I do find it funny how the companies that have forced AI on us — Google, Meta — generally provide no option to disable it. It's like they know how many would choose to do that...

In this week that started with Mother's Day, it feels very fitting to bring CHANGELINGS to A Bit Crack storytelling club this Friday night. The daughter, the mother, the crone in this story are all bits of us.... See you at the Chillingham Arms! Booking: www.abitcrack.com/event/change...

Our take on Yeats' beautiful poem The Two Trees. In case you are in need of some inner strength right now! Thanks to Cage of Crows and Matlock Storytelling Cafe for the recording. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dro...

Massive thanks to the wonderful team at Matlock Storytelling Cafe for hosting our performance of Sweeney Untethered last weekend. The most attentive audience too.

The question is: how do we best resist it? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

So shockingly spot on. I fear society will fall for it again. The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What are the contributions storytellers can make right now, into this moment of darkening threats to democracy, basic rights and a livable environment? Some thoughts: 🧵

Who knew we were all so DANGEROUS?!? Joyous performing with you Tim Ralphs (yet to appear on here) at Infernal Delights.

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

When you're forming the thoughts that are about to fly from your mouth. A sort of murmuring space. A rare photograph of this very particular pre-show state of mind - thanks Tim Ralphs!

Night out at Rise for songs and a trip to the Underworld courtesy of @adderstone.bsky.social !

Some of our favourite audience luggage suggestions for the journey to the underworld at last night's double bill with Tim Ralphs, INFERNAL DELIGHTS.

Thanks @merlfluin.bsky.social for introducing us to this new environment and greetings storytelling friends!