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I am home. At home. Eating peanuts & making my own good coffee au creme. Pot au feu. 4/9/57

Bro are you ok? I noticed you are wearing the bottoms of your trousers rolled

We were delighted to speak with Maurice Riordan for our podcast about his new Selected Poems (Faber Books), chosen by Jack Underwood. Maurice discussed the selection, poems about the held moment, scepticism & his interest in scientific methods. Listen now: bit.ly/riordanpodcast

drank gingerale 4/11/53

Why does Virginia Woolf describe her memories as 'little corks that mark a sunken net'? My research rabbit hole regarding C19th Cornish fishing nets led to an interesting discovery... At last, my paper from the 2022 Woolf conference is out (open access!): open.clemson.edu/vwoolfselected…

“Water is also being used as a weapon of war. In early March…Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant. The situation now could not be more desperate. ‘Gaza is a killing field’.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I may be biased but I don’t think I’m wrong in saying that Ignition put out some of the best poetry pamphlets 🔥- and now I’m super excited to be working with Niall Munro to edit the next batch. Get those manuscripts ready! We’re excited to see what you’ve got 💥

“If inspiration stays away for too long, I begin creating nets of words in the hope of catching it, hanging bottles on low bushes to attract it.” - Les Murray, interviewed in The Paris Review, 2005

Over gables the moon's celestial onion Hangs high. 1956

A new study out of Germany found that nearly 40% of elite athletes across several sports had reduced performance lasting >4 months after acute COVID-19. This was despite the majority having mild acute infections and none of the athletes having pre-existing health conditions.

Please sign our petition to protect vulnerable people in healthcare. We have two weeks left to get signatures. 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

The Lyra Bristol Poetry returns to Bristol this weekend until Sunday 4 May! ✨ Expect readings, discussions, walking tours and so much more across six leading arts venues To celebrate, here are a few events we're particularly looking forward to involving University of Bristol colleagues [1/4]

Here's the stunning cover of In the Lily Room, the debut #poetry collection by Erica Hesketh now available to pre-order. Artwork by Laxmi Hussain buff.ly/fzIuQDh "poems of great skill, daring and beauty" Line up your copy: buff.ly/u5GgZwc

Oh my GOODNESS — my first author’s copy of ‘The Roma’ has arrived. I am stunned by how beautifully produced it is. I keep running my fingers over its cover. I cannot believe that after all this time, it’s finally here 💚♥️💙

Thread. An honour to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers thecuraeprize.uk We are so proud of you all - and of ALL our entrants

The Poetry Submission window is open. Send your poems for consideration to Under the Radar. Click in this link for full details: ninearchespress.com/magazine Get to know our flagship magazine by buying the latest (Issue 34), as either paper or digital: ninearchespress.com/shop.html#!/Un…

Submissions will re-open on Tuesday 6th May. We are looking forward to reading your work.

Long Covid rates continue to rise. Clean air reduces transmission and sickness. Please sign and share x petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

My latest for The Guardian, a round up of poetry collections coming in May; some fine work here: theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

Happy to share some events I will be doing upon publication of ‘The Roma’. Thank you to my wonderful publicist Jessie Jessie Spivey for this lovely design. We will update and share further details soon, and hope to see many of you there. Some signup links below 👇