My poem 'Exhibit at "Inside"' is now published in _Fringe999 poetry forum_

My latest for _East Anglia bylines_ is an interview with a retired classics teacher seeking to add a pedunculate oak to the Woodland Trust's Ancient Trees Inventory.

26 Bridges, Day 19 Westminster Bridge. Poem by me! Artwork by Clare Trowell. 5 Transport for London bus routes cross Westminster Bridge, and I spent a Saturday and a Sunday morning in January riding all of them end to end.

Me reading five colour poems to Mill Road Poetry in Hot Numbers, Cambridge

The 26 Bridges project (my own assignment was Westminster Bridge) is live. go.rallyup.com/26bridges/Ca... . The Westminster Bridge artwork is a fine print by Clare Trowell. My poem will appear, alongside Clare's print, on Wednesday 8 October. Meanwhile -- bid for the print!

Happy 90th birthday to Estonian composer Arvo Pärt! Here's a poem I wrote some years ago, inspired by his #CantusInMemoryOfBenjaminBritten -- a piece which i have loved since I first heard it, probably some time in 1981.

And that list doesn't include the Little Ouse Headwaters Project eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/... , whom I wrote about in November 2022. But I think my #CharityDay posts are done now.

And when the war broke out in Ukraine I wrote about the response of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, the professional body for librarians #CharityDay eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/world/l...

And AgeUK eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare... -- an old article but today's #CharityDay

This is about Granta Chorale eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu... #CharityDay

This is an article about City of Sanctuary a few years ago, worth remembering on #CharityDay eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

And I wrote for @eastangliabylines.co.uk about the choir I sing in, Cambridge Philharmonic Society eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co... #CharityDay

Most recent for #CharityDay is East Anglian Air Ambulance eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/health/...

Today is #CharityDay. I've written about quite a few charities for @eastangliabylines.co.uk . See coming skeets.

For _East Anglia bylines_, I interviewed people who'd taken part in a counter-demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Diss, Norfolk. bit.ly/4ftzDOc

Wrote this for Ledbury carnival programme bit.ly/4os2G99

I wrote this last autumn, for @eastangliabylines.co.uk . I don't know how things have changed in this evening's demo in Diss. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

As promised this afternoon, an update to @eastangliabylines.co.uk bit.ly/4kQmUGC about potholes in Cambridge. The repair in Mill Road that had become a hump has now been smoothed down. The Race-for-Life-coloured potholes on Riverside now have the council's 'mend in 21 days' yellow round them.

I wrote about potholes for _East Anglia bylines_, and learned on the way some surprising things like the existence of dragon patchers and C roads. bit.ly/4kQmUGC

I interviewed East Anglia Air Ambulance people for _East Anglia bylines_ about their work. bit.ly/4kON2lu

I covered demo and counter-demo for @eastangliabylines.co.uk

For _East Anglia bylines_ I interviewed Rouzbeh Parsa, who premieres his _Kamancheh concerto_ with the Cambridge Philharmonic orchestra on 24 May. bit.ly/45bDFHW

Excellent thread on the true nature of democracy. Pls read!

@karenmca.bsky.social You might be interested in this update of something you pointed me to, nine years ago.

Following a conversation with Clare about pontiffs and bridges, I've dug out my own poem regarding the Forth Bridge, and updated the links in its blog post. bit.ly/24fFTiy

Five river poems of mine, read to the Mill Road Poetry Group last night in Hot Numbers bit.ly/4jsMEce

Why settle for flag-waving when you can celebrate with memes? We’ve collected the best of today's St George’s Day memes, from cheeky jabs at nationalism to witty nods to England's patron saint. Check them out now! ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk Happy Birthday! #TruthToPower

Our big sister, Yorkshire Bylines, celebrates 5 years of publishing 🥂🎂 The first of the 10 regional Bylines in the Bylines Network, we wish a #HappyBirthdayYorkshireBylines If you value our regional #TruthToPower citizen journalism please support us all with a donation. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

#HappybirthdayYorkshireBylines. The first of our 10 publications launched five years ago today. Here's editor in chief Louise Houghton to tell you all about it. Help @BylinesNetwork celebrate five years of speaking #TruthToPower - send @YorksBylines a birthday wish today. 1/2

Completely different from the orchard/busway spat, but by me and in _East Anglia Bylines_ -- a interview with musicians reviving a cantata not heard for perhaps a century bit.ly/42sOt1B

By me in @eastangliabylines.co.uk : interview with Anna Gazeley about Coton Orchard and the planned busway bit.ly/3XRxrsp

The poetry magazine #Orbis has published a contribution of mine! bit.ly/41qHR38

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism. Support our crowdfunder here - or just read and share our articles!

A poem I wrote some years ago and have now blogged, for reasons explained in the blog. bit.ly/4aiKIzj

For @eastangliabylines.co.uk I reported on a demo in London bit.ly/4fXn8Jt

The article version of that talk I gave to CILIP ILIG last February -- 'Citizen journalism: what it is, why it is, and how I got involved' -- is now out in _Focus_! www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou.... and click on 'Latest edition'

My article for @eastangliabylines.co.uk on Radio Tirana and other stations of the 1970s is now up: bit.ly/4haCoDH

East Anglia Bylines would like to wish all our readers & supporters a very Happy New Year. 2025 promises to be just as 'interesting' as 2024, so please keep following us - we will endeavour to keep you informed of what is going on regionally and nationally. 🍾🥂

And I did another thing for @bylineseast.bsky.social , about Christmas carols. bit.ly/4fCEOda

@bbcradio3.bsky.social Interested to hear what you said about Peak District mist. Wife Clare and I travelled yesterday from Wirksworth in Derbyshire to Mirfield in West Yorkshire and the mistscape varied hugely. Sometimes we were in it, sometimes under cloud, sometimes amid bright clear fields.

My way with Christmas cards, in @bylineseast.bsky.social bit.ly/49TtcBt

Wow, the UK's leading citizen journalism network is just about to hit 50k followers on Bluesky, can we do this today? Please share and lets make this happen!

eastangliabylines.co.uk/science/new-... Climate coverage by @bylineseast.bsky.social #COP29

eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/... Climate coverage by @bylineseast.bsky.social #COP29

eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/... Climate coverage by @bylineseast.bsky.social #COP29

eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/good-... Climate coverage by @bylineseast.bsky.social #COP29

12:57 a shrewd reader looked up the _East Anglia bylines_ home page & made history for the outlet. Congratulations to that unknown seeker after wisdom -- EAB's millionth reader! -- Anna Damski on how EAB got here, & what could be in citizen journalism for you eastangliabylines.co.uk/celebrating-...

egomania, incompetence & functional corruption ... grounds for an investigation into corporate manslaughter ... liars, charlatans and frauds ... their own small-minded or self-interested ends ... -- Pecksniff's Diary on -- well, you know. Cartoon by Dormouse. eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniffs-d...

I was invited to take part in Cambridgeshire Libraries' ceremony for their 'Library of Sanctuary' award in St Ives on 28 October. My brief talk there quoted extensively from Mariam's words in that #EastAngliaBylines interview she gave me bit.ly/46SHQGP