Okay let's go and get this cat into his book then

All this will do is make lonely people feel even more isolated. This, at a time when there’s a serious loneliness epidemic killing people across the world. www.who.int/news-room/co...

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The 365 best days of 2025

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Morning fire

Oh no we shouldn't.

Still there! It’s Tom Baker’s Christmas message. youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...

The first memory I have of this game is being in the Ocean basement to visit a friend who worked there and a bunch of people were crowded around a screen in awe at the animation

I’ll be spaced out later

I wrote a poem. Or at least the draft of one

I wrote a poem. Or at least the draft of one

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Waiting for my boy to wake so I can open presents and eat chocolates

We celebrated Christmas Eve today and he’s very pleased with Commodore Music Maker. Christmas Day tomorrow

My oven broke whilst cooking Christmas dinner today. So that wasn’t great but I salvaged what I could on the hob and we muddled through. Cheese and crisps for the next few weeks though

Can you imagine if we were as strict on MPs expenses and billionaires tax avoidance as we were on Disabled People? The money would be raining down.

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It’s freezing but an old chap wasn’t allowed on the bus because it isn’t 9:30 and his pass won’t scan. He wouldn’t let me pay and the driver wouldn’t just let him ride

This morning in the cafe a lady in a festive jumper wishes me merry Christmas as she jingles her way across the rooftops of her memories. Each step she takes deepens her smile like footprints in snow leaving herself a trail for when her day is done

For some strange reason, my son has spent today and a whole fistful of cables getting his MacBook hooked into a CRT

My first poetry book came out in Summer 2025 - ice cream models own cosmicshambles.myshopify.com/products/ice...

I spy my little otter. Thank you @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social

Good evening

Poetry in the age of AI. What are your thoughts? #poetry #childrenspoetry poetryschool.com/courses/writ...

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The (brilliant) #kidlit advocate, Sarah, has rebranded and relaunched her book review site and it looks great! I do love the new name reading2smile.com

This kind of legal action against universities will chill the free speech of all who advocate for the rights of minoritised peoples. This was the bill’s intent. Lobbyists are already using it to shut down speech they don’t like. Unless universities stand up strongly for ALL freedom of expression…

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

Good morning world. I have no work this week and am luxuriating in being able to do as I like. So of course I’m up at five thirty, out for a walk and a coffee. I have had a chat with a chap who is seeing the light in the world, and will soon head home to struggle with a story I’m writing

Original production dielines from Tron

Hi. Court reporter here again. I can confirm about a third of local cases I see are domestic abuse of women and girls. Where do you think the men start? And almost every columnist tells you to look elsewhere.

I have just visited a shop. Dante was in there, pushing a trolley. Hieronymous Bosch was frantically stacking shelves

I was just treated to the best cuddle from a guide dog called Rupert. He saw me reading and padded over to say hello

I saw this little person hanging out yesterday

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Poetry Review arrived today from the @poetrysociety.org.uk , along with the Winter Edition of Poetry News. Thank you for the chuckle!

The best show of 2025 was Common Side Effects. If this were live action then we’d be talking about it alongside Pluribus, Severance, Breaking Bad and all those shows

For anyone who may be hastily returning certain books they bought as Christmas presents, here's a thread of excellent children's books I highly recommend you buy instead: Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell Funny, chaotic and a little bit naughty okay, a lot naughty

I’ve recently become aware that some people do not like mince pies or bounty chocolates. If this is you then please seek help, do the work, make the change and be better x

Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.

Pre-library sustenance

Thank you to @louiestowell.bsky.social who recommended this. I’ve been disillusioned with the big titles lately, wishing marketing money wasn’t thrown at certain people so this book was a revelation. I hope it is selling HUGELY to match the joy it’s bringing me

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"The lives of the Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners now on hunger strike are at growing risk. On Friday, two reached day 48 without food. (In 1981, one IRA prisoner – 29-year-old Martin Hurson – died on the 46th day.)" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On David Walliams: The Daily Mail reveals that “showbusiness reporters at The Sun were told to drop negative stories about Walliams because both that newspaper and HarperCollins are owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsUK, even sharing offices near London Bridge.” archive.ph/2025.12.20-0...

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For the #PoetryByHeart Festive Showcase today, enjoy a special recitation of 'Father Christmas sent me to the Moon' by @domconlon.bsky.social, and see what twist you can put on the poem by speaking it! 🌙 ❄️ Dom also offers tips for writing your own poem 🖋️ poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/father...