Loving this short, but hefty Wendy Cope punch. Effectively my life, too..

‘every wisp of cloud in the wide, blue, East Anglian sky’

Morning - €16,500 and almost half way there.

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I was at this demo - anyone who was could see exactly what was happening. Had also lived by then in South Yorkshire for 3y watching what she’d done there, too. And fighting her scrapping student grants. If you were poor you were beyond screwed. Keir Starmer should apologise.

Today’s poem is called ‘Slow Puncture’.

Today’s poem is for anyone opening the first window of their advent calendar this morning.

It’s called ‘The Good Old Days’.

RIP to the finest poet, Shane MacGowan. Love to family and friends of the genius fella ❤️ news.sky.com/story/the-pogu…

A letter I found, walking in a deserted country lane. Nat forgives and understands Ben, even though he’s told her to forget about him (because he’s bad news), she knows his heart. It’s not a declaration of love, but of deep friendship. I so hope it was discarded accidentally..

Today’s poem comes from ‘Days Like These’. It’s the entry for 16th August, the day Elvis Presley died in 1977.

Well, according to some, he did; others claim to have spotted him in a variety of different places and roles ever since.

Mull of Kintyre by Dusty Springfield👀

(no 1 for about 4y if I remember correctly.. *twitches*)

Today’s poem is called ‘Remembrance of Things Pasta’.

Sometimes you just have to bow down before genius

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #BookerPrize2023 is Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.

Huge congratulations to Paul Lynch. 🎉

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Readers, intellectuals, historians! What's a famous work of history/biography written by a bystander, a minor player, an off-stage observer, a Rosencrantz & Guildenstern?

Reply Guy comedians can get to fuck.

Word of the day is 'dumfungled' (19th century): worn out, used up, and totally spent. See also 'depooperit' and 'forswunk'.

And the wait is finally over... We are thrilled to announce, the first ever Nero Book Awards shortlists 🤩

Find out more at: nerobookawards.com/2023shortlist/

Individual category shortlists coming soon... 🧵

This news has literally blown me out of the ocean - I never thought awards & prizes were for writers like me, so this shortlist announcement I dedicate to every one of you that grew up in rural poverty and who think that their story doesn't matter, let me tell you, it bloody does

📢 Wolf Hall is returning for a thrilling final act!

Starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips and Lilit Lesser, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning trilogy

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Word of the day is ‘blutterbunged’ (19th-century English dialect): confounded, bemused, or totally overcome by surprise.