Well this was proper good and proper daft. Kid Carpet is Gloucester-based NPO Strike A Light’s “Let Artists Be Artists”, a programme which enables four artists to ‘just be artists’. Simple yet radical. 👏

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Of course we have a glorious office Christmas choir ❤️

Ended 2025 with Divorce. 💙

Saw Porij in a pub yesterday afternoon, plucked up the courage to say hi 👋 and they gave us guest list tickets for their gig. Total babes. 🥹

Hong Kongers express their solidarity with the victims of the Tai Po fire by writing words of encouragement and sympathy on Post-It notes. An act that disappeared since 2019 but apparently remain unforgotten since then.

new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped

Making up for the Glastonbury fallow year 🥲

Second to last gig of the year…Nourished By Time. 🤍

Kneecap at Prospect last night is a late but very strong contender for best gig of 2025.

Something's on the horizon...

Fun fact I learnt last night: Jean Rhys loved to shop in Miss Selfridge. 💅

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Nine years ago I programmed a conversation between Sarah Howe, Melanie Ho, Helen Oyeyemi and Hanya Yanagihara and that event is still a career highlight. Such brilliant women.

What do I care about anything when I can lie on the bed and pull the past over me like a blanket?

My brilliant friend @drjamesbailey.bsky.social has written a book about Muriel Spark. It’s sharp, warm and funny. A joy to read (and ready for pre-order). 🐈‍⬛

Maruja were intense and chaotic in the best kind of way 💫

Just watched Lake Mungo in a cave because why not put myself through something utterly terrifying on a Saturday afternoon. It was part of Bristol Film Festival’s Halloween programme and was v creepy and v cool. 👻

This is so great. I love that children will be part of the judging panel. 📚

corto.alto is back with a new track titled 'APRIL'. Collaborating with anaiis, whose vocals pair perfectly with corto.alto's productions. Link: cortoalto.lnk.to/aprilSK

You can get tiny armchairs for tiny humans 😩

This is a clever, heavy book! Kind of frazzled my brain. In a good way. I think.

I’m very (very) behind but this is so breathtakingly good.

Looking forward to this 💫

One of the best things I’ve seen so far this year. A total tonic. I didn’t stop laughing (even when I had to participate 🫠). www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/t...

Spent this morning with lots of great people who are doing lots of great cultural things in Gloucester. Really energising to see the impact ACE funding can have.

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

Bristol ✌️ 💙

Just out here publicly reducing the credibility of DJs.

Officially on GM26 countdown ⛰️ 🪩

“Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles” from the Hayward Gallery has arrived at The Wilson in Cheltenham and it’s a wonderful exploration of textiles in contemporary art. Really want (need) the wallpaper by Marc Camille Chaimowicz.

It’s #TShirtDay and this is the oldest and the best band tee I own.

Great to see ACE supported work of the best quality getting to our most far flung communities www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...

Prioritised Pleasure last night by watching @selfesteem.music-social.com absolutely dominate the stage in Birmingham. ❤️

Leftfield at Bristol’s Document. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

B2B Hot Chip on 6 🥹

Completed festival season on a total high at @endoftheroadfestival.com. Four days of joy. Father John Misty was the best way to close a music filled summer. 💛

Fruit tree haul made a perfect pairing for our office book club today. Loved this by @jessicajlee.bsky.social. 🍃

Redwood and tadpole spotting at Stourhead 🌲@nationaltrust.org.uk

That was WONDERFUL! Underworld, Beth Gibbons, CMAT, TV On The Radio, Jacob Alon, Jasmine.4.T…so much good stuff. Also, I didn’t know Perfume Genius had covered Mazzy Star’s Fade Into You and hearing that live was a total highlight. Thank you @greenmanfest.bsky.social. See you next year. 💚

Good post day. @bertsbooks.bsky.social 📚

Ready for the mountains ⛰️ 💚

I’ll be thinking about this book for a really long time. And will never look at a tree in the same way again! 🌳

I inhaled all 480 pages of this. A proper masterpiece. 💧

Made a visit to Musée d'art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne - a brilliant museum in a beautiful castle. 🏰

Of course have been completely reasonable with the number of books I brought with me for just over a week’s holiday. 🥲

Obv located a record shop within a few hours of being in France. Part of Le Confort Moderne, a very cool arts centre in Poitiers. 🇫🇷

New Fake or Fortune tonight, lads.

Oh my heart 💔

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