RIP to the great #BenjaminZephaniah šššæ One of Britainās most prolific literary voices. We lost a legend today.
Sending our deepest condolences out to his family & friends.
Bach's Aria and Variation 1 from the 2023 OPUS Klassik Awards at the Konzerthaus Berlin, with @DGClassics š¶
Watch the full performance on YouTube š„ youtu.be/2iFXB7o9Au0?si=83-dā¦
Sellafield: ābottomless pit of hell, money and despairā at Europeās most toxic nuclear site
The latest estimate for cleaning up the Britainās nuclear sites is Ā£263bn, of which Sellafield is by far the biggest proportion. However, adjustments to its...1/2
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āThe Exceedingly Tiny Bookshopā my cartoon for today's @GuardianBooks / @GdnSaturday. Let's support good bookshops of all sizes, either locally or online.
ALT Title: The exceedingly tiny bookshop
It is no wider than its own narrow door but is easy to find as there is always a queue of eager customers outside.
One at a time, they enter to find themselves uncomfortably close to the proprietor. His impeccable suggestions are more than worth the indignity.
In the miniature stockroom a professional contortionist is employed to unpack deliveries and replenish the display.
The shelves can accommodate only eleven volumes, but each is chosen with such care that nobody leaves empty handed.
On Saturday mornings, a local author reads stories to as many small children as can be wedged into the shop.
Celebrate with me 125 years of @DGClassics with the most beautiful classical music in the world. Tune in to DG's classical radio station on Amazon Music ... "Alexa, play Deutsche Grammophon"!
āI work all day, and get half-drunk at night.
Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare.
In time the curtain-edges will grow light.
Till then I see whatās really always there:
Unresting death, a whole day nearer nowā¦ā
Philip #Larkin, died 2 December 1985
#death#poem
Due to demand, @coronettheatre has released a limited number of standing tickets for Autumn Journal - starring Ćanna Hardwicke - this Sunday. š
#LouisMacNeice was a Northern Irish poet. #AutumnJournal, his masterpiece, describes his response to a season of intense anxietyā¦
Message in a Bottle: join us in Heptonstall Museum on 2nd December for unique festive gift buying, poetry, refreshments - and sheer unbridled enjoyment of local heritage, habitat and creativity!
From lines submitted, we've made a Scottish People's Address to World Leaders. Fellow poet Niall Campbell joined me for an inaugural reading at @PTBOpoetry. The poem will be launched on Friday, St Andrew's Day.
How glad I am to have chosen this seat, opposite this poem. Poetry says more by saying lessā¦and today it speaks to me especially powerfully, at a time of deep sadness and despair.
NO place for a #nuclear power station! Serious erosion next to the #SizewellC site this weekend. Left is the "tank traps" in October this year, which we thought was bad.... on the right is how the same spot looks today. Sea incursion and tons of dune washed away! #StopSizewellC
Heading towards a wee collection of work being made available - if youād like to know when please āļøfor studio notes on the website, thanks! Iāll be sending out details soon.
Floods at Lewes, Eric Ravilious, 1935. The original artwork appears to be in a private collection but has been on display at @TownerGallery I believe. #Sussex#EastSussex#SouthDowns
Thanks to Graeme Richardson @thetimes for picking out from 'the year's best poetry collections' Contraflow, the anthology of Englishness @KevinGardner520 and I edited, from the excellent @renardpress introduction by @IMcMillan - looks beautiful too, the ideal #Christmas gift