Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here. #WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth

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Exploring Skaigh Woods on Dartmoor today, we found this amazing small-leaved lime covered in epiphytes - an indicator of ancient woodland - plus yellow stagshorn fungi, loads of fly agaric mushrooms and this punk caterpillar, a pale tussock moth

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Here’s another poem for National Poetry Day. This one is called ‘A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’.

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Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate. This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

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“I love the aroma of fresh toffee in the morning!” “Toffee?” “Sorry - I meant coffee. It was a smelling mistake"

40 years ago today, The Jesus and Mary Chain released "Just Like Honey" - the third single from their brilliant debut studio album “Psychocandy” “Listen to the girl…as she takes on half the world.”

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It is *essential* that the government restores the independence of the Electoral Commission in its forthcoming Elections Bill: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great response to people who don’t read fiction (from The Assistant by Bernard Malamud)

Popping back here briefly to post this pinned link to my new website: everything in one place. Writing archive, links to books & audiobooks. No association with Substack or other venture capitalists. Writing on diverse subjects in your inbox, every week, for a fee of your choice: www.tom-cox.com

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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

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