Help raise £1200 to fund Poetry for Palestine, a solidarity event in Canterbury, Kent, featuring award-winning poets.. Please #donate on @justgiving and RT. Thanks! justgiving.com/crowdfunding/d…

Privileged to have a quiet viewing of Caravaggio’s magnificent final painting ⁦National Gallery⁩ early this morning. Hung in isolation in a darkened room, this detail shows St Ursula observing an arrow piercing her chest. I thought I might faint with the intensity of it …

Today, on the death anniversary of Blair Peach’s murder, over 300 school children presented their extraordinary work - you will love Southall!

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The BELLA CALEDONIA crowdfunder is currently at 77% with 6 days left to go

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Collecting all the best “the rich will flee!” Scare stories here. DM me or list below 🙌🏼

🇵🇸✨Thanks to IMRAM, the poetry of Marwan Makhoul has been translated into Gaeilge!🔥On 25 April the poet arrives in Ireland for a 5-day visit & a series of multilingual readings in assoc w/ Poetry Ireland. Join us in Cork➡️ corkworldbookfest.com/event ✴️ #SaoirseDonPhalaistín

Mhairi Black says the mass graves uncovered in Ukraine were rightly condemned as Russian war crimes, and asks aren't the mass graves uncovered in Gaza a war crime too?

Dowden says there is no parallel between Israel and Russia ... as loud double-standards klaxon blares.
#PMQs

Jolly good neutrality, boys

Watched the Winehouse film.

BAD THINGS

Script
Acting
Singing
Cinematography
Treatment of addiction, ED, identity etc
Beginning
Middle
End

GOOD THINGS

Lauryn Hill getting her flowers

Zane Gbangbola: Concern over experiments near home of boy who died - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Today we remember Blair Peach. He was murdered while fighting the far right in Southall. We must continue to fight against all hatred and continue the struggle for justice.

Are there any poets who have written collections on a lived experience of homelessness/poverty? I've been asked by a charity to put forward several poets who'd be interested in taking part in a number of events later this year. DMs are open if people want to get in touch.

While most children receive school confirmations this week, SEN children will be once again at the back of the queue with additional classes only at early stages of planning. Looks like many SEN children may face delayed starts or entirely miss out on placements again this year

A message from Bernard: lnk.to/niRHOvaB

Photo by Warren Jackson

Great shortlist #TurnerPrize theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Hi The Booker Prizes, I really appreciate the transparency. The enslaved African people referenced are my family.

Josias & George did not 'manage' my family. They enslaved them. Thats why we STILL have their last name. They were enslavers, not 'managers'.

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Special anno - a tenx9 on Sat 27 April - the 18th birthday of the best venue Black Box Belfast 🥰
Some of our funniest storytellers with their funniest stories in one afternoon🤣
Join us for the most hilarious gig in town. And all true! 🎉 🎉

Something I'd appreciate. Anyone here who's completed a PhD by Published Works in Creative writing - as I cannot, globally, find anyone currently at work? I'd really appreciate a chat with someone. It's really about morale & self-belief. In that respect, I think I'm a bit stuck

Speaking of #memoir I forgot to post a pic of my recent Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery haul.

Sins of my Father Dr Lily Dunn, Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream, and Small Town Girl, which I can’t believe I’m only just getting to, Donna McLean.

Now to fit them in between PhD reading 😄

BREAKING: Israel has now killed 15,780 Palestinian children in Gaza, in just 200 days.

That’s 79 children killed per day, every single day, for nearly 7 months straight.

Read that again.