I first heard #IanTatum read his beautiful poetry during one of @louisepoetical.bsky.social poetry events, and I knew I had to invite him to be a part of A Thousand Shades of Green. I was delighted when he accepted my invitation and am thrilled to share his work our for Sunday Poetry Series.

Announcement on results, winners, highly commended, and shortlist for the competition. Thanks to everyone who entered. www.therialto.co.uk/pages/2026/0...

This is terrible news. One of our precious Dorset eagles too. Action needs to be taken

Thank you to the Observer for publishing my new poem ‘Nettle Dress’ as The Sunday Poem on 31st May 2026, the poem will appear in my next collection so thank you for encouragement.Thank you @chris_riddell for the beautiful illustration and for including a fox!

What an absolute mess and a complete disgrace!

Attention #PromptCombo friends, changes are afoot. We’re saying goodbye to the wonderful @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social 😢 Please join me in thanking them for being such brilliant hosts over the years. They have worked hard for us and will be missed 🩶

I really hope that some people will consider complaining to the BBC, this is a huge editorial failure. It is platforming paid-for corporate lobbyists in place of informed expert voices..in the week that the Pope joined the ranks of world’s most astute AI commentators.

BBC Question Time now doing exact same with AI they did with Farage? This ‘expert’ panel on AI is a disgrace: not one critical voice. Gilbert works for Tony Blair to promote AI. Jones is govt chief AI booster (& Blair flunky). Riparbelli is industry. Gawdat is ex industry. And a Tory MP

We are a brand new start-up, funded by our members, & this one story underscores how woefully under scrutinised our political class are. Please consider being part of changing that. Thank you! 🙏 www.thenerve.news/membership

And it’s not just Farage. It was Johnson too. That’s the bit they’re missing. Same donations. Same pattern. 4/

Harborne’s fortune derives in large part from his investment in Tether, a so-called ‘stablecoin’. And it’s stablecoins-friendly policies that Farage is pushing. He names & actively promotes Tether. One donation of £3m was made the same day Farage wrote an op ed pledging stablecoin reform 3/

And today the Guardian also referenced Harborne’s crypto donations & Farage’s pro-crypto policies & linked back to the FT. But both are missing the even bigger story. This isn’t about Farage making general pro-crypto policy statements. What @thenerve.news revealed is much much more specific 2/

Last week, @thenerve.news published #TheHarborneReceipts, a forensic examination in cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne’s donations…& how closely they tracked Farage & Johnson’s pro-crypto policy statements. Yesterday, the FT published an editorial making this exact point about Reform. 1/

What are they waiting for? There has been a case for taking action against X for nearly two years now - ever since the 2024 riots.

The UK government should do something about malevolent foreign interference in British democracy. Urgently.

#johncrace 😄 @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I'm still chuckling @timdowling.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

omg this is insane

The Lads!!! Marvellous win for #Jo&Kush #Liverpool #Raceacrosstheworld Well done to the other teams. Fab #bbc

#HIGNFY #AlexanderArmstrong #oldrope appearance. Never even looked at the camera. Dire!! #bbc

Worth noting perception gap - people do not realise immigration started falling from the peak levels - does not prevent most people maintaining 'balancer' attitudes Support for reducing overall numbers is 55% would (40% would not) while majorities would prefer not to reduce work or study visas

This should be read and shared widely @afuahirsch.bsky.social

Have no doubt: the campaign to sack Misan Harriman is part of an assault on black figures in public life | Afua Hirsch

NATO ministers meet as US plans to pull away from European security

Most of Britain thinks net migration is still rising — when it has actually fallen by more than three-quarters From our new 2026 @britishfuture.bsky.social study of public attitudes to immigration, published online here www.britishfuture.org/britain-thin...

Thankyou Ronnie for this week's prompt. Tuning out now for a few days. Enjoy the coming weekend @rfsmith.bsky.social #promptcombo #home 😊🌞

Abandoning your post at #NHS will do nothing to enhance your case #WesStreeting www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A great #PromptCombo prompt this week from @rfsmith.bsky.social. I may even manage more than one this week!

Many thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for your excellent #PromptCombo #Home. I see that it has led to a fair bit of nostalgia and this rather sentimental piece is no exception.

Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social Ronnie. Wishing you a great week. My second and final contribution to your excellent #promptcombo #Home is from my recent limited edition collection from The Red Ceilings Press:

Unnecessary showing the #Channel4 #sexscandal on #SixOclockNews #BBCNews Families watch TV together at this time. Children need to be protected! Absolutely disgusting. I'm do tired of this rubbish! Perhaps the new #BBCDirector could voice an opinion. Shameful broadcasting #FionaBruce

For #promptcombo theme #home and @rfsmith.bsky.social Apologies for the overly sweet nostalgia of this one! Docken = dock, but is what they're called where I grew up

Happy Monday. Here's my #home #promptcombo contribution. Did a little tweaking of this one from its original publication in The Avocet last fall. Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social!

Catching up after a week away and sharing a poem from my latest collection (link in bio) for #promptcombo theme #home this week. Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for the prompt and look forward to reading others! #poetry #prompt #writingcommunity

Thank you Paul for last week. This weeks #PromptCombo theme is #Home in its widest sense. I offer my starter with thanks to The inspiration of Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible Cities’. Love to all.

Never ever ever consider paying fees for a trust to ‘protect’ your assets from tax or care home fees bit.ly/3Rdu5iY the only people who make money are the scammers who sell it to you and your children will pay the price.

There we have it >>"Robinson also led chants of support for the X owner, Elon Musk, one of his best-known supporters. He said: “None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for one man. Thank you Elon on behalf of Great Britain.”" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In a world of scamming and trickery, why are apps asking for my id or credit card to #provemyage? I'd rather not, thanks

@theguardian.com the APP continues to be annoying! I don't want to scroll down a whole blank page. I keep checking in on playstore but no improvement. What's happening, please?

Elon Musk is tripping his ass off in China.

If you see this, give it a share? I’m over here now from X. For very good reason, but I do miss the engagement I had over there.. #BookSky #EduSky

A #resignationletter written last week, padded out with last night's data on NHS Improvement written by friends.. Pathetic #Streeting

BREAKING: Wes Streeting quits as health secretary

The country is crying out for faster progress with #healthcare and the Minister #resigns. Ask how we feel! 🤬 #Streeting has made it MORE likely the election will be lost for @labouruk.bsky.social

@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social this was such a fun prompt. My poem is based on a place I visited where their sign budget must have been rough the roof! #promptcombo #docollageandbricolagepoem

For Tiehm's Buckwheat, a tiny plant at the heart of a huge eco-advocacy effort in Nevada. My poem was in the Poems for Protest anthology from Rough Diamond last winter. I made this short film for it: 'How to Harness the Sun' ☀️ #PoemsAloud #Existence

#chrismason lacks dignity and failing to hide his relishment #BBCNEWS