This is an excellent opportunity to join the British Museum’s Money and Medals Department as an Assistant Collection Manager, supporting the care, access and use of one of the world’s most significant numismatic collections #museumjobs

My Middlesbrough childhood was spent in public libraries, happily lost in books of Greek myths. All the trailer for The Odyssey does is remind me that I haven't seen (the far better looking) The Return by Uberto Pasolini. Fun fact: he produced The Full Monty too. #odyssey #mythology #film

In case your Wednesday needs a picture of my wise old cat, may I introduce... the venerable Bexley

It's Star Wars Day and there is a special event on the horizon for the franchise's 50th anniversary next year. Durham University is hosting a special conference in 2027 reflecting on the legacy of the iconic series. The CFP is below. starwarsat50.webspace.durham.ac.uk

#MayThe4th Happy Star Wars Day – May the Force be with you! ✨ Looking for a real-life galaxy far, far away? The Zweibrücken Observatory has you covered! 🔭 #StarWarsDay 📷 www.zeit.de/zett/2019-03...

We’re going on an adventure! Tarot DMs has reached thirty interviews and, to mark it, I got to chat with Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social) about how he brings his award-winning worlds into being. With three tarot cards we talked about books, big ideas and bugs! 🕷️ #tarot #booksky #sff

Coming soon… #tarot #booksky #scifi #fantasy

I’m thrilled to be speaking at Tarot Cultures at Goldsmiths this June! ’ll be discussing Rider-Waite-Smith tarot reading in the UK as a form of living heritage. Looking forward to connecting with fellow researchers and practitioners. #TarotCultures #LivingHeritage #Goldsmiths #tarot

Off on a meadow stroll with the tinies. Enjoyed a woodland picnic, bluebells and archery #spring #insect #ladybird

A pealing of morning bluebells!

Spotify turns... what now?

CW: serious illness, hospital treatment The Mirror has published a feature on my experience of severe Covid recovery, and how that period eventually led to the creation of Tarot DMs. It covers the recovery afterwards, and the path from voice loss and adaptation into a new interview format. #covid

I, too, would like to be buried with the nerdiest passage of my favourite book.

I rabbitholed via Indus Valley seals to the undeciphered Rongorongo script of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and [wipes grateful tear] Of like to introduce you to all my new frens 😻 www.researchgate.net/figure/Sign-...

Creative sorts! If you had a cello in your room and wanted to decorate the case to make it a feature, what would you do with it? Googly eyes maybe? 👀

Hear more from @aliceslater.bsky.social in our recent chat. Contains tarot and a *very* cute pooch 🐕 Visit tarotdms.com

A simple mari, very much inspired by one of Aubrey Beardsley’s Salome prints

told myself i would wait for s3 to actually come out to start painting stuff but couldn't resist the temptation so here's a quickish thing #goodomens #GoodOmensFanArt

Creative Mentor Network is inviting 20 young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in Brighton & Hove to apply for one-to-one mentorship with industry professionals from the Soho House community. Applications close 20th May. www.creativementornetwork.org/soho-mentors...

Share your mood for the weekend! 🕺

Ruskin Spear (British, 1911-1990). Cat in a cardboard box (oil on board).

New on Tarot DMs! Finbarre talks to Emma van Straaten @evswrites.bsky.social author of This Immaculate Body. Find out what happens when a magical disaster strikes mid interview 😱 “I dropped them in my excitement... What have I done?!” Visit tarotdms.com for more! #tarot #booksky #writer

One thing you can do that helps us out a ton (and don't cost a thing) is adding and reviewing our issues on your @thestorygraph.com shelf. Issue One: app.thestorygraph.com/books/ae2538... Issue Two: app.thestorygraph.com/books/14cba4...

From ‘a mesmerising, mouthy athlete, all tongue-twisters and mobile lips.' (@theguardian.com) this is the fifth show in our new season of work in the Upstairs. Come on now, don't be shy 21 Apr – 2 May sohotheatre.com/events/i-saw...

