Front line poets and the #Burma revolution at the FCCThai on 24 April at 7 pm with Aung Naing Soe & Joe Freeman - don't miss it! #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar In Myanmar, poetry and popular uprisings have long been intertwined, from anti-colonial movements to pro-democracy

Enough.

Dog enjoying the music.. 😊

Dreaming of our European trip! Whoop!

Just no.

The medieval nun and writer Hildegard von Bingen advised any male who had ‘uncontrollable lust’ to sit in a sauna bath with lettuce wrapped around his genitals.

According to a medieval textbook, the best way to prove a garnet gemstone is real is to smear a naked man in honey and make him lie down next to a wasp or bee nest while holding one. If the insects don’t land on him, it’s real.

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And its rider's name was Death.

Penguin poo in Antarctica could help combat climate change. The ammonia present in Adélie penguins’ faeces contributes to cloud formation, which keeps the area from warming and slows down polar ice cap melting. ( 📷: Andrew Shiva)

Rather excited to be on the Raindance Film Festival Film Festival jury this year, looking for the Best UK Feature. This year's event runs from 18–27 June in London, and you can get your Festival Pass here raindance.org/courses/33rd-r…

Hurrah!!!

The oldest recorded version of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ was written in 1831. Instead of a little girl it features an ‘angry old woman’ who at the end of the story is impaled on the spire of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Nobody does this like the BBC. And it had lovely Alison on the cornet! She played some Duke Ellington at our wedding as we walked down the aisle

Woohoo! Show me what you make!

London calling again! Yay!

I want to tell you that I am very proud of kay plunkett-hogge and her new book, Siam, which comes out next year. She has written something extraordinary. I have been privileged to come along for the drive: 25,000 km all over the Kingdom. You’re going to love it.

Thank you! Could not have done it without you. X

For Fred Hogge

Aha! Cary Grant for Bond Myrna Loy for Bond Girl Peter Lorre as Villain Boris Karlof as the henchman...

Looking to sell this Kawasaki Ninja (green stripes). DM me for questions and interests.