Bread and Roses – the song of the brave, fortright mill girls of Lancashire and beyond.

RIP Tony Harrison. What came to mind when I heard the news was Gail Earnshaw telling me what a wonderful letter she had from him when her husband died. They weren't close friends and nobody would know about Harrison's kind gesture, except Gail, making it the sort of gesture I respect most. Pic: BBC

Yorkshire Times Art Review: The Imp of Surrealism - Anthony Earnshaw at Halifax @ianduhig.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-...

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Pastoral' by Ali Lewis yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Yorkshire Times Review: Along the River's Lines: 'Hotel Amour' by Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Alon...

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Machines' by Michael Donaghy yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Cruel, but funny

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The Grocer' by Craig Raine yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Them animals is disgusting' by Peter Reading www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

How on earth did this get left out of The Whitsun Weddings. Among his finest things.

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'God's Grandeur' by Gerard Manley Hopkins yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Yorkshire Times review: Seed in the City - 'The Holdings - A Poetry Anthology from Leeds Irish Health and Homes', eds. @ianduhig.bsky.social and Laura McDonagh yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-...

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'inventory of aunties' by Cia Mangat @poetrybusiness.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

A frisky otter in the Donmouth getting there ahead of itself shines bright and brilliant as the shade of Diogo Jota. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Retweet/share/disseminate until I'm blue in the face ... come and see >>> dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 #Accessible #Free #Safe #Inclusive #Enjoyable #ThoughtProvoking #Informative #Creative #Education #Schools

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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Mum Falls Tall' by Keith Fenton www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Is it practically impossible to be an honest poet-critic today? A new essay of mine on the decline of reviewing culture, the rise of the poetry prizes, artistic standards and integrity. Over at the @northseapoets.bsky.social Substack: northseapoets.substack.com/p/winners-an...

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Brass' by Ralph Dartford @ralphdartford.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

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Found out 'The Holdings' poetry anthology by Leeds Irish Health and Homes from my co-editor Laura McDonagh that the National Library of Ireland bought a copy for their collection. Our contributors, many first-time poets from this project, will be thrilled. I am also thrilled. As you can see.

Yorkshire Times Film Review: 'The Salt Path' yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Film...

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Dark Peak, February' by Alison Binney @alisonbinney.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

In which Orwell’s famous ideal public house finds its momentary realisation in Humphrey Spender’s pioneering Mass Observation photography of Bolton, Lancs, during the 1930s. 📸🍻 A new poem, in this week’s Spectator (7 June). www.spectator.co.uk/poem/the-moo...

Seems like a good time to air this. A tale of hunger. #FreeSchoolMeals. #kidlit @northerngravy.bsky.social northerngravy.com/the-think-ch...

Svmer aint icumen in Lhude sing fuccu Ich groweþ sad An barkynge mad O Inglysshe svmer u Mak me blu Sing fuccu

Poem of the Week: 'The Committee Weighs In' by Andrea Cohen www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

There's no placating the Brexiters, no reasoning with them, no basic comprehension or adulthood. You can't debate papers behaving like the Sun or the Mail this morning. There's nothing to debate with. They view all trading relations with Europe as humiliation.

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Nurse at a Bus Stop' by Simon Armitage www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Eton Mess' by Laurie Bolger @poetrybusiness.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Here's my Sutton Bank sonnet again, formally reflecting Wordsworth's on the same view and cut into rusty corten steel like a relic of the Industrial Revolution.

Yorkshire Times book review: 'Leeds Playhouse - A Tale of Two Theatres' by Dave Stannard yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Revi...

Wandering around Windermere Library last Monday and what should I find? No less than @northernjim.bsky.social's latest fab offering!

On May Day we launched 'The Holdings', a poetry anthology from @leeds__irish at the Leeds Industrial Museum. As my poem was inspired by an exhibit, John McGoldrick, Curator of Industrial History, asked for a hand-written copy for their collection which I sent in today. Wiki on Maguire is OK.

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'St Julien and the Leper' by R S Thomas yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Thatcher' by Sarah Wimbush @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @sarahwimbush.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Poams' by Clare E. Potter @clare-e-potter.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Happy Mothers Day!

On May 1st, Leeds Irish Health and Homes launch their new anthology, 'The Holdings', co-edited by Laura McDonagh and myself. Our last was during the Covid lockdown when LIHH staff supported the community, members of which were lost. This poem was inspired by watching one such death being discovered.

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The Lock-Keeper's Daughter' by David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

Open Letter northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/open-letter/

Yorkshire Times book review: The Grand Euthanasia Hotel - 'Shaking Hands With Elvis' by Paul Carroll yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article.php?...

I paint as Neko Neko - excited to have the opportunity to show smaller paintings of mine, entitled: 'To The Sea' - Affordable Art - UPSTAIRS at PISTACHIO & PICKLE 6 Camden Passage, Islington, London N1 8ED Open 10am-5pm daily except Mondays - Come see 🌊🟡 pls share 💋

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... ... an interesting article, this. Though he doesn't mention it, I can't help thinking it's author must also have read Les Murray's great poem, 'The Quality of Sprawl'.

The GREATEST interview in the history of television 📺 🤣 Hands down, this one wins 🏆 👏 Congratulations Australia 🇦🇺 👏 #funny