Happy Tuesday! Here is a painting of my wife inspired by an Andrew Bird song. #painting #illustration #portrait

Not feeling particularly silly today, but here's a fun drawing of a marabou stork looking coy and very stylish for the #RepostYourArt theme of #silly

‘Even more beautiful than I imagined’: the nifty Japanese printing gadget uniting artists worldwide

That on guy in your circle who gets a Turniture II and makes it his whole personality

Trees (1961) - Tomioka Sōichirō #art #painting #illustration

Five books to get to know me by: 1. Badjelly The Witch - Spike Milligan 2. Les Fleurs Du Mal - Baudelaire 3. Circe - Madeleine Miller 4. The Machine Stops - EM Forster 5. The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers

She's a beautiful ship. Orion Integrity continues to coast out to the Moon. 📷 NASA

Philosophy Tube Season 4 will begin in the 2nd half of this year! I’m gonna use the summer to write and plan things out in advance rather than be on a production treadmill all the time; I’ve already started cooking up new scripts and ideas! www.patreon.com/posts/154777...

Gregory Sievers, American (1951- ), The Theater, oil, 36 x 24 in, private collection

Making Beds, Deborah DeWit, 2010. #Caturday

God bless bookstore employees having fun.

It's been a few weeks since I reminded folks that Violent Delights is in prelaunch on Kickstarter. It's a chess-based RPG about Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. I hope you'll give it a follow!

April fool

New mugs are up and ready to find their new homes, including some Trans Pride mugs. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Trans Mugs will go to our local gender affirming closet (approximately 30% of price). See them all here: rakupottery.ca/mugs Have a wonderful weekend! #trans #lgbtq

In other news, I am really excited to share some new initiatives we're launching at The Rumpus including increased pay, writing and editorial fellowships, and microgrants. therumpus.net/2026/03/31/e...

A fine fellow in my Insta comments told me about the Devil Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania, home to over 3000 demonic items. It's going on The List. Particularly fond of the accordion guy...

New on Tarot DMs! Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures, joins Finbarre Snarey for a card-guided conversation about creativity and rage. Expect pictures of Dexter too, an excellent emotional support beast! #tarot #booksky #witchsky #spoiltcreatures

Shout to @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social and @amaralynn.bsky.social! Even with two of you, I don't know how you manage such a large chat as #QueerWritersChat. Thanks for all the work you do and congrats on trending on Bsky!

EXCITING NEWS! The Tarot Interviews podcast will return for Series 2 in 2026 as a run of special episodes on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Places will be very limited. If you are a creative professional and would like to be considered, email: [email protected] #tarot #podcast #guest

IMPORTANT KITTY SCIENCE RESEARCH JOB ADVERT JUST DROPPED Cat Scientist - Emerging Welfare Technology. UK remote careers.cats.org.uk/job/851046

Resistance movement: how a play about penicillin brought the arts, science and politics together

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘tiles’ for The Arab Hall: Past and Present at Leighton House 🎨 We have selected: Ancient tiles, Bawsey from Norfolk Museums Service

Own tarot cards with bad vibes? I am seeking physical donations for a new British Tarot Archive exhibition - The Cursed Cards Collection. Unwanted decks tied to bad luck, breakups & creepy readings. Have a deck and story to share? Contact [email protected] #JournoRequest #PRRequest #tarot

Punk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Enjoyed a fabulous birthday weekend! Received an a brass art noveau letter rack, tarot decks, a folio edition of The Devil's Dictionary, a pair of Celtic knot cufflinks, went to The Marriage of Figaro and had Happy Birthday sung over the phone in both Welsh AND Spanish. Utterly spoiled.

Friday the 13th seems like the right day to hint at something new. As part of my new work with the British Tarot Archive, I’m developing the Exiles Collection - an archive of tarot decks with rum histories and uncanny reputations. More later this year! #tarot #archive #occult