Worth noting

My mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents

A view from earlier this week.

Church Wall, North Cambridge. Pic 46 in my occasional brick wall series. #brickinthewall

I have a new short story published in Literally Stories - By The Colour of Our Coat Shall You Know Us literallystories2014.com/2026/04/01/b... #Hertfordshire

I saw the fake post yesterday. Today it's reported the world's oldest tortoise is alive and chewing. Yay!

1st April - a day on which I refuse to believe anything I read and rarely post anything in case people think I am having a laugh. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow.

The complete Witchlight Series (three novels: #Witchlight, #Old Light and #Elderlight).

With thanks to Poetry ID, this is now on my "must listen to" list, let alone visit the Church.

Brick Wall (with door) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Pic 45 in my occasional brick wall series. #brickinthewall

Publishers scared of how good and cool AI is, says newspaper that's signed partnership with AI company.

Clocks in the UK go forward 1 hour at 1am this Sunday, 29 March. Just saying... #Caturday

Happening today

I haven't had one of these particular scams yet, but it's only a matter of time...

Weather forecast says it could snow today - brrrr. So here's a photo from Wednesday afternoon in Cambridge when it was sunny and not snowing, but still very brrrr. #Cambridge

Still more AI spambots clammering to promote my novels. One keen bot has emailed me 3 times, but the last time used a different email with a different name from the repeated sender - I've said it before: consistency is all, dear spambot.

Too true...

Yours truly is in the list and there are links to the pieces published.

Two events in one day. I'll be reading at the Fitzwilliam at 2.30pm. #Cambridge #poetry

More AI spambots clammering to promote my novels. The Shepherds Bush Book Club has emailed me yet again, but with a different named organiser - consistency is all, dear spambot.

Currently inundated with AI spambots wanting to promote my novels. The standout email begins "Hello Watt". Presumably in case I am singular rather than plural?

I'll be reading a new poem amongst the antiquities of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge this coming Wednesday. #Cambridge #poetry

For those wanting a direct link to my new SF short story, Oversight, as published by Schlock! this month. www.schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_35b825... #sciencefiction #shortstory #SpeculativeFiction

Oversight, a shiny new SF short story by yours truly, is in the March 2026 issue of Schlock! www.schlock.co.uk/index.html A billionaire and a vanity space project - total fiction... #sciencefiction #shortstory #SpeculativeFiction

Sad news this morning. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am not a morning person. Sadly, I have to accept that every trades person is. I'm getting over this morning's early start, only to have to repeat it tomorrow. zzzzz How many black coffees is it safe to drink?

Interesting article. I'm a Charlotte person, but have come to understand Emily.

I'm assuming none of you are young enough to enter, but do you know any young poets? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I adored the book and am looking forward to the film.

Oooh, an email from Macmillan Publishing (who do not publish any of my books) wanting to make a "focused signal concentration" for Elderlight and the Witchlight Series because they have "recently spent time with Elderlight". Was it a date, a chance cup of coffee or what? I have to know AI spambot!

Love the idea, but currently I am listening to scaffolders erecting scaffolding at the back of my house and trashing my spring bulbs. It is not restful (or quiet).

Yes, I know I've missed #Caturday but the boy's timing was off. This is a photo from last night when the boy was told to go upstairs but didn't want to.

This is tonight at Niche Comics bookshop in Huntingdon.

This didn't come up with anything new, but it's an entertaining and informative read.

It's on my to-do list.

Social media has just reminded me this was published 10 years ago today. Happy Birthday Years Ago You Coloured Me! #YearsAgoYouColouredMe #poetry #booksky

Because I've been too busy today to come up with an original post and because this amused me.

This is a really important @katiesurma.bsky.social piece on the strategic state silencing of land & water defenders in Ecuador—including colleagues of mine—as Noboa’s gov. moves to intensify mining & drilling (Trump playbook). Please share widely. insideclimatenews.org/news/1003202...

I confess, I've never been, but it looks like a good line-up this year.

Literature and landscape. What's not to love?

Another AI chatbot blooper - writing to me about my novel Witchlight but in the email heading referring to "The Witchlight". Wrong book title, sweetie.

A view from last night while waiting to read some poems at Shout or Whisper. #Hitchin #Hertfordshire

AI is not the creatives' friend. committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...

World Book day today and International Women's Day on Sunday. Combining the two, I'm reading some poems at Shout or Whisper tonight, including one from Songs of Steelyard Sue. #WorldBookDay #poetry #Hitchin #Hertfordshire #SongsofSteelyardSue

For poets in the US.

Better late than never. A view from the weekend.

Sharing for any poets who are looking for some mentoring. #poetry

Includes two poems by yours truly: The Spirit of the Bed & Roaming Backwards Round The Circulade of Nezignan L'Eveque #poetry #poetrycommunity

Today I should be celebrating the sixth anniversary of Old Light. Except, it wasn't published on 1 March 2020 and didn't come out six years ago yesterday, 28 February. How do you celebrate the anniversary of a novel published on 29 February when the year isn't a leap-year? #OldLight #booksky

A storm's coming - view from yesterday