Beat the Christmas rush I've just launched my #Christmas Gift Guide. There’s 10% off everything in my online shop with code XMAS25 until Friday. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...

Farage: epic grifter

This is why I love @bertsbooks.bsky.social ! What a joy to come home to!

Bugger me! Were nearly there! Thanks everyone. Still need a few more pledges to get it over the line but it looks like this might be actually happening… www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Hat angle guide Stick one in your pocket, you'll never know when you might need it. www.worldofmoose.com/products/hat...

Reader, I twatted him.

Weet

Fez!

Apparently a Conservative from Valletta fearful of flooding, stopped investing in a high-rise garage and instead built a ship for his koi collection. It was a wait for it Maltese Tory carp ark. Enjoy your weekend.

HOW TO MAKE A RAGÙ (Palindrome) Ragù: Shallot. A tuna. Deft salt (light) or beer, up a root. A motto. Herb most sombre. Hot tomato, or a purée. Broth, gilt, last fed a nut. A toll. Ah, sugar!

BREAKING NEWS: Steve is absolutely furious with one of his paws. Nobody knows why.

Weekend reading, but which one first? @janecasey.bsky.social @sophiehannah.bsky.social

Local, middle-aged woman outside the Europa Hotel in Belfast just now: "It's called 28 Years Later but I don't know what it's about - is it the Good Friday Agreement?

BREAKING NEWS: Meerkat hugs a water sausage. Everybody has a great time.

I can’t believe I get to do this again. I am thrilled to announce that my second novel, The Barbecue at Number 9, will be published by the wonderful team at @HutchHeinemann next spring. I’ve put a little outline below, & it’s available for pre-order now via the link in my bio

Make your memoirs easier to index by doing everything in your life in alphabetical order.

"Clustiau'r Sais", dyfais sy'n galluogi Saeson i glywed Cymry'n siarad Saesneg mewn tafarndai cyn iddynt fyned - GCHQ 1943

Immaculate timing!

Nice that it’s Pride month at last. Prejudice month seemed to last years.

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Have a look at my wares and please repost. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

Not been well this week & have been thinking about my value as a disabled (autism+ADHD+PMDD) human & been comparing myself to others (never good). When I feel low I make miniature posies. I’ve been mocked for them before but they lift my mood-I hope this one lifts yours. Maybe a small life is ok…

“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ

My 14 June botanical illustration & mental health w'shop's now enrolling I'll teach you: 🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading 🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Limited spaces,earlybird price: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Owlphabet

One of my fave writing people is @gdwrightwrites - He’s poorly right now & isn’t doing his usual promotion for Into the Fire out on 5th June - so his friends are doing it for him, not just because we love him but because it’s a great read! The link to pre-order is www.waterstones.com/book/into-th...

It's May the 4th and that's all the excuse we need to re-post this classic. 🤩 🔊

,,,,, chameleon

Genius

The four aerial embroidery landscapes I still have left available, and the first two are reduced as they've been around quite a while! Which one of the four stands out to you most? :) All here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... and any shares would be very welcome!

Our open letter to Lisa Nandy calling for action - after our books were used against copyright by Meta to train their AI - is about to hit 20,000 signatures. Have you signed yet? www.change.org/p/protect-au...

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty down about my small business. I’m working so hard but it’s been very quiet. It’s bloody difficult at the moment. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Tomorrow at 1pm. I'll be joining the @societyofauthors.bsky.social to protest against Meta's use of millions of novels to train its AI. You can download the assets here and join us tomorrow at 1pm King's Cross. #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇 societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

30 years of Hamish Macbeth. All on iplayer (apart from the forever embargoed "West Coast Story" from Series 1) and I'd love it if people went off and fell head over heels for it. It's beautiful, funny, dramatic and on occasion, downright eerie and strange. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Similarly, my business model of stealing all your shit won't work if you don't allow me to steal all your shit.

Adored this episode. Spent my undergraduate years studying medieval Welsh literature and the Arthurian tradition so was super impressed with Mike Wozniak's Mabinogion knowledge. But the comparison of Culhwch ac Olwen to Taskmaster was the crowning glory 😁

HGV I draw all my cartoons to order (they're not prints). If you don't see what you're after on our website, you can email us. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

What a way to start the day, and especially welcome back to Jorge and Jesus. Loved the Caerffili pun in particular

Bonjour, folks. If Kindle books are your thing you can get award-winning A Stranger in the Family for 99p at the moment. You too can experience the ending and come and tell me about your feelings. Yes, book 11 of a series; no you don't have to have read the rest. www.amazon.co.uk/Stranger-Fam...

Is it a coincidence that on today's NYT spelling bee you can make both tyrant and tyranny...

As Horne Section aficionados will know, we are entering a very important time for us. Firstly it’s St David’s Day, then Pancake Day, then Ash Wednesday, one of our fave guys. Anyway, the point of this is to say THE PODCAST STARTS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY!! - (wherever you get your podcasts..)

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus! Sorry about the slightly tatty daffs...

COVER REVEAL: US and UK jackets for Poirot no. 6!!

Oh this was excellent!

A landscape commission I completed March 2024... this remains one of my proudest aerial embroideries to date! It was challenging and took its time and that pop of spring yellow in the south-west corner was a perfect choice from the commissioner 💛 I hope you also all love it! #fiberarts #embroidery

I'm starting a new monthly printed edition of The Trumpton Project. A selection of my cartoons telling the story of the last month in politics that I hope will add up to a collection that catalogues the chaos of the end of days ... Get yours here: mikedicksart.com/products/the...