Gorgeous evening with Kathryn Williams and Memphis Gerald at The Waiting Room ✨️

A cheeky bluetit gets up close and personal with one of our Loch Arkaig nest cameras.🙂 The ospreycam page is now live for the season! 👉 buff.ly/Ac5qZJt Louis and Dorcha have returned between March 28th and April 11th in previous years - so keep your eyes peeled! 👀 #ospreycam #Arkaigospreys

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The final night of the #HopeAndSocial spring tour at the Milton Rooms in Malton 💙

Beautiful day at @thepiecehall.bsky.social ☀️❤️

Another amazing night with #HopeAndSocial 💙 #FridayNight #LiveMusic #Halifax

This band just makes me ridiculously happy. The always brilliant #HopeAndSocial at ARC tonight 💙✨️

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Lush night at TWOOMPH from Tees Women Poets with some class open mic'ers taking to the stage at Chapel, and a mint headline set from the always brilliant Rowan McCabe. Poetry in Boro on a Friday night - love it 👌

Happy birthday to Bluemoose Books, who I have now known for 15 years. They are 100% independent and published my novels Pig Iron (2012), Beastings (2014) and The Gallows Pole (2017) and continue on a path to literary glory.

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Beautiful start to the day ☀️☕️ #SanSebCoffee #TeesBarrage

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Beautiful evening to be in Leeds for a magical @lisaoneillmusic.bsky.social gig at City Varieties Music Hall ✨️ #Leeds #LeedsGigs

Arts centres and libraries are trusted civic spaces, and that trust is what made these UK-wide conversations on what freedom means today possible. Read Annabel and Gavin's reflections on #OurFreedom: Then and Now 👇

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The journey continues. Photography exhibition Our Freedom: Then and Now will tour to 18 arts centres and libraries across the UK this year, sharing stories of people, place and belonging from communities nationwide. Also online from 18 March ourfreedom.org.uk/news/our-fre... #OurFreedom #ThenAndNow

Morning! Normal service has been resumed... ☁️

North East pals, I'm doing a gig @drakebookshop.bsky.social on 1st June so come say hi, it's always a good do when I team up with them.

Gorgeous riverside walk this morning, starting at #SanSebCoffee and carrying on to @drakebookshop.bsky.social (where I was very excited to pick up a copy of #Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social!). Not a bad way to start the day... #Saturday #StocktonOnTees ☀️☕️📚

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'Suede’s renaissance years' by @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Oh, whatever makes her happy On a Saturday night... Incredible show from @suedehq.bsky.social at York Barbican 🔥🙌

From the first notes, I just knew this was going to be an absolutely incredible evening. The wonderful @simeonwalker.bsky.social bringing the power of art, creativity, and community to Helmsley Arts Centre. Well worth the trip over the Moors on a winter Friday night ✨️ #SimeonWalker #Helmsley

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Made it by the skin of my teeth! First stop in York this morning was York Art Gallery for the final day of the #AestheticaArtPrize and #FutureTense dual exhibition ✨️ #YorkArtGallery #York

KIM HELLBERG'S RED AND WHITE ARMY! 🔴⚪️

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Starting Saturday by joining in with the @rspb.bsky.social's #BigGardenBirdwatch

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage embarks on the next leg of his ten-year tour of the UK’s libraries, visiting N to P Libraries during the National Year of Reading 2026. Details on how to book your tickets below 💫 simonarmitage.com/how-to-book-n-to-p-libraries-tour-2026/

@trouble-loves-me.bsky.social Look who's made it onto Bluesky! 👉 @kbrookes42.bsky.social 😊

Morning! Grey, misty start to the day, but still good to be out.

Great night at the Reimagining Middlesbrough book launch at Chapel - Whitehouse St. Brilliant to see such a packed room for poetry on a Friday night in town (and hear the cheers from the pub on the other side of the building as Boro's first couple of goals went in! 🙌) #UTB ❤️

What does freedom look like across the UK today? We’re excited to share that a major photography exhibition marking the culmination of Our Freedom: Then and Now will open at the Southbank Centre this March: ourfreedom.org.uk/news/exhibit... #OurFreedom #RememberOurFreedom #ThenAndNow

The Clore Leadership Fellowship is now open for applications, offering a tailored programme of leadership development for exceptional cultural leaders. Stage 1 applications close 5 February 2026 👇 www.cloreleadership.org/programme/cl... @cloreleadership.bsky.social

Are you a writer, performer, publisher or event promoter? If you’d like to be part of Leeds Lit Fest 2026, we’d love to hear from you. The submission window is now open for event ideas and closes on 1st Feb. Follow the link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #LLF26

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Goldfinch gathering on this afternoon's walk 😍

Delighted to announce that we will be publishing _Richard Heart Julianne_ By @ronanhession.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2027. ‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.' Brilliant!

Chilly one today, but absolutely worth it (in the second half, anyway!). That's more like it, Boro 🙌 #UTB

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I’m chairing this event with Christy Ducker and Bob Beagrie on 7th February as we chat about inspiration and dig into the RLF’s archive. Free to attend and tickets available here: tinyurl.com/55zzkfda

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Beautiful day for a visit to Saltburn with @tenpennydreams.bsky.social 🌊 #NewYearsEve #SaltburnByTheSea

Glad to have made it back to Preston Park Museum on the final day of #Corridors for another look at this beautiful installation by Rebecca Louise Law. Looking forward to more exhibitions in the wonderful new #SpenceBuilding in 2026 (check out Preston Park's annual museum pass - well worth it!).

A grey but peaceful start to the day 🦢 #Sunday (in case you'd lost track!)

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Looking for a new opportunity in the new year? Pocklington Arts Centre is seeking someone with proven leadership experience at a senior level in an arts organisation to be their new Venue Director. If this could be you, find out more and apply here: pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk/pocklington-...

Perfect way to end my gig year, at the Christmas edition of the Hope & Social Club at The Attic in Leeds. So much love for this band and the wonderful friends I've made through them. Good times, and looking forward to more next year 💙🤍✨️ #HopeAndSocialClub