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Hanging in a flag in your house is kind of a weird thing to do, isn’t it???

Yeah , so the whole ‘ I accidentally said ‘ island 🏝️ of strangers’ thing was accidentally on purpose. #KeirStarmer

Delighted to have Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷' support for statement of concern by children's authors, illustrators & educators on plight of children in Gaza & threats to right to protest in the UK. You can sign it to 👉 forms.gle/qgY4zeyw8fXTaF…

This shouldn't even warrant discussion, but for those fascinated by the ZP breast enlargement thing, he's explained that the Sun hack rang him & asked if he could make her boobs bigger & he said "I very much doubt it" & she said "Could you try anyway? We'll pay you..."

Wooo! Otter-Barry Books ftw!

ICYMI: Sphere Books has snapped up The Compass by Mandy Robotham (MandyRobothamUK/MJRobotham). The book will be a major highlight for Little, Brown at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 👇 ebx.sh/q46ESv

I think that Graham Linehan is beyond awful. We should not be arresting people for hateful things they say online. It's not a solution to these problems and trusting an increasingly authoritarian state to be the arbiter of acceptable speech is a major mistake.

The Labour Party You’ve spent more time attacking Zack Polanski in the last few hours than you’ve spent attacking Nigel Farage in the last year.

In the Philippines, it’s perfectly acceptable to take a nap at work.

Why does it take US politicians to hold Farage to account, while our journos just cringe and subserve?

Please Watch, Understand & take note: Not a single UK Media Organisation, Presenter, or Journalist EVER speaks to Farage like this. Every single time he speaks, He sets the agenda & it's *Always* on His terms. We're in the final act of a decade long Project to Weld him in as PM.

Reminder: Nadhim Zahawi got his lawyers to threaten a journalist when he was about to be exposed for failing to pay his own tax. "Hypocrisy" indeed.

Having my son help me write the new Astrosaurs graphic novel has been a lot of fun. Those revamped dinosaurs land at a bookshop near you TODAY!

Wahoooo it’s publication day for ‘Dragon Cat’. Poems for children written by the fab Pie Corbett illustrated by me and published by the good folk @otterbarrybooks . The collection is fantastic, I admire Pie, it was a real honour to illustrate.

Lovely tea party for children’s poets at The Poetry Society cafe this afternoon. So many poets I admire all in one space & really lovely to see so many fellow ZigZag Stanza poets. What joy!

Too little, if any, of the Angela Rayner coverage reflects the reality three editors have parked cars outside her homes and pursued her since and before the election. They got their target. But they choose who they take down, who they ignore, who they celebrate. And who they

They can think she was wrongfully imprisoned, sure. But they are giving a standing ovation to someone who said: "Set fire to all the fucking hotels full of the bastards for all I care." That tells you all you need to know.

A request to people who talk about children's books: before you say, 'we need more' of a certain kind of book, can you check that you've explored the books that are already out there? Perhaps these books *do* exist and you just haven't found them yet 🙏