1 year ago TODAY my swift brick petition closed with 110k signatures leading to a proposal supported by experts.
WHY no action?

'Apparently Rishi Sunak doesn’t like the idea&has blocked it.' - Zac Goldsmith

Our PM doesn't want to save our icons of summer from extinction.

My Search Press Books 🎨🧶📚 #cyanotype book arrived early and it's resting on this shelf in Sam Read Bookseller like an exhausted swift after a long journey. I hope it doesn't nest too long though!
(available in all good bookshops and my website )

THE ROCKETSHIP NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Due to continuing construction work & road works on our street, we are experiencing unprecedented financial challenges. Use RocketshipMayDay as a coupon on the website for 25% of everything until May 6th! Thank you.
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/

Just been to a scarecrow festival with the theme of sci-fi. I was unprepared for how folk horror it was.
A thread 🧵 of images...

OUR SWIFTS ARE ON THEIR WAY HOME! ⁦Michael Gove⁩ THIS is the time to act. Say 👍 to a swift brick requirement in Building Regs as the most EPIC #welcome #home from you our Sec of State for #shelter . Our home is their 🏡⁦Zac Goldsmith⁩ &Brits would🕺in the streets!

Book!
#cyanotype instagram.com/reel/C6Tlla5vP…

Time once again for my occasional series 'Women with great hair fleeing gothic houses!'

Let's see what's in the library shall we...

Great bookshop run by lovely people, don't miss it if you're ever nearby.
#Sedbergh

To celebrate our 10th birthday, we're giving away this HARIO bundle worth over £200.

Enter here: rountoncoffee.co.uk/pages/competit…

This competition closes at 23:59 on April 30th and we'll be contacting the winner directly week commencing May 6th.

#hariouk #competition #coffeeuk

If you’re feeling a bit lost or need reminded you’re just where you need to be, you can now locate yourself with this handy #YouAreHere map marker in the window of Sam Read Bookseller. Selfies encouraged!

Meet Marnie, Michael and an epic walk on the Coast to Coast... Happy publication day to David Nicholls and new novel #YouAreHere Sceptre Books! *signed* indie editions in the bookshop window... samreadbooks.co.uk/product/YouAre…

One of my favourite ever albums! If only I had a record player

Terribly worded poster, but joshing aside it would only take homelessness back to what it was in 2010 when the Tories came into power

For Guardian Saturday, I wrote about long walks, books with maps, melancholy, even - why not - the Moomins. Thanks Merope for commissioning this, which is a little more personal than usual, and Cian Oba-Smith for struggling up Helm Crag. The glamour! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Art bookshops - a powerful presence

“True friends are never apart. Maybe in distance but never in heart…” Thanks to all the postboxes around the world for helping to bridge the gaps. Happy #PostboxSaturday , everyone! ☺️📮💌

'You can't pick up a phone and call the future and tell them about our times. You have to pick up a piece of paper.' - Garrison Keillor. #handwriting #letters

Can you help? From the 101 highly creative composited we need to select 12 for the calendar and 60 for the journal. Which ones are your favourites?
There are 6 pages (!!!) of excellent work, so this is difficult!
Check them all out:
alternativephotography.com/calendar-journ…
Comment here!

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