Love this review! 💚🐍💚 Hogarth is my go-to primary source.

Goodness! DEATH AND THE HARLOT is currently number 9 in the Kindle chart for historical mysteries! Behind one of my all-time favourite historical novels. If you've not read it, now would be a LOVELY time to buy on Kindle - for less than a Greggs sausage roll. Let's push my baby to #1. ❤️

Ooh!! 💚

Another cracking review! Thank you - I really appreciate this! 💚🐍💚

😃 love this review. 💚💚💚

Cracker of a review here! Love that the reader captures what I hope I'm up to.

#IWD25 If you fancy reading a female protagonist, here's one. www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=death+an...

My first two novels are re-published today. ❤️💙❤️💙 Loving the new clothes. @VERVE_Books #HistFic #crimefiction #books

Preorder and Save - two of my favourite words. ❤️💙💚 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I'm exhausted, but the first draft of Lizzie Hardwicke book 4 has just gone to my editor and agent. I hate this bit - waiting for the first people to read the worst version of the novel. But, it can only get better from here. ❤️💙💚💜

Very sad. I had the honour to spend an evening with Tim at a conference dinner in Budapest ten years ago. Among his many achievements and scoops let us highlight his report on San Seriffe, published on April 1, 1977 www.theguardian.com/gnmeducation...

Farage insisting that he has an inside track to Trump while also not getting invited to the swearing in is bang on brand. As, sadly, is the fact that his dishonesty & humiliation will be ignored by much of the media.

Showing the true colours after, what, half an hour in power? Blimey.

This is a fascinating turn of events

A new ish #CathedralAngel today. It was painted in 2004 to celebrate the 1400th anniversary of the consecration of @rochestercathedral.bsky.social. See all of our amazing angels on the link below > bit.ly/CathedralAng... #CathedralAngels #CathedralAngel #Advent #Cathedrals

'How's that on a scale of medieval misogyny?' Ian Hislop tells Andrew Marr that Elon Musk is 'riddled with contradictions'.

Oh no, 9 days into 2025 and we're already revisiting the Print Revolution debate.

Lichfield looking picture perfect here! Must take a day trip over that way, soon ...

Good

I've been critical of Starmer, but he's been excellent today. I hope he maintains his newly-discovered backbone, and realises he's the FUCKING PRIME MINISTER, and can afford to take on the right wing media. In fact, he can't afford not to.

@sarramanning.bsky.social Please tell me you've seen this one:

⭐⭐⭐⭐Lizzie Hardwicke is a high class prostitute working from the house of the infamous Ma Farley who runs a tight ship. Ma's girls cater to wealthy men and when one of Lizzie's clients is found to have been murdered after he was kicked out of Ma's house, suspicion soon falls on Lizzie.... 💙📚👀

Winter solstice and the wind is blowing around the house. I'm indoors with a cup of tea and a mince pie, as nature intended.

Residency for a writer at any stage of their career who is writing a new piece of work for theatre, with private studio, on-site accommodation, and a weekly stipend of £350. DunsPlayFest will stage a scratch reading or rehearsed reading as part of PlayFest 2025. Other awards also. Please share

Stollen Bite

NEW: Nigel Farage’s biggest backer Christopher Harborne asked an associate to donate £50,000 on his behalf so that it would appear that the Brexit party had a broader donor base, according to messages seen by the FT. www.ft.com/content/8977...

Treat yourself for #Christmas with a dazzling #kindle deal! @unitedagents.bsky.social

Treat yourself for #Christmas with a dazzling #kindle deal! @unitedagents.bsky.social

It's such a big thrill to walk into my local @waterstones.bsky.social as a customer and be recognised by the staff as an author. They ask me how the next book is coming along and everything. Cheers me up, no end. #writing

And if you are a represented/published author, then consider following and cheering on these lovelies. I mean, we've been there/still kinda are there ...

Ok #querying / #editing writers - let’s use this starter pack to stay accountable and to provide support for each other during this brutal process… go.bsky.app/QQDMDjK (As yet) unpublished writers - let me know if you want to join! #WriterSky #AuthorSky

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The people of Sunderland are laughing.

Silk embroidered fox created by Helen Richman, professional hand embroiderer, based in Somerset, UK

The multi-millionaire who bought farmland to avoid tax… And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career …are now the self-appointed saviours of farming On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds. Listen on link below…

Another great pack.

Haha! Excellent from Angela Rayner, as always.

Amazing! Love you lot!

I hate and detest commuting to work in cold weather. It's slippy and icy, and I'm hunched against the chill, wrapped in at least four layers of wool. My hat squashes my hair. But, I do get lovely views from the train up the Lickey Incline:

What a fabulous list of books people! Names I knew from The Other Place... now here!

Excellent!

Happy #InternationalMensDay to all my friends around the world. This year's theme is positive male role models. That reminded me of Steve Whitehouse who earlier this year helped to save two people and dog from a fire and then carried on with his round www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: The vast majority of farms will not be affected” says Environment Secretary Steve Reed adding it's only right the wealthiest landowners "pay their fair share”

Jeremy Clarkson is turning up to the protest tomorrow. A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he: *would not be required pay death duties on the land*

I'm loving the Starter Packs (and been included in a couple), but they do trigger bad memories of 'picking teams' at school sports ... You know, hoping to be included by the popular girls ... being one of the last ones left ... looking plaintively at the captains ... prob just me. 😆

What a cracking bunch! I'm at my laptop and just put some lippy on in camaraderie. Lancome Absolu Rouge in French Idol. 💋💋

Would read a novel about a writer who gets included in a Starter Pack with a load of other writers he considers inferior.

To avoid writing, I made a starter pack of crime, thriller and mystery writers. Go follow them all. go.bsky.app/4aZnMYP

Yay! The book people are here! 🥰📚