I am in love with this poem by Hollie McNish (from her new book ‘Lobster’, which I am also in love with).

ME: I’m looking for funding for my prison-based creative writing workshops.

ARTS COUNCIL: OK. What is the name of this project?

ME: Prose and cons.

ARTS COUNCIL: Get out.

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And they’re off. Whole school ascent of Loughrigg Fell in support of ⁦St Mary's Hospice Ulverston 💙⁩ . Lovely to have so many helpers and ⁦Grasmere WI⁩ with us.

Got a bit carried away with the book buying over Easter. Thank you to Shelf Editions Page 45 Bookends Keswick www.bookscumbria.com and Sam Read Bookseller.

The deliberate and cynical destruction of Sure Start stands out - against stiff competition - as one of the worst long-term policy decisions taken by a British government in recent decades.

Unbelievable.

A fantastic picture book that explores the many questions children have when someone dies.

I know Simon Smith and Stephen Connor are fans of this.

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