I have a reading age of 65. That means I've forgotten how a book started by the time I reach the end. This is why I have to write my own books. 🤔

A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight

Staff at Lincoln Cathedral find a dinner party invite by author Lewis Carroll from 1875. 👇 BBC News - Dinner invite shows what Lewis Carroll had for tea www.bbc.com/news/article...

NEWCASTLE NOIR 2025 5th - 6th Dec. Celebrate the return of the international crime fiction festival of deliciously dark criminal delights! 🕵️‍♂️🔍In conjunction with Newcastle City Library. There'll be author panels & workshops with best-selling authors. newcastlenoir.co.uk www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025

Got to love a strange encounter along a Holloway! 😍✍️🤖

You are all cordially invited to the launch of: Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers. Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm The event is free and you can book here. ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries

BBC News - North East heritage sites taken off 'at risk' register - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Such great news for these sites, and I'm particularly thrilled for the lovely church communities that I have worked with in the past 👍😍⛪

St Michael's Mount nr Penzance Diodorus Siculus (60-30BC); ‘The inhabitants of Britain who live on the promontory called Belerion [Cornwall] are friendly to strangers.. they work the tin… and convey it to an island.. called Ictis… (where) the merchants buy the tin from the natives 📷 Yesterday

*We have news* We're joining forces with Admiral in a new three year partnership that brings together nature conservation and community protection. We'll will work to restore vital landscapes and raise awareness of how nature-based solutions can help tackle the growing threat of flooding.

Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕 Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores. It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs! It will be our second Supermoon of the year.

I needed this story. Hope 💕

#bookbuzz #AuthorUproar #BookBoost #BooksWorthReading #booklovers

Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.

#writerthoughts #amwritingromance #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

‘An aftertaste that haunted me’: the best (and worst) meat-free sausages, tasted and rated

BBC News - Your pictures of Scotland: 24 - 31 October www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC News - Northumberland Reiver Trails a 'new way to explore' countryside - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Highly recommend this ambient soundtrack if your dog is upset by fireworks. It’s like Brian Eno for canines and really helped our previous hound who had a week-long panic attack each year around Bonfire Night. m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...

I love this quote because I don’t really understand it, but at the same time, it makes complete sense. Anyway, we’re open. Pop in.

Crummock Water, Lake District, 1929.

Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt

True story

BBC News - Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

High Five!... Oh... Sorry 😳 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums Marble statue from the terrace of the Olympeieon, in Athens, now in the Athens Archaeological Museum 😁

BBC News - Sir David Attenborough backs campaign to buy Rothbury Estate - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

can’t wait for never finish my novel november to start. I will delete some pages of it every day until there are zero pages & words left

#selfpub #writerscommunity #authorsky #writingtips #indieauthor

Reiver Trails launched in Northumberland with 10 way-marked recreational routes to try share.google/w4WWXxEEy7It... I'm very excited to be part of this exciting project, carrying out some research and interpretation to add value to the trail experience 👍😍 Spot me in the pic? 🧐

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Very happy to be working with the brilliant folks at PEN TO PRINT for this evening workshop exploring How to Write a Fantasy or Sci-Fi Series! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pen-to-pri... #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #writing #writers #authors #workshop #workshops

Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫 Full story 👇 treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...

We’re nearing the end of our fundraiser — £1,659 raised so far! 💙 Help us reach our £5,000 goal to publish new voices and stories in 2026. Please donate or share — every boost keeps indie publishing alive. 👉 gofund.me/7d367540a #IndiePublishing #SupportIndies #SaltPublishing

BBC News - Red kites found nesting in Sherwood Forest for 'first time' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Constellations' by contemporary US artist illustrator Maggie Vandewalle #womensart

BBC News - North East crafters crochet oysters to boost conservation - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Get your crochet hooks out, people! 😍👍🦪🧶

“An Autumn gale is stripping off the leaves and sweeping them along in the slanting squall of rain” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)

I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win. Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

BBC News - Calls for volunteers at Newcastle's Gosforth nature reserve - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Northumberland's Bremenium Roman Fort dig uncovers 'record finds' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Please sign and share if you can 🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. 38d.gs/rezg

The poem 'Dangerous Coats' by contemporary Irish writer Sharon Owens #womensart Home Office surveillance photograph of suffragette Olive Beamish, 1914 #WomensArt

🚨RELEASE DAY🚨 The Blue of You by the wonderful Amanda Huggins is available everywhere now! A literary Christmassy romance, this tale of ghosts, memories and letting go is not to be missed! Order yours now: share.google/jYN3BwYQWUAn...

Hello good folk, I have written a novel about birth mothers, adoptees, what happens after adoption for birth mothers plus, when the children come searching.. It’s called *How Like A Winter* and will be out soon. Hoping it resonates (I’m adopted myself) #birthmothers #adoptees #adoption #ancestors

Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd josbookblog.co.uk/2025/10/20/m... via @tinyicklejo.bsky.social

John Dowd (American Artist, born 1960) "Full Moon Beach Point", 2022. Oil on Linen

From the kiln today, Roman Archaeology. Replica Colchester cup, made entirely by hand using methods that the original maker would recognise. See me demonstrating making these & other related pottery, at Leeds Armoury Roman Festival 23rd to 25th August 2025 Roman Festival share.google/YkikEfGjX1Nc...

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂 #funny

Apologies for publishing self praise, but when I saw this piece by India Knight in today's @thetimes.com , I thought I might burst with happiness.

Good morning & welcome to #Caturday Shine a great light on your most amazing qualities. We tend to focus on the negative aspects of us and forget all the greatness that we have within. You ARE amazing