngravy.com/shop/

A sparrowhawk just flew into my kitchen. And also, this happened. #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect #NatureNeedsYou #Conservation ⁦Elliott & Thompson⁩ ⁦The Wainwright Prizes⁩

🗡#CWADaggers And the ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger 2025 WINNER is… KATY MASSEY, for ‘All Us Sinners’ (Sphere)

'For us left-handers the end is where we start from ... We read back towards that enticing first poem the author spent hours agonising over.' Now Read On – John Glenday on Paying Attention northseapoets.substack.com/p/now-read-on📰 #NorthSeaPoets #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

Word on the street is we're pretty much at capacity for tomorrow night's film showing - thank you! Hull Libraries have confirmed the (licenced) cafe will be open, so fill your boots!