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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Goodness. This stopped me in my tracks. What an incredible live session. So happy Patrick is back.

Gorgeous, gorgeous 🐦

Glastonbury. ❤️

Made it 🪩

Back to Gloucester today for more Refugee Week events. Photos are of the Welcome Chorus by Squidsoup and Vilk Collective, and the window displays are by artists working with Gas Projects. 💡

“You look as though you might be a relation.” Incredibly moving performance by Zaria Rosita-Hanif on this beautiful raft created by Dana Olǎrescu. Very special evening hosted by Gloucester Guildhall and @counterpoints.org.uk as part of Moomin 80 and Refugee Week. 🕊️

I entered the ballot on the *checks notes* same day I had major surgery and was on massive doses of morphine. THANK GOD. Was genuinely worried I’d have to actually run 26.2 miles.

Glorious visit to the Old Town Quarry in Weston-super-Mare today. Construction on the site is planned meticulously around local wildlife needs - including three very busy and noisy peregrine falcon fledglings (one is zooming around in this photo 🦅 ).

Obsessed.

Little Simz album launch at Prospect. 2025 gig highlight. 🪷

Whirligig Festival in Weston-super-Mare was great. Thanks Super Culture. 🎪 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

This was wonderful. Achingly romantic and completely farcical. Not a single word wasted.

MJ Lenderman at Marble Factory last night. I’m in my slide guitar era.

I wrote something. On Ho Lai Chu's MENDING BODIES, translated from the Chinese by Jacqueline Leung. READ: worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re... 。。。。。

This is absolutely wild.

Six weeks until Glastonbury, and the Block9 lineup has landed.

Celebrating this by listening to ‘Yes’ on repeat for the next two hours. ✌️

This is so sad. I spent many, many nights dancing and discovering new music at the Leadmill. It’s an iconic venue, part of Sheffield’s cultural make-up. What a loss.

7 years since Scott Hutchison left us. This is one of the most romantic songs of all time as far as I'm concerned. A gift of an artist. Thoughts with those who loved him. youtu.be/OJNFwGdh4iE?...

17m sail artwork by contemporary artist Pete Codling features 900+ charcoal-drawn faces from Portsmouth - spanning 2,000 years of history ⚓👥 Now at @phdockyard.bsky.social’s Boathouse 4 for #VEDay80 📍📅 Proudly #ACEsupported thanks to #NationalLottery30 players 🤞 Read more👇 buff.ly/erP3I9l

Lovely to have some national press coverage for the festival & the state of translated literature more broadly www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

Happy publication day, @jacqlyy.bsky.social. Can’t wait to read this! 🇭🇰