But what about the designer spectacles?!

If you’re around Preston and want a fun evening at Waterstones with my editor interviewing me, tickets are available until Sunday - here’s the link - we have to get 15 tickets sold by Sunday afternoon or they’re cancelling the event 😢 waterstones.com/events/in-conv…

R.I.P. Maggie Smith. Seen here on the Parkinson show with Kenneth Williams, reading one of John Betjeman's poems (Death In Leamington) to Betjeman himself.

Such heartbreaking news. A mackintosh square will forever be at her disposition on a distant hill overlooking Florence. Rest in peace, Dame Maggie Smith. 🕯️

This is the first time I have criticised Jim Pickard 🐋 in a full decade of praise, promoting his stuff, engaging professionally, even interviewing the team on Greensill. The first time. This is the deputy political editor of the Financial Times. Is the entire press corps having a breakdown?

Corrie Hermann last heard her father play his cello 85 yrs ago: he was murdered by Nazis and his cello lost. After years searching, I’ve found his #cello. Today Corrie, 92, hears it for the first time since she was 7 yrs old! Listen at 1:53:17! BBC Radio 4 Today bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

A recent stocktake has revealed a small number of ‘slightly scuffed’ copies of Longbarrow hardbacks, inc. collections by Nancy Gaffield, Rob Hindle, Fay Musselwhite, Matthew Clegg & more. We’re offering these at half price (until Monday). Order here: longbarrowpress.com/current-public…

With all the focus on Keir Starmer's freebies almost nobody is asking about who is really funding the man most likely to soon be his opposite number adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-skeleton…

And I scrolled quite a long way down and not one mention of Leonard Cohen

Young cowboy, Newcastle, 1950s, by Jimmy Forsyth.

#TheWhiskeyTree was never about comfort. Poets like Karen Pierce Gonzalez Paul Robert Mullen Mary Earnshaw confronted their craft head-on, creating a collaborative journey full of friction & innovation. #UntamedIdentity thebrokenspine.co.uk/2024/09/29/the…

A4 og Hitchcock painting £90 free shipping in UK plus shipping everywhere else Dms are open Reposts appreciated #Art #Artforsale #Painting #Portrait #Hitchcock #Icon #Horror #Commissionsopen

Last day for our ‘Slightly Scuffed’ offer: Longbarrow hardbacks, inc. collections by Nancy Gaffield, Rob Hindle, Fay Musselwhite, Matthew Clegg and more, at half price. Unlike crowdfunding, you actually get something useful through your door. Order here: longbarrowpress.com/current-public…

Delighted to have work in Wave 1 and to be one of the 14 poets. Beautiful little volumes of words...

I have a little poem, 'Stolen belongings 'in this, the third and final Untamed of Wave 1 about Identity. Thank you to the 13 poets who've made this project so interesting and even challenging! And especially Alan Parry for making it happen and inviting me to be part of it.

Honoured to have a poem in this visionary collection UNTAMED IDENTITY – now available from The Broken Spine - Support Us on Ko-fi!! It's been a joy working with these 13 talented poets on #TheWhiskeyTree series. Ty EIC Alan Parry & congrats to all involved ❤️ Order yours today! #WritingCommunity

🌿 The Whiskey Tree (Wave 1) trilogy is complete! Untamed Identity is the final, bold instalment exploring the shifting nature of self. Edited by Alan Parry, featuring 14 remarkable poets. Order your copy now on Amazon: #Poetry #UntamedIdentity shorturl.at/HJxUL

Well, well, well...

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