So excited to have taken part in this brilliant 3xchabge of artistic labour: 3 artists 3 writers 12 hours in Exeter Custom House@

Second, Entangled Pasts, 1768-Now, just opened at the RA. Engages with an honest way in how the institution and its artists dealt with issues of race and colonialism. Some great juxtapositions with contemporary works. Well worth a visit.

Great short fiction prize here which includes a retreat, manuscript assessment and 2000 euros. Get in!

Looking back to new year walks on the beach feels like a couple of years ago but is actually 6, a taste of the disruption experienced by so many through history ...years that we lose, count differently...lines drawn in the sand. Good to be looking forward again, hoping for better, to build better.

An envelope cut free from a final demand can brighten your day in the right hands. Paper star by David Squirrell

Words to Live by Number 33