For this weeks #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm recommending Virgil by Steve Orlando, J.D Faith, Chris Beckett, and Thomas Mauer. A 'queersploitation revenge tale' set in Jamaica. This graphic novel combines tense action, emotiinal nuance and beautiful visuals.

For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I looked at the idea that 'never again' can come to late. It never needs to happen again because the deed has been done. What is happening between now and never? In mourning the dead do we look away from the survivors?

Dapolite Sandstorm

Sometimes this joint really just looks like Linkedin vol. 2

For #LiftToTheSky with @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'm recommending 'Human Costume' by A.E. Stringer. This poetry collection explores the interonnectivity between physical existance and our sense of self. "Eerie marriage of form / and purpose, the empty / pentagon, ill omen"

Woo!☀️🌻🌼🌞

For this weeks #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I was looking at the nasa archive photos and thinking about the conservation of natural geologic landscapes and the destructive nature of the theory of terraforming (see: the entire Dune series)

All for a nazi podcaster who liked to dress as an infant, no less

'Camouflage I - The Orchid Mantis', pencil on paper, 21 x 30 cm. #drawing #pencildrawing #art #artwork

'Camouflage I - The Orchid Mantis', pencil on paper, 21 x 30 cm. #drawing #pencildrawing #art #artwork

For #PoemsAbout #Candlelight with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm thinking about ritual practices and the commodification of spiritual practices through culutral appropritaion and colonisation. Coming up to samhain, it seems relevant. #poetry

Some shots from Lumen Street Theatre #photography

And you bet I got myself a little treat while I was there

A little late for #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk . For this week I'm recommending 'Angels the Size of Houses' by Aaron Kent. A lyrical and tightly wound collection of that explores temporality, loss and renewal. "We've wrapped the horse in blessings from the Artic's snow- driven tide."

Ruins, acrylic on paper, 21 x 30 cm #art #artwork #painting #landscapepainting

The U.S.’s largest estuary is showing signs of revival. Once written off as a dead zone, water clarity in Chesapeake Bay has improved, underwater grasses are expanding, and crab populations are steadier thanks to decades of pollution controls. Nature buff.ly/morNFth #ShareGoodNewsToo

it's like the tesco meal deal of the natural world #photography

#FF It’s Mullets for Mental Health Month. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “M” (and grow your mullet)! @matteristbooks.bsky.social @memezine.bsky.social @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social @mgliterary.bsky.social Cont ⬇️

I'm about to make some enemies in the #PoemsAbout #Facades tag, but some of the bile that poets are spewing over the appearence of young women who are being taken advantage of by the beauty industry and fraudulent doctors is shocking. Mocking peoples appearence is the root cause of all this.

For #PoemsAbout #Facades with @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'm looking towards surger and our ability to reshape our outer form as one would a building. For restoration or change to something new, we are at our most vulnerable beneath the skin. #poetry

it's like the tesco meal deal of the natural world #photography

For #WednesdayWIPs with @thebrokenspine.co.uk i've got a fragment that started with maw and needs some more. Written while staring as an estuary

Thanks to Jonathon Beaver and Hamilton Vault Studios for exhibiting my piece 'Snailman, The Maastricht Hours, Liege 14th' with the exhibition 'Medieval Marginalia'. #art #artexhibition

For this weeks #poemsAbout #Riots with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I wanted to consider the connections between protests, civil disobedience, and riots. How these terms have been used to ostracise and delegitimize political movements.

Tidal Patterns, 20 x 20 cm, wool. #textileart #weaving #embroidery #art #artwork

Packing up some pieces for shipping to Green Croft Arts for their Folk exhibition as part of the Hadrian's Wall art trail. The exhibition will be running from 05/09/2025 - 21/09/2025.

😀🍃 #photography

Thank you so much to Garfield Mills, Hawick for exhibiting my pieces, 'Dawn Spiral' and 'Heather Treading Water' as part of their inaugural exhibition among so many brilliant artists. #art #artwork #artexhibition

For this weeks #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm recommending The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A dark and intense post-apocalyptic novel that focuses on human vonnection in the face of despair. "On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world"

ow, my eyes. #photography

A gallery of spiders.

National Geographic circa 1978, call me. #photography

National Geographic circa 1978, call me. #photography

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Ceasefire with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I want to focus on what waits after a ceasefire has been declared: the military industrial complex and colonial powers that enact violence on people in Gaza and across the world need to be dismantled

A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate. www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Delighted to announce that my piece: 'Snailman The Maastricht Hours, Liège 14th' will be exhibited as part of the Medieval Marginalia exhibtion with Hamilton Vault Studios in Liverpool. #textileart

From our friends at @noaa.gov Office of National Marine Sanctuaries: A new study led by scientists with Scripps Oceanography, NOAA, @mbarinews.bsky.social & the US Navy reveals how fish in West Coast sanctuaries “share” the soundscape. These insights help managers protect vital habitats.

For this weeks #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm recommending The City & The City by China Miéville. A murder mystery caught between two co-existing realities. "He walked with equipoise, possibly in either city. Schrödingers pedestrian"

carving on an old grave #photography

For this round of #PoemsAbout #BlackSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I went back to my fascination with the making of the Blue Planet documentaries. I love both the visuals and the tension of diving into a place filled with predators, where you are totally vulnerable.

Ecstatic to be part of the engagement team for the 41st EVA international arts festival. I'll be bobbing along at events and exhibitions from 29th August to 26th October. 😄🌸🌻

Bringing back the rare sea stars To brighten up the sea

Boat #photography

For #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm recommending 'A Conference of Voices' by Rupert Loydell. A collection of two texts considering the poetic voice, how it reflects and shapes materiality through the choice to speak. "Why insist on the word poetry?"

Amazing to be included. Can't wait to read the full issue🌻🍉

Daisies #Photography

Getting my two cents in early for #PoemsAbout #Starcrossed with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk . Thinking about the ones who passed me by due to incompatible gender identities. Sometimes love is saying you don't fancy someone. Fingers crossed, next time 'round I'm a coral or pan.

Yellow #photography ⭐

For this weeks #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'm recommending Doppelganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social. A fascinating exploration of how algorhytm-led search engines and social media perpetuate conspiracy theories. With the proliferation of AI, these systems are more dangerous than ever.

Lily-pads #photography