Barnes Bridge and the Thames, from The Terrace, London SW13, a couple of days ago… (Love those trees!)

In season 10 of the taut thriller '24', retired federal agent Jack Bauer resurfaces as a small press publisher, tasked with his most difficult mission yet: to sell a single copy of a poetry book in a 24-hour period

An actual full time literature job that is actually permanent in an actual University, actually: The James Murray Beattie Lecturer in Fantasy Literature at University of Glasgow jobs.ac.uk/job/DHA014/jam…

DWP is demanding more than £11,000 from single mum Karina Moon who cares for her disabled daughter. She got Carer's Allowance but earned between 50p and £3 a week over the limit for more than three years and must pay all of it back bit.ly/43UxwgJ

Listen this Sunday on BBC Radio 3 to a special programme on Jesus' Blood. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… 'The story of an old man's voice on a discarded spool of tape and Gavin Bryars' iconic composition Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.' April 14th 19:15.

From the Thames towpath in SW London earlier (don’t know what the plant is though…)

A rare opportunity to hear Serbian novelist Vladimir Arsenijevic in Belfast 17 April Seamus Heaney Centre in conversation with Misha Glenny 👇🏼

The race to the BTOM continues... theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

A review of Gogmagog in the Wall Street Journal. Please check it out.
Angry Robot Simon Spanton

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The Bull’s Head, The Terrace and Barnes Bridge on the River Thames, London, at 7:15 pm today

Back of my Polling Card for local elections. For 1st time, photo ID is required. Card gives many options for elderly or those with disability. None, NONE, for younger or student voters. The policy is simply biased against younger voters, designed to suppress their vote.

The Voter ID policy is designed to stop young people voting.👇🏻

Don’t let them win!

To vote in May, sign up here for free ID before 24/4.

electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele…

You will then be set up for the General Election whenever it comes. 👍🏻

If Twitter did scratch’n’sniff…

Today over 100 people, protesting privatization, turned out for the Read In at Huntington Beach Public Library. Patrons visiting the library overwhelmingly said NO to outsourcing by a for-profit corporation.

I've interviewed 300+ crime writers for page, podcast, or onstage. I've read & reviewed many hundreds more. To me, Garry Disher is one of the greats, tho like Mick Herron & Don Winslow he's been a long-time critical darling before becoming a bestseller: theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Thames in SW London at ten-to-six tonight…

So different from yesterday! This is not a B&W photo!

Very proud to have an essay in this beauty alongside Rachael de Moravia Tony White #SusanaMedina Matthew Turner owain vince et al. Now available to read Close-Up Cinema film library, London, also available to order online here: richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-hinge…