EMERGENCY APPEAL: The Turgwe Hippo Trust urgently needs our help- High temp and low rain mean there is no food and for only the 6th time in 30yrs Karen has to feed the hippos- They urgently need funds to buy and store food. Please help if you can savethehippos.info/donate-to-help/

OLEANNA airs today on BBC Radio 3 19:30. This was such a joy to get to work on with Mark Bonnar thank you to Gary Brown for giving us the chance to explore this incredible piece of writing. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Sorry to spring this on you, but are you aware that ALL three series of #Guilt are on BBC iPlayer bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

I’m rather partial to it.

Written by the ultimate chap of words Neil Forsyth

I’m honoured to have been asked to be in this incredibly powerful play with the wonderful cecilia appiah It’s a remarkable piece of work that had audiences fighting in the stalls when first produced!

BBC Radio 3- Oleanna- Sunday at 730. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The wonderful Jess Phillips MP putting into words so eloquently the rage and frustration we all feel.

Available on Amazon in Kindle ebook NOW!!

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Karen is an amazing woman and her stories of life looking after the hippos are captivating. For order in SA from January and orders from Amazon, UK and US by March or on website: savethehippos.info by end January.
All profits go to Turgwe Hippo Trust. ♥️ 🦛

Thank you to everyone who's supported Cyrenians in 2023 - you made our year!

You are all stars - some literally! - looking at you Leith actors @Mark_Bonnar and Jamie Sives, who visited our FareShare depot in July to volunteer. Cheers lads!

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We are hugely saddened to hear of the death of the brilliant @OllyEmanuel

Mark and I were truly honoured to speak his wonderful words in A History Of Paper. Such a special job. We have lost a huge talent and lovely man. Our love goes out to his family and friends x

Anyone for tennis..? 😇

The ⁦Cyrenians⁩ is a charity that do wonderful work, helping people with all kinds of problems get back on their feet. This short film they’ve made is up for ⁦Charity Film Awards⁩ award. Please watch the film and vote for them. Thank you ☺️♥️ smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/building…

If you haven’t seen this yet, don’t deny yourself the pleasure. Or the memories #ShaneMacGowan

'The OBE means  Order of the British Empire.. I've been fighting against Empire all my life, I've been fighting against slavery and colonialism all my life.. so how can I then accept an honour that puts the word Empire onto my name? '

-Benjamin Zephaniah

Ah, the blessings of the cursed.
Shane McGowan’s torrid and mighty voice is mud and roses punched out with swaggering stagger, ancient longing that is blasted all to hell. A Bard’s bard, may he cast his spell upon us all forevermore.

John Byrne.

Shane McGowan, one of our greatest songsmiths and storytellers, has passed. This was the deal for the devil finally getting Kissinger; the better angels made him quit-claim on any piece of Shane's immortal and poetic soul.

M.E. is such a misunderstood condition and the funding for research and help for those suffering is tiny. Please help by giving what you can and spreading the word ♥️ #MECFS

If Duncan Hunter and Jimmy Perez had dug around their family trees, they would’ve discovered their grandads were pals a long time ago.. a long way away..☺️ #theresbeenamurder

The final series of Guilt is back on iPlayer.