Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts #SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Evening party at the big house’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)

Christmas films are here with guaranteed happy endings, snow & goodwill to all. I’ve dived in early but it seemed necessary!

Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this

This goes for so much consumer tech, esp AI features.

I think @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social is absolutely right in this piece from the @bmj.com last month. Some bits of healthcare can be simple and transactional, but a lot is much more nuanced, and there’s an important role for senior wise clinicians. Link: www.bmj.com/content/391/... #MedSky

Gutted to read this. Rachel was, among many other things, a great champion of comics. She tirelessly and pretty much singlehandedly worked to celebrate them in mainstream journalism.

I have a funny memory involving brownie bites and ecumenical experiences as a child. When I was a kid, on a saturday night I would spend the night at my friend Annie's house. (sometimes she spent the night at mine.) Annie was Lutheran, I was Catholic and we might go to each other's churches.

New on the blog today, I've written about the TIRZAH GARWOOD: Beyond Ravilious exhibition at Dulwich PG, which showcased Garwood as a highly talented artist in her own right. One of my favourite exhibitions in recent years! #NonFictionNovember2025 #BookSky jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...

slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes

Friday is upon us! Ready yourselves for the weekend, folks! - Michael

Flat Iron Market, Salford, 1976, by Roger Eastwood (b.1942). #NorthernArt

Faversham is a community minded town & sitting enjoying a coffee watched a hairdresser escort a mature client, with mobility problems, to the door where a very kind taxi driver took over & guided & helped to the car. All done with smiles & kindness. #Kindness #Faversham #WorldKindnessDay

Other work of the Ladybird artists. The Beech Wood Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

So much, I find, is about learning how to really LISTEN.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999: "Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.

www.theguardian.com/education/20... What could possibly go wrong?

Collaboration with Wild with Wheels helped to make the reserve more accessible for disabled people with mobility issues. Great team at Dungeness @rspb.bsky.social & enjoyed a beautiful summers day there with #WildWithWheels #Disability #Dungeness #Kent

“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them” #RemembranceSunday2025 #LestWeForget

There is scarcely a variety I should not have liked to discuss, from the tight and tiny De Meaux to the lyrically named Cuisse de Nymphe Émue, but a sense of apportionment forbade it. #gardening

Hard same. Someone asked me the other day about something and said “you know in chatGPT when you click on…” and I stopped them, because, my dude, I have never even SEEN ChatGPT, let alone used it.

The Ladybird look. The skirted swimming costume (1976). Artist: Martin Aitchison

I’ve signed paperback copies of ‘Made in Manchester’ and ‘Northerners’ at the excellent Waterstones Macclesfield.

I’m gonna chance it. It’s only going inland but I wanted the young’un to experience a proper aerogramme, just the once. Anyone remember them first time round? 😁✈️✉️

Safeguarding probe launched after veteran disabled activist reports ‘terrifying’ care home experience #SocialCare #ResidentialCare www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...

This event I'm chairing at Stroud Book Festival is selling out fast. I shall be talking to Michael Morpurgo and Jamila Gavin about First World War stories, at noon this Sunday 9 November. The eloquence of both is always breathtaking. stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events/first...

‘‘Tis the season when shops become even more of an obstacle course for wheelchair users! Crammed isles & stacked up stuff near till points. Good job I’ve long arms to reach over. #Christmas #Shopping #Wheelchair

Letters to a favourite author, who loved writing back, is one of these from you...?

#Autumn #Blueskyartshow #photography #woodland #treetrunk #fallen #tree #photo Francis H Powell

There’s no greater gift that you can give to a child than a love of reading. The benefits are multitudinous & there are NO downsides. That is why I am supporting @thetimesbooks & @thetimes Get Britain Reading Campaign. Pledge your support & SHARE: link.thetimes.co.uk/join/74t/sig...

Children's books to read over the weekend Here's a great selection of books to read in one sitting with titles by Sophy Henn, Josh Lacey, Maz Evans, Zillah Bethell, Emily Critchley, Phil Earle & more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/child... #booktwitter #amreading

Autumn colour enjoyed at #LullingstoneCountryPark this week wheeling along by the river. Magnificent trees with leaves changing colour & preparing to fall. Spot the robin quietly posing in the branches. #Autumn #Kent #Trees

The beauty of Murmuration

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down. He’s struggling to find any work at the moment. He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more… If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost. www.mathew-owen.co.uk Thank you

Farage and his cronies are too busy hating on the vulnerable to admit the real story of refugee kids missing from Reform run Kent Council. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

ICYMI: The Forward Prize for Best Collection has been jointly awarded for the first time in the prize’s history, with Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie receiving the award on Sunday 26th October at a ceremony in the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall 👇

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Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.

Mrs Goggins, Postman Pat and the gang wish you all a #HappyHalloween! Give your loved ones a treat and write a letter or twoooooo! 😁📮🐈‍⬛🎃👻

#publisher #writingexercises #writingfiction #WritingGames #writinginspiration

🎉🎉SUCCESS🎉🎉 The pavement has now been levelled across this entrance way, meaning people who use a wheelchair are now able to cross and continue on with their journey. #AccessibleStreets 🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦼🧑‍🦯

About last night … a little snippet of the brilliant discussion between @herdyshepherd.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social we hosted last night at Kendal leisure centre. Thanks to everyone who came along and everyone who made this possible!

The spookiest of all the Manderley Press titles… If you need convincing just ask @realgdt.bsky.social - and check out his new film and special literary edition of Frankenstein at the same time - the perfect #Halloween treat! Special Gothic giftwrapping of this title at ManderleyPress.com 💙📚#bluesky

Very brief appearance of a double rainbow over the shop and the half-term crowds this afternoon. #MyHeartLeapsUp

Stationery addicts, look away now... A new range of literary quote notebooks and pens have just arrived! Perfect for the budding writers amongst you, or like me, if you love to write a to-do list, which you promptly forget about 🙈