Just a reminder that on Saturday 11th July, there will be a One Day Symposium on Frances Hardinge! (Otherwise known as the Conference of Me. :-) ) It will take place at King's College London, 9.30-5pm. There will be talks, workshops, in-conversation events, etc. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-one-day-...

Oxford’s Liberal Democrats said: “This city should be a place where everyone can be their true and authentic selves, and locally and nationally we will fight to make sure it is.” www.facebook.com/OxfordLibDem...

Around 180 residents marched in Oxford in support of trans rights today, following the government’s latest draft code of practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Opponents have called the guidance ‘unworkable’ and say it amounts to an attack on trans and non binary people.

We’ve rounded up every bookshop in Oxford – from Blackwells to Barkers, Curio to Caper, new, secondhand, and remaindered. Indulge your inner bibliophile with this long(ish) read. oxfordclarion.uk/every-booksh...

🎉 It’s happening! Direct Oxford–Bristol trains start on Monday, running every two hours from Monday to Saturday. Weekday Oxford departures are at 0700, 0903, 1103, 1303, 1504, 1904 and 2103: the journey takes ~1hr10.

The final scores on Oxford City Council, combining tonight’s 24 elections with the 24 from 2024, are: 🌹 Labour 20 💚 Green 13 🔶 LibDem 9 🟪 IOA 4 ◻️ Ind 2 This gives the Greens and LibDems a chance to run the council in coalition if they choose. Here’s tonight on a map. Thanks for following along!

The Oxfam Bookshop on St Giles’, Britain’s first, has earned a reprieve. Oxford City Council has refused permission for landlords Regent’s Park College to turn it into a graduate common room, pointing out that the Local Plan prioritises retail, entertainment, and office uses in the city centre.

Badgers on tenners and otters on fifties, Ferrets on fivers, yeah that'd be nifty, Weasels on twenties, much better than kings, Mustelids are just my favourite things

At #dragonmeet today with Broken Shield. Come and see us!

Hi. We are a small press, but we explicitly refuse to use AI at any part of the editorial/publishing process and it’s in our contracts too. All work is done by humans.

Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one. If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia

Ex Tenebris has a pre-launch page now! 'Beyond the dark emptiness of space, beyond dreaming, lies the Tenebrium. Only you can unearth its mysteries, defeat the twisted horrors that lurk there, and keep humanity from becoming prey.' Please sign up or give it a share. #ttrpg #rpg #gothicspacehorror

I don’t crave the grand gestures, or the loud declarations, nor the games people play to prove they like each other. I just need the hush of you existing near me. The way your shoulder curves as you read in the afternoon light, the soft cadence of your breath smoothing the edges of the day.

Oxfordshire County Council is celebrating 100 solar panels installed in homes in Oxfordshire via a government trial of affordable solar. Through the scheme, householders pay £40 a month for the equipment, rather than having to pay up front. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/100-up-solar...

Thames Water’s litany of woes in Oxtord continues with a broken water main on Rymers Lane, seen just after 6am this morning. The site has since been fenced off by ODS, the City Council’s direct works arm.

Happy 100th birthday to my wonderful gran!

Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

Delighted with the local election results for Oxfordshire. Well done to my friends in the Lib Dems and Greens. Real endorsement of your hard work together in the previous administration

Just wanna point out that LibDem/Green Oxfordshire was the absolute centre of the 15 min city conspiracy and today the LDs have added 15 seats and the Greens have more than doubled so it’s hardly electoral suicide. People like safe streets! @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @filipwatteeuw.bsky.social

Happy Easter to those who celebrate. Here’s a glorious corner of my lawn this morning

Tower Bridge in the moonlight #London #bridge #moonlight

Shout out to whoever made this citation-filled comment in the Oxford Mail comments section. Really here for it.

For my trans friends, I’m sorry for the shit the world throws at you. I hope things get better. I have a zero tolerance policy for racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia or other bigotry. We’re all equally valuable. Everyone deserves to live as their authentic self without persecution.

View from the workshop just before this evening’s hailstorm #oxford

"No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested." #GNUTerryPratchett

A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.

