Some photos I took in Newcastle from earlier in the week

I took my daughter to the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. It's a lovely drive over the moors, if a bit extravagant with fuel prices. I’d promised her a school‑holiday art trip. The building is beautiful, but the £20 entry felt steep.

Not had a chance to go through my photos properly yet, but just pulled out these three of @laurajanegrace.bsky.social in Newcastle. I'll go through them properly when I've got some time but I am still going through photos of Transtock 3 and seeing Irked on Saturday night for their album launch.

me and my friends hanging out with Laura Jane Grace Left, That Clare - post-punk artist check her out Front centre - Jade Mia Broadhead, lead singer of punk band Dinky Bossetti who opened for Laura Jane Grace in Newcastle. She is also an incredible solo artist. Front back - Laura Jane Right - ME

PUNK LIVES! Hexham Punk Pride Sat 13 June '26 11:20 - 17:00 Free!!! Line-up: Gaydar Ming City Rockers Previously IOTA Dinky Bossetti IRKED Hexham Samba Sponsors: @betrans.bsky.social Quillseekers Poetry and Spoken Word Northumberland County Council Support from: @queenshall.bsky.social

31 March Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV)

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The band my friend is in, Pegging Mitchell at the Globe, Newcastle as part of Transtock 3

I was tasked with writing a poem about beavers in my 30min lunch break. This is what I managed in about 20mins (some of which was researching beavers for an angle - I went with the phrase, busy as a beaver for my inspiration).

Vindolanda, Northumberland - 21 March '26

An afternoon foraging wild garlic in what used to be my favourite wood, but it has been felled for forestry. Thankfully, they left the big tree. No photo can do its size justice. Its branches are bigger than many trees. The wood has been replanted. It will return in future, just not in my lifespan

8 March International Women's Day BE HEARD! SHOUT LIKE A RIOT GRRRL!

I feel the spark of another sonnet forming in mine soul... Let thine light cast forth darkness from shadow, For our world sees not friend but only foe, Shine bright as though there is no tomorrow, Be burdened not by thine troubles and woe.

oh shucks, it's me at Transtock 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SnR...

Thank you to Quillseekers Poetry and Spoken Word and everyone who came along to the fundraiser night. Congratulations to those who won prizes! And commiserations for those who didn't. There's still time to purchase tickets for all of the shows we raffled:

My Newcastle youtube.com/shorts/2vAfz...

The amazing Hexham Samba band, who will be joining us once more on the Hexham Pride 2026 rally… Drum-roll please… 🥁🥁 😱 We are very excited to announce the 2026 Hexham Punk Pride lineup…

TONIGHT!!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Exciting News!!! We will be officially announcing the line up for Hexham Punk Pride on Saturday 28 February 😱😱 🥳🤩😍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We have a very exciting and extremely talented line up that will blow you away 🔥🔥🔥🤯

I called out a zine (see the sonnet I posted) after it re-posted a call out for submissions after twice telling me that they have received too many. If you have too many submissions and are charging £5 per submission, then re-posting a call out is a scam. And I will call that shit out.

I recently had a hard hitting sonnet rejected by an online zine. It cost me a fiver for the privilege of submitting my work. It was rejected almost immediately with some excuse about too many submissions, which suggested that it wasn't even read. So, I wrote another sonnet about the zine (not named)

Quillseekers' Poetry and Spoken Word special to raise funds for Hexham Pride. Headlining Alice Skye, CEO of Hexham Pride Includes open mic. and raffle Friday 27 Feb '26 @ Forum Cinema, Hexham (not suitable for children) @alice-skye.bsky.social

For not my eyes, I wouldn't believe it true, Gone the dark grey skies of Biblical dreich, What magic is this that has turned sky blue? The sun once forgotten, breaks through the bleak.

I wrote my first intentional villanelle today. It is the darkest poem I've ever written about the last prayer of someone taking their life - thus I am not going to share it online but will try and get it published if I can. I love exploring different styles of poetry as my default is the sonnet.

Hot Wax @ The Cluny, Newcastle - 10 Feb '26

Jeanie and the White Boys @ The Cluny, Newcastle - 10 Feb '26

Hot Wax were incredible tonight. But I was taken by surprise by Jeanie and the White Boys. I listen to punk but I play the blues. I could definitely jam with Jeanie and the White Boys. I was itching to play the keys. Will post some photos once my phone recharges. I took far too many... again ☺️

It’s still there, I’ve been there today to see, With all the rain we’ve been having of late, I expected it to be gone, the sea, Poured over land now overly hydrate.

Some great prizes for the Hexham Punk Pride fundraiser that I am headlining on 27 Feb. @ Forum Hexham as part of Quillseeker's Poetry and Spoken Word evening. A chance to be on the guest list for a Laura Jane Grace gig 🤩 The Max Cooper tickets ain't cheap 🤩 And some great theatre ticket prizes 😍

If people are not safe in their own country, not feeling safe but actually safe from violence, then that country has failed its people.

Just a quick 10 minute sonnet I wrote to conclude a fun competition I was running to encourage people to get involved in a bit of poetry - the theme was the commute and the quality of those who took up the challenge was very impressive.

My complaint to the Biological Broadcasting Corporation

ME! We've got some great raffle prizes, theatre tickets, concert tickets, cinema vouchers...

Friday night, I delivered my poem called, 'Estate Cars' which uses an introduction of asking why some cars are called, 'estates' and then moves into a social commentary about dispossession, gentrification, and state assets and services being sold for backhanders. The poem is actually about ADHD.

I am looking for a UK publisher for my book of hard-hitting transgender poetry exploring the culture war; its actors and consequences (sample included in this post). My work is raw. It is upsetting, it is sometimes funny, prophetic, and many are real life stories of the horror of actual events.

We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope by making a quilt that will stretch over 50m long 🎨 Make your own patch 👇 goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...

This morning I stumbled on this short film called La Derniere Lettre (The Last Letter) and it has instantly become one of the best films that I have seen... m.ok.ru/video/413146...

When you fall off a cliff, it is easy to look down upon those below you and imagine you are flying. But pissing on the people below you and calling it rain won't do anything to stop the fall.

Burn's night, 25 January

Turf out TERFs!

If I am ever in London again, and have the opportunity, I would like to retake this photo I took on my last visit to the capital; to make it more obvious what I am trying to capture (despite the use of colour). This is one, if not possibly the most, underrated photo that I have taken.

13 June '26 Hexham Punk Pride #Hexham #hexhampride #punk #northeast #northumberland

Today is International Nothing Day... so, I wrote a sonnet during my break about nothing