I have lost my confidence in clothes. Which feels worse than if I had lost my confidence, because if I had lost my confidence I could look to clothes to help my lack of confidence. Maybe I just need to change my HRT patch, drink 7 mega coffees and WEAR THE OUTFIT.

About last night: the Lollys Laundry jacket was out out. Well, out to a bookshop which is the most out out in my life atm.

Just another manic Maundy

After a few days of no makeup, it was nice to re-visit self.

Last night at @lukekennard.bsky.social @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk.

@angelacleland.co.uk has the best hair in the world. Which sounds like a Beyoncé song?

Out with @angelacleland.co.uk and @mayacaspari.bsky.social to hear all about @lukekennard.bsky.social’s Black Bag at @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk. It was very funny trying to cosplay it on the train home. Funny for us, and no-one else.

Mac season.

Embracing no mascara with lace and polka dots and a mac. Managed to spill matcha everywhere as walking and drinking is another thing I cannot do.

Just had a really, really old lentil and carrot curry from the back of the fridge for my tea. To add to this very old food, I added sauerkraut and giant chickpeas. It was a satisfying, if not a little risky, tea.

I am making slides for my final PhD review and remembering all my adventures with BH. Oh, those times. All those times. Mainly me, on my own, asking people to take photos of me with the sculptures, or the places where the sculptures should be.

I sat opened mouthed throughout this lecture. Do give it a listen, @cathamclarke.bsky.social’s lecture is as breathtaking as the architecture.

It was a privilege to give a Lent #Lecture at the College of St George (Windsor Castle) earlier this month, on 'Meeting #faith in #poetry: empathy, inspiration and challenge'. You can now watch online, together with two other wonderful lectures on faith in architecture & music. tinyurl.com/mrv267nd

Max Mara mac ready for my matcha break. The flower necklace feels spring, even if the temperature is winter’s edge.

I absolutely loved watching Rooster, I totally recommend it.

Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture Garden, March 2025.

My phone reminds me that one year ago I was in St Ives researching!

In these moments of being with Hepworth’s sculptures, so much is happening. I put my fingers in all the indents in the bronze, the sun came out, and I thought of my completed PhD collection (hurrah) in how many my new poems have emerged from these moments.

Jacket: Isabel Marant. Dress: Me+Em Art: Barbara Hepworth

Signs of spring including sun-filled eyes into new worlds.

Like the biggest fan girl, I took my BH bag along.

There is no measure to how much I love BH’s bronze sculptures 🩷

Figure for Landscape (1960), Barbara Hepworth. I love my research days with BH.

Friday night @manchesterup.bsky.social.

Photos of the good side of the eyeliner. The other side is wild and independent. Cardi and necklace: charity shop. Eyeliner is all my own failure.

Spring necklace and blusher as a bloom of brightness.

Pernille is by far the most accurate portrayal of women in their forties I’ve seen on tv. We’re complex in this strange age, but this programme captures it perfectly.

Dear Friends, AN ANNOUNCEMENT: My first poetry collection will be published in the Spring of 2027 by Broken Sleep Books. I am simply delighted - and immensely grateful to @godzillakent.bsky.social and everyone at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetryislife

Nearly time to wear this!

So I was in a make-up shop getting another mascara. My tired and thin eyelashes drink mascara just as a car drinks fuel (not sure this is a fact). Stood for ages wondering what WTP meant. Came up with some brilliant options. When I asked, it was: waterproof. Never been so disappointed in my life.

Matching.

Wednesday night.

Outfits. A trip to Maccy d’s, then a very beautiful and very colourful and very sad funeral.

I have tiny, thin hair, like a Sindy doll. However, today I woke up with the biggest hair of my life (still thin) and did not recognise myself.

Orange blouse because I am into blouses etc, etc.

Today in the world of make-believe it is chapter editing and job applications in a v pretty charity shop blouse.

March 2024 @brihughespoet.bsky.social’s exhibition at RHUL. In THAT outfit.

I love this book!

A Practice of Pleasure: Joanna Frueh’s Performances and Writings, 2005-2011 offers an intimate entrée into a pivotal period in Frueh's career, bringing together largely unpublished texts and writings from a moment of profound transition. Buy now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189325/

A few tickets left for my In Convo with the magnificent Will Eaves at the LRB next Weds (April 1st, All Fools Day). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/luke-kenna...

In my Isabel Marant little jacket with Pom Poms that match my blouse. There was a time when a beautiful line break gave me the ultimate sense of satisfaction, now it is in the drifty connections between clothes.

Leaving behind the deadlines. Leaving the house. Leaving, as in leaping forwards.

Sundaying.

Charity shop dressing for spring 🩷

I love this ba&sh blouse. It feels lovely on. From the charity shop.

Shaun Keaveny playing Inspiral Carpets reminds me of how much I have always loved them, so much that I had my hair in a bowl haircut, with undercut. I think I was 14 😂

I love this section of the book. It felt very special to add in your own choice of poem alongside the other 25 poems. I think I will add in a new poem every year 🩷

All these things fit together 🩷

Emerging to let the sun wash away disappointments.

Obsession of the month in Jan and Feb was necklaces. In March, it is the shirt. What will it be in April? Hoping for something UNEXPECTED.