Things are getting heated up on LinkedIn right now

Local planners: 7 years and $1.2 million. #Beavers: just vibes and sticks. Nature's engineers get it done. No permits required

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Was good to be in King’s Cross today working with a group of kids writing poems and generally having a laugh

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Anybody trying to make me work for free should be aware, any time spent on your job is taking me away from binge listening to true crime podcasts

I wonder whether I could get an Ai to submit poetry for me throughout the year

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Saturday night

Trump did a liz truss

Just look at the speaking skills here. Authentic and powerful.

Here’s todays reason why young people are great - ‘I wrote this poem in a place called Wigan’ .’ ‘Oh is that a wig shop?’ ‘No.’ ‘Oh that’s a kind of place that only serves vegetables.’ ‘No that’s vegan.’ ‘This is Wigan and it’s a place up north.’

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It‘s difficult and painful to have eyes on everything, to witness everything, to try to interrupt all the destruction. But if we look away for even a few minutes, even to look at a different emergency, it creates opportunity for more and greater harm. 😞😢

Wow I loved this essay

Incredibly proud of the adults spread for my kid’s party. Mutton rolls, samosas, chewda, unlimited beer. Let’s goooooo f the kids

Spotify discovery has slowly disintegrated into something so worthless I can barely find a single song I think is good. I mean literally I used to look forward to that playlist.

If you’re feeling down and out just think, steve backshall is probably doing something you can never afford in a country you never been because he’s an explorer

This is wild to say. But I actually only have LinkedIn on my phone and it is the most interesting chats I’ve had online for a long time

Guys. I didn’t win the national poetry prize. I want to thank my parents, God and all the people who have stuck with me throughout. What a great feeling.

It must be such a complex bunch of emotions to own a Tesla. U were trying to save the world but you ended up supporting a dystopian broken world. It’s wild.

Still thinking about the young people’s show I saw someone. A host did the greatest intro in the world, it went like this: ‘How many people love their grandparents? Well you’ll love this introducing … to the stage’ *poet comes out & says* This one is about my grandfather who died last year.

@tortoisemedia.bsky.social and lucky boy is such a great listen. Brilliant storytelling capturing the nuance of a horrific case. It really struck a chord with me, how many men’s abuse was ignored.

I feel like the world’s ability to feel empathy has been rotted over time.

One week getting up at 5.45 each day is enough for me to say ‘I hate world book day’ ;)

World book day. World book week … 5 days of getting up for the start of school is enough for me

On the tube, Two young ppl high lightly tapping peoples knees with a dildo. It’s a real first.

Being in a school assembly with John Hegley feels like a high point of the year / decade / life … the children were in the palm of his hand. Such an inspiration

As you get older it gets harder to keep up with the freelance life. Sickness and general wear and tear means it can be a slog

The richard Scott episode of the podcast is one of the fastest listened to ones I ever had. Go check it out

I’ve always thought of myself as a left leaning person. Literally I’ve been an activist on the left for my life. But recently I gotta say that the left is a lot harder to sit and hang out in. It doesn’t feel as welcoming a space, a space lacking unconditional love and connection. Somethings lost

I am so tired of trying to organise my gigs. It’s wild how tight the diary has to be, it’s exhausting. I just don’t know if it’s neurological or what but something makes me continue to slip up… it’s maddening

If I was paid for every application I’ve ever filled out. I would probably not have to work for a couple of years.

It’s wild… every yr in Birmingham an event brings together all the young poetry collectives from across unis. I often meet and speak to the future poets there. I hear about challenges. There, I can see poets coming together and plotting a life of contacts in the arts. They lost their funding ?!?!

My kid calls a basketball, a bastard ball

Sometimes the best thing about going to the theatre is the conversations you have with other audience members in the theatre

Happy to be at magic me today. Jamming with other artists

One of the wildest things about travelling in Asia is the fact u can get a five star hotel with breakfast for 100 quid and it is in a class of its own. Then you’re here looking to get a shepherds hut in a field and it costs 217 pound for a night. Like what the hell happened?!?

I am doing a series of acts to try to be happier. Today i ran again and remembered how good it makes me feel. Tomorrow I will try to talk to a stranger. Will post the results as they go

Richard Scott’s new book is hell fire … the dude can write… like really write

Sometimes I think it is better to never publish your first book. Instead just enjoy the grants and access to money for unpublished writers. The courses, the magazines, the support network.

Our publishing list for 2025/26 💫

The thing about most of my mates is, they build trips to make holidays the best and most memorable moments ever. I’m trying to make my entire life the best and most memorable moments ever