Only good thing about weather this warm is at least the washing dries quick. Other than that? Absolute bollocks. 0/10. Got outside to enjoy some cool air and rain on the river this morning before it burns up again this afternoon. Now to batten down the hatches until this hot madness is over.

Who’s in the Guildhall? Meet the new Reform councillors now sitting in the chamber, and follow us to keep an eye on what they’re getting up to. We’ll be watching …

Making chronic illness magic this morning by asking myself, Mary Oliver style, “what is it you plan to do today with your wild and precious 10 points?” ⭐️ #mecfs #visibleapp #chronicfatiguesyndrome #mecfswarrior

Sharing some little snippets of the many bits of powerful wisdom in Humankind by Rutger Bregman, and adding them to my Hagbook 📖

Minus three, frozen park 🌅

Snowy Sledmere and field of deer 🦌

I started the year off on a bad footing (on one foot actually!) and spent a lot of it ill on the sofa. But turns out I got quite a lot done on the days I went outside 😊 Here’s to everyone who helped make it a good one. More selfies with people I love next year! Happy 2025 ⭐️

Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published. Link below Please share. bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

A lovely day in Leeds with my momma yesterday. I had steak for breakfast and we met a naughty Santa on a motorbike 🙊 🎄🎅

Had a lovely couple of days in London this week, catching up with my beautiful niece, river cruise, visiting the Tower of London, meal in Leicester Square, spot of Christmas shopping and sitting in the gallery for PMQs, followed by lunch in the House of Commons with our brilliant MP ❤️

Choose empathy. Read.

I'm Sorry: Art, protest, intervention - a special edition of portraits by artist Annabel McCourt with #SayHerNameHull explores "the contrast between the implicit weight of past experiences, the defiance in the eyes. The delicate balance of keeping everything together…"

I'm Sorry: Art, protest, intervention. “It’s all there, in the eyes.” #SayHerNameHull This special edition series of @WhiteRibbon_UK portraits by artist Annabel McCourt shines a light on violence against women & girls.

This week we say, NO, again, to Violence Against Women & Girls. We say, again, that the scale of VAWG is unacceptable. We say, again, that we need more action now. We will share stats, information, artistic intervention. We will march and hold vigil. Join us. Do not look away 📸 Axel Billingsley

“We’re sorry that people still look the other way." - Say Her Name (Hull) co-organiser Vicky Foster. We're so proud of this collab with artist Annabel McCourt, who's created a series of special edition White Ribbon portraits inspired by her current Humber St Gallery exhibition, I'm Sorry.

Staff Writer Role: BBC Studios Audio (Comedy and Entertainment). To work with producers to develop own comedy projects whilst contributing to scripts across whole department as needed. Will get to play key role in writers rooms and develop characters/sitcom ideas careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-S...

Some of our pics from the first @curiosityhull.bsky.social live event at East Park Library with @vickyafoster.bsky.social & @deanwilson.bsky.social including the books that Dean read from. Thank you all for coming along!

We are underway at our very first Curiosity event, High Tea &Poetry at East Park Library. Sarnies and buns scoffed, @vickyafoster.bsky.social and @deanwilson.bsky.social are whipping the crowd into a poetic frenzy. We opened with a poem for John Prescott. The Masque of Anarchy by Shelley.

📍 Blacktoft, East Yorkshire ⛈️ Storm Bert 🪶 Pheasant woz ere Rumour has it that a notorious Russian spy used this remote jetty to flee the country during the 1950s…

An award-winning night for The Hull Story at Guildhall #gew24

What a glorious thing it was to read poetry in East Park this afternoon for @curiosityhull.bsky.social with my brilliant mate Dean Wilson - it’s always been a beautiful place and then they went and made it better by adding a cafe & a library 📚

Anyone lucky enough to be coming to High Tea & Poetry in East Park Library tomorrow, please be aware that both @vickyafoster.bsky.social and @deanwilson.bsky.social will have books and stuff for sale. Cash only, please. We have yet to move into the digital age.

Save the date 🗓️ We're hosting a peer-to-peer, drop-in session for Hull freelancers to come do their tax returns together, in our rehearsal space on Tuesday 14 January (11am-2pm). You bring your receipts, we'll bring the tea and biscuits.

Had a brilliant time at Hull College this morning, delivering @firststory.bsky.social taster sessions for Year 10. Loads of creative writing and chat. Then popped into @waterstones.bsky.social and spotted my book on the same shelf as Paloma Faith’s. This was a good Monday for being a writer ❤️

It’s quite exciting being somewhere new and starting from scratch ⭐️ 1st post: latest book - available everywhere inc from my publisher, Bloomsbury. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/it-happen... “A searing, inventive memoir that interrogates misogyny, heroism and women's power in an often-unsafe world”