Come through.

Lovely light in South London tonight.

Aura ring-wearers: do you actually do anything with the data it captures, or did you just fancy buying a ring?

'Landfill Indie Was My Church' << memoir title for any of you to use, if relevant

SW1 Here We Don't Come

Centralisation in a Coma

Postcode Growth Makes Good

Burnhamism Begins in Hulme

build: there should be a genre of music called tender hop hypnagogic pop

Sharing this again, as I think a number of you need to be reminded of it: betarish.medium.com/hill-climbin...

there should be a genre of music called 'tender hop'

Absolute Tuesday don't want to do the things vibes

A commissioned poem is always a delightful thing to undertake, so I was so pleased to see this yesterday. A poem I’d written for Knowledge Summit Dublin getting its first airing. The poem revolves around how a potato is also a store of knowledge.

the guardian headline ending '£5bn for drones' has sparked a poem at least, so

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Last episode of the series! See you in September! @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Any glasses brands that aren't Cubitts interested in swapping a poem for a new pair?

This sounds a fantastic novel.

A delightful way to start a week, selling a copy of Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak. Want to make my week better? Get one from @ninearchespress.bsky.social, or direct from me, and I'll throw in some pink matches. ninearchespress.com/publications...

Ah yes, today will be brought to you by the massive headache that comes when wearing your back-up glasses while you get new lenses put in your main pair.

📣 News alert! We are opening submissions up for the month of July. More info soon at badlilies.uk/submit

It was so lovely to chat to Mathew about my favourite books. Featuring Vonnegut, the two Fitzgeralds, Edith Wharton, Enid Blyton and all sorts…

One more from Wendy Cope's Collected Poems (2024)

Live from Trent Bridge, the funeral rites of #BazBall

Zaltz has me corrected: statistically, England’s greatest ever opener.

Um but is Stokesy opening the best way to win this test? Jaysus

Feast feast feast on this before we set the longship alight.

Oh fuck what now?

How are we approaching the marketing of Random the Book? Somewhat randomly, of course! Introducing 50 Degrees of Random. randomthebook.com/2026/06/28/i...

As some of you have suspected, my artistic palette does not stretch that far, a fact confirmed by this book cover happenstance. Regular readers will be scared to know I’m grappling with writing about my bloody valentine again. Maybe I’ll finish this time. This struck me as a good portent I will.

News: I'm starting a literary magazine called "Elementary Penguin: A Journal of Wordplay, Words, Poetry, and Puzzles". First issue lands March 2027. Whoop! Whoop! Goo goo g'joob!

The Lavender Hill Sterns (I am on the 87 bus).

Goodbye long wave, we really knew you, with your crackly forecasts of Johnners and Arlot on the boundary:

A little bit of history ends tomorrow:

I will be elsewhere this weekend

An apt one for right now, from Cherry Blossom:

This week's Web Curios has landed: webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-26...

yes, I am as alarmed as you that these appear to continue to arrive

My coining yesterday of 'info-brolly' not remarked upon, I see.

the colour of the future: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ear feast for the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbha...

this is the best notification I’ve ever received

Modern conservatism would reject Michael Oakshott, as his name mentions a tree.

Seeing that map has lead to this:

Will tell you more about this soon but for now, lowkey pleased to be able to add Battersea Power Station to the list of places I will have performed. And so delightful to only have a 15 minute journey to a gig: batterseapowerstation.co.uk/events/arche...

Finny and Cooky doing ball by ball on TMS right now? Yikes!

Bookings have opened for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, including this 'Migratory Patterns' #poetry event featuring @jennywcreative.bsky.social Hannah Lavery and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe Thursday 27th August, 15.45 Part of a wonderfully packed programme📚 www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/hanna...

Forgive me, I giggled at: 'Even phrenologists approve: he has “the biggest economics brain”, claimed one ally, presumably snapping a pair of callipers together.' Nice one @duncanrobinson.bsky.social

Commending 'The Little I Knew' by Chiara Valerio from @foundryeditions.bsky.social to you. Twisty, brilliant on howwe never truly know others. I was lucky to find a proof in the local book box; you'll need to get the ebook. Please do, it's fabulous: www.foundryeditions.co.uk/bookshop/p/t...

Cc @ninearchespress.bsky.social

pretty sure he's not looking for my 'God is dead' poems but you never know...