Re #AileyOToole - plagerism obviously ought to be discouraged, but it's very hard to make your mistakes in public. There are lots of things I'm not proud of, but have been lucky enough to do them in private. Public shaming is the dark side of Twitter. #empathy

A very moving poem by Reuben Roy Smith for this week's #britishlifeinpoetry, taken from the #NHS70 Poems for the NHS published by @OnslaughtPress. Take a look to see how poetry can truly show the 'world in a grain of sand'. wp.me/P9NR1M-5y

Sometimes they make it all the way to being Individual No 1 - BBC News - 'Self-promoters' do nothing but still get ahead at work bbc.co.uk/news/education…

A beautifully put together book - get hold of one before they're all gone!

This is why the hard Brexiteers can't be trusted. Varadkar is saying exactly the opposite of what Rees-Mogg is saying he's saying.

Appropriately, this week's #britishlifeinpoetry is a delightful poem about the miracle of childbirth by poet and novelist Ali Thurm (from the @OnslaughtPress anthology Poems for the NHS). Grab some Christmas sustenance here wp.me/P9NR1M-5G.

It feels right to end the year in which the NHS turned 70 with a poem for #britishlifeinpoetry by Beda Higgins celebrating the people who keep it running. It's also just a lovely piece of writing. Read it here: wp.me/P9NR1M-5O @OnslaughtPress #poemsforthenhs #NHS70

Great fun to be part of the Mary Evans Picture Library picture library Poems and Pictures blog - the photo paired with The Old Whaler, Jonah is almost exactly what I had in my head when I wrote the poem. Many thanks to blog editor Gill Stoker! maryevans.com/poetryblog.php

Happy twelfth night (or was that yesterday?). Either way, hope you had a great festive period and are starting the new year with optimism. #britishlifeinpoetry wp.me/P9NR1M-5V

poetrysociety.org.uk/event/poems-fo… I'll be reading at this *free* event at the The Poetry Society Poetry Cafe Covent Garden this Thursday at 7pm. Come along and support Poems for NHS! Produced by Matt Barnard and @OnslaughtPress

Come to this free event poetrysociety.org.uk/event/poems-fo… at the The Poetry Society Poetry Cafe this Thursday at 7pm to hear wonderful poems from the @OnslaughtPress #PoemsfortheNHS anthology, poems like the one in this week's #britishlifeinpoetry by Roger Bloor. wp.me/P9NR1M-63

Yes, it's a wonderful poem and we were delighted to be able to include it. And @Sarahj_Bryson read it beautifully at our The Poetry Society cafe London launch.

Great to see this considered review of @onslaughpress #PoemsfortheNHS by LondonGrip. londongrip.co.uk/2019/01/celebr…

Very pleased to use a fab poem by Julian Bishop for this week's #britishlifeinpoetry. It was a recent prizewinner in the Poetry School Ginkgo Prize for ecopoetry, a vital subject for poetry in these troubling times. Read the poem here: wp.me/P9NR1M-6a

Can a website be an institution already? Yea or nay, very pleased Anatomy of a Whale has been reviewed by @DandWpublishing on one of the best, @WriteOut_Loud. To read the review and then explore all the other amazing resources, follow this link writeoutloud.net/public/blogent…

I'm looking for a cartoonist to collaborate on a political cartoon - contacts /suggestions please. #Brexit

Fantastic time to support (or discover) one of London's best short story institutions with Liars' League's lockdown event on 14th April (including a new story from me). More details here: liarsleague.com/liars_league/ #shortstories #story #fiction #amreading #amwriting #writing #free

Many thanks to Liars' League, Katy Darby & all writers and actors for fab Liar's League event yesterday. Special thanks Silas Hawkins for his wonderful rendition of my story The Blue Man of the Minch. If you missed it catch up here liarsleague.com/liars_league/2….

Moral question: If the Supreme Court decides that presidents can't be prosecuted for crimes committed while in office, should Biden have Trump assassinated?