‘As regards my own writing, I don’t for a moment say I am likely to be any good. All I say is: “Nothing means anything to me but writing. Therefore that’s the point we start from.” God knows where we shall end.’ - Philip Larkin

'When merely to see her was to love her, he wondered in amazement how he had managed to spend all these months and years without her, and bitterness against the world rose in him anew.' - Murasaki ✨

Read my latest article, in the Conversation: theconversation.com/how-indigeno... ✨

'A full account of all this seems not to have reached me; there would have been just too much to tell. That is a shame, though, because this is just the sort of occasion that may yield fine poetry.' - Murasaki Shikibu ✨

‘And praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt and bends the shape of things that haven’t happened yet.’ - Neil Finn open.spotify.com/track/0VWnkh...

Really enjoyed this book! www.goodreads.com/book/show/62... @rfkuang.bsky.social

Ikenaga Yasunari ✨ One of my very favourite artists. ikenaga-yasunari.com

"I know we’re British and we like a queue, but it’s ridiculous." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... 🤣

Vegan kakigōri. 🍓

Cake for breakfast!

'"I felt visceral anger," [Jewish artist Nina Sanadze] added of her reaction to the shooting... "But working with the flowers softened me again and softened my heart. It helped me, in that way, to process my anger."' edition.cnn.com/2026/01/21/s... 💐

Fucking disgusting. 😠 edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/s...

‘It could be said that Tuai, badly conflicted, was standing alone between the Māori and the Pākehā worlds.’ www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

'An agent had taken Liam out of the car, led the boy to his front door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in, “in order to see if anyone else was home – essentially using a five-year-old as bait”, the superintendent said in a statement.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 🤬

'The powerful have their power. But we have something, too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home and to act together.' - Mark Carney www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

…and that’s as much as I’m reading. www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...

‘“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” he said.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Another recommendation from one of my kids. www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...

'“We often think about evolution as a slow process,” said Diamant, the study’s lead author... “So we were really surprised when we ran the data. When I did the year-by-year comparison, it was remarkable how stark the change was.”' edition.cnn.com/2026/01/12/s...

Reading through Volume 12, to see what all the fuss is about… www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...

More bush than cat. 🤭