Scrynne [skrahyn] (n.) - A wooden chest or casket, usually decorated with ivory or jewels and containing writing materials and sacred relics. Used in a sentence: “Since I started collecting the true and authentic nails of the holy crucifixion, I've run entirely out of room in my scrynne!”

There is a big sale currently on at @drivethrurpg.com and all of our title (except Lovecraftesque 2e) are in it! If you've been waiting to try out Last Fleet or Bite Marks then now is a great time to grab a bargain.

Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else). My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I know a lot of people are boycotting Amazon, which is great, but it's hurting a lot of trans authors. Trans authors: Drop links to your NON-AMAZON book listings/storefronts. Cis people: Repost, boost, and, importantly, buy. Part of boycotting an evil corporation is supporting the alternatives.

If you're an unpaid #carer who writes do put your work forward and get your voice heard. You matter.

A collage full of colour and life. 🌱🌷 Small snippets of details taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline slightly …and a bit of the grey! 😊🪡 🌸🌿🌺🌻 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

What makes your child happy on their walk (or cycle) to school? Draw a winning badge design for a chance to win FREE walk to school resources for an entire year! Competition closes Mar 7th www.livingstreets.org.uk/walk-to-scho...

TWO DAYS left to respond to the UK Govt consultation on Copyright and AI. The AOI has created a brilliant guide to help with this - the consultation is onerous but their tips make completing it quick and easy for any creator, not just an illustrator. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...

Consultation out on the Oxford Greenways project 🚲🚶‍♀️👩‍🦽 A plan for cycling and walking routes connecting nearby towns, villages & future development sites with Oxford. No £££ yet but will mean plans are ready when funding available. Send your thoughts in. letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxford-green...

❄️ Winter as backdrop, metaphor, stage. What does it mean to you? Submit your story to our anthology March 1–April 30. Guidelines: shorturl.at/e3Qwr #SootAndBoots #Festive #ShortFiction #SubmissionWindow

Vote for us (entry 36) to win a £100,000 prize package - including a branded bus, free advertising with Get Radio and a partnership with Oxford City Football club. www.oxfordbus.co.uk/view-gallery

pond geometry water and sky up and down alchemy between #nature #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #poetry #naturewriters #pond #poetrycommunity #haiku #writerscommunity #notAI #psychogeography #landscape #mapping #mindfulness #noticing #psychogeography #glimmerings

We’ve tried to be open about our thought process as our relationship to Twitter has changed (including in the below thread from the end of last year), so I wanted to share that we have now left Twitter for good. Details here: canongate.co.uk/news/canonga... bsky.app/profile/cano...

Another recent one!

And for some, the moon was only this far away. We want your #poems abt #GreatGatsbyEra #Desire #Glamor #DreamComeTrue #AnythingGoesEra for #BeautifulLittleFools @brokenspinearts.bsky.social shorturl.at/xipDH bsky.app/profile/brok...

Todays #clr_collective illo using firebrick Mini sea dragon ♥️ #illustration #ccfirebrick #kidlitart #picturebookillustration

One for bollard fans. @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

I'm honoured and delighted that ISLAND OF WHISPERS, my collaboration with brilliant illustrator Emily Gravett, is on the longlist for the Carnegie Medal for Writing! carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

I absolutely do not understand why Labour is basically endorsing Reform rather than placing as much distance between itself and them as humanly possible. It's not just horrifically immoral, from a purely pragmatic point of view it's monumentally, epochally stupid.

Valentine's Day is a approaching and we've released a new game on itchio that patrons got last year? maybe even the year before? A romantic comedy for 3 players exploring the classic story of Cyrano De Bergerac from a new angle. #ttrpg #rpg

a crocus morning waiting to open the sky to sunlight blessing #nature #crocus #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #poetry #naturewriters #poetrycommunity #haiku #amwriting #writerscommunity #psychogeography #landscape #mapping #mindfulness #noticing #psychogeography #glimmerings

My new picture 'In the Womb of the Earth' I wanted to express the importance of sheltering within art - while I'm doing it, it's safe place - how important it is to find places of shelter in nature, important to even imagine these sheltering places, imagine yourself into them. A2, inkpen.

If you like the music of the synthesiser we are playing some gigs