Rock crystal and gold from the 9th century.

This accidentally turned into a short thread. Bit of a rage-thread I'm afraid. Please read to the end if you can. Thanks

A marvellous moment of light on a bend in the lane, in Shropshire, in November.

I am delighted to be teaching Fidelity and Betrayal: Linguistic Translation. The course will enable you to explore your writing and the ethics of the necesary untruths of poetry. It is not simply about translation nor for translators but for anyone who wants to develop their poetry.

What a fantastic poem.

Exploring today around Wentnor, one of those places at the back of the north wind. Sadly we couldn't act on the advice on the wall, the Crown was shut till later on.

Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt

Yesterday Jill Impey and Andrew Howe and me wrestled the Hey! Earthlings! Cabinet down from @shrewsburylibrary.bsky.social to Shropshire Archives - thanks all the helpful staff at both ends! The Archives is open every Thursday and the Cabinet is there till 5 Dec!

@ronniegoodyer.bsky.social NEWS! November brings the first of our Flash Sales. Select from 5 titles, £6 each inc P&P, UK only. Please share if you'd like to help spread the word. indigodreamspublishing.com

My one-day ‘Spiritual Landscapes’ poetry course @sarumcollege.bsky.social in March is now open for bookings. www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

Tree shadows Franco Da Rocha, SP, Brasil #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #fotografia #photography #streetphotography #cityscape #fotografiaderua #metropolis #suburbs #periferia #city #skyline

The Hey! Earthlings! Cabinet is still in Shrewsbury Library tomorrow - but next week it moves to Shropshire Archives, which is open on Thursdays. It'll be in the Archives until 5 December. Hey! Earthlings! has been working since May to share Shropshire with people who have moved across borders.

The cold clay face of Hallowe'en.

Hey Keir Starmer, get the memo? We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans! People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.

Garden of Earthly Delights

Shrewsbury Abbey is set to host a live celebration of the music of Pink Floyd this November, to celebrate 50 years of the band’s album Wish You Were Here.

Sounds really helpful! Appreciation for our hardworking MP @juliabuckley.bsky.social #shrewsbury

The sun falling into a pool. Guided by that cairn. Probably. #hergestridge

Lovely to see this here. I have Pamela's work on my walls.

Tove Jansson’s mother, illustrator Signe Hammarsten-Jansson's self portrait, 1910 had a huge influence on her daughter’s career, showing her the often underrated work of women. She also taught Tove how to draw #WomensArt

Artist of Iraqi heritage Toba Khedoori, Untitled (buildings), 1994 #womensart

Chandeliers and cherubs. In rain, shop window, Hay on Wye.

One of three new collaborations that Essence Press will be launching @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming Friday and Saturday 24-25 October. #smallpublishersfair25 cobble by J.R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

Medieval tiles, pre-Norman font and a castellated tower. Once, they could light a beacon fire up there. Old Radnor on the border.

My poem on @inksweatandtears.co.uk yesterday - thank you kind editors! This is one in a series of poems I wrote in Latvia last year, wanting to give voice to the brave and resourceful Celia Fiennes, whose own work remained unpublished for 200+ years.

So happy to be published today on @inksweatandtears.co.uk with this poem about the journeys of Celia Fiennes who rode a horse round England in 1697.

Pumpkin day in Ventspils, Latvia, last year. Also covetable pumpkin boots.

Leaves in Latvia, a year ago.

An audible photo!

I feel this bus stop, which consists of a rusting pole, a bin, and a broken-off bus stop sign - pretty much expresses the state of British bus travel. (Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury). Mind you, a tatty, rusting bus turned up and I got on.

@chrisboardman.bsky.social I think you would agree with this sentiment. Every day i have near misses and I'm only a local road, middle of the day, cyclist

As a cyclist, I couldn't agree more. Best we're offered is often a painted line for protection. Which is removed at roundabouts and where the road is narrowed by a traffic island. Wearing a helmet doesn't begin to cover it.

Tree textures

Leaf rustle. A robin.

Look up an oak. Acorns underfoot.

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. I’m proud to share my poem 'Ada Lovelace' and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel, published in the London Review of Books. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The little garden brightening a dim October.

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀 Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month! Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich. Join.greenparty.org.uk

The corrugations of water shimmer in a broken gutter under the Ragleth. #shropshire

"More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect"

East Sussex-based artist and printmaker @johndilnot.bsky.social has been making books since 1985, and also makes prints, paintings and box works. He'll be launching new titles at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Friday 24 / Saturday 25 October smallpublishersfair.co.uk

The imprint of artist & musician John Bently, Liver & Lights is a lifelong exploration of the book as a creative medium. Publications feature contemporary & cast-off reprographic technology from skip-rescued photocopiers to hand-cut rubber stamps; the DIY ethic personified. At #smallpublishersfair25

Looking forward to this, always a highlight of any year. We'll be walking the 150 miles from Sheffield to London (partly to save on train fares), with scheduled stops in Castle Donington, Market Harborough and Leighton Buzzard, where you can buy books from our improvised roadside stall.

9 GOLDEN RULES: READING POETRY IN PUBLIC I’ve been thinking about making this little book for ages and having a stall at @smallpublishers.bsky.social is the impetus I’ve needed to get it finished! See you @conwayhall.bsky.social on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October!

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is. Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

Let's make Britain a nation of neighbours.

Half of ethnic minority Brits have reported “negative experiences” in nature because of their racial identity, according to new research shared exclusively with The Lead.

Playmobil horse lost to the sea

“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.” collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...