Really not enjoying the roller coaster teetering at the top of the hill of ‘terminally ill people have the right to die sooner’, overlooking ‘you’re a waste of space and a drain on the NHS after you turn 50 so please top yourself off and spare the rest of us your medical expense’

In the context of Starmer talking about how an ageing society is a challenge to the NHS, & how he wants a 'preventative' approach, this appalling decision to rush through assisted dying legislation stinks of 'cost cutting to save the NHS'. That is, killing old people to save £

Baking cakes for the local bell ringing competition, I have gone full Devon

Lovely blog post about our new book ‘Adventuremice: The Ghostly Galleon’ by my excellent co-author Philip Reeve: philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/advent… #Adventuremice 🐭🏴‍☠️⚓️

A little blog about our new book, Adventuremice: The Ghostly Galleon. philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/advent… Artwork by top co-author Sarah McIntyre

I’ll tidy my shop soon so it’s not showing sold-out items, only what’s left. But do visit it if you’d like to see how original art looks before it’s scanned and put into a book: sarahmcintyre.bigcartel.com I added 64 paintings, 41 have sold; thank you, buyers, for your support!💛

She's kept quiet that THE CHRISTMAS CARDS ARE IN!!! And oh my god they're the MOST gorgeous yet!!! Go go go!!!!

I'm sitting next to a Lincoln impersonator at the airport bar. He's watching MSNBC reporting on yesterday's assassination attempt. This is easily the most surreal thing I've ever witnessed.

Got to ringing practice a few minutes early this evening

Finally chatted to an old guy I see on the street most days and he said he always tells his daughter when he sees me, ‘that lady in the bright clothes wot rings the bells’ 😆

Adventuremice in Ashburton! 💛🐭🏴‍☠️⚓️💛

Just over a week until Thunder City is published in the UK. Thank you to everyone who's pre-ordered a copy! Here's a short blog about the background of the book: philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/thunde… (Cover by Ian McQue )

Doing some lino printing practise (and getting ink on my face)👍

Une nouvelle image pour la soirée !

Spud in the pub. Total Legend.

Chester people!! You are so lucky!

Yay! Adventuremice original artwork parcels are starting to arrive! 🐭💌 Still some left: sarahmcintyre.bigcartel.com/products

"It's peculiar to say that we grow out of pictures. If that were true, art galleries, the cinema and all other visual media would have had it long ago." From my piece about 3 sophisticated picturebooks in the new issue of @BooksforKeeps @greystonekids Neal Porter Matt Ottley

My exhibition - Neighbourhood - opens today at ōH Design Foundation in Chester. All work for sale. Please contact ōH for details - ohfoundation.uk

📣📣Calling all schools! Do you have a reading list for parents? Do you need one? We can put any list online for parents to click and order or can create one for you. Contact us on [email protected] for more information #readingforpleasure #readingcommunity