@markrutterford.bsky.social
Writer-Performer. Stories. Love. Props. Badgers. Lucy. Daylight and fresh air.
Orchid update
If you’ve got it, flaunt it ❤️
How beautiful. I just found a common spotted orchid in the garden ❤️
Mondays just aren’t the same these days 😀
Talking Tales #38 is open for submissions 🗣️ @melciavucco.bsky.social @markrutterford.bsky.social The event is July 2025 at The Robin Hood in Bristol! 🎉 If you'd like to perform, or just attend the event to listen, please read our latest newsletter ❤️ - mailchi.mp/b8c47c38a46f...
07.06.2025 09:24 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Well look at this!
Poetry Plus on Tuesday night in @thebellinnbath
730pm start - part of @fringeartsbath
No strings, no cost, no brainer ❤️
See you there 🙏 …along with @clayton.debbie @milenapaccani @raven_on_the_wire20 and more
Tis the day for this pic 🥚❤️
It will always make me smile 🙏
Big smiles for a big night 😍
I am delighted to be taking part in the Chimes Poetry Variety Night as part of Sparkfest Bath 🌟
May 22nd 6pm at Burdall’s Yard in Bath
It will be a gorgeous mix of performances
Book now
www.ticketsource.co.uk/bathspalive/...
What an excellent evening of stories, poetry & spoken word at Talking Tales! 📖✍️🗣️
Thank you to everyone who read and performed, to our lovely supportive audience and to @markrutterford.bsky.social for hosting.
The flyer pictured is from 10 years ago from the very first Talking Tales! 🥳
A reminder
Even shipwrecked dreams can last
And surprise us with their beauty ❤️
Wreck of the SS Nornen
Berrow beach ⚓️
Submissions for Talking Tales 🗣️ #37 - an event taking place at The Robin Hood, St Michael's Hill, Bristol on 17th April and hosted by the amazing @markrutterford.bsky.social - close soon! Please check out our latest email for all the details 😊 mailchi.mp/36a7f795c19b...
04.04.2025 09:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I am coarse from the ravages of Winter
I am broken, muddy, brown
Is that sunlight in the distance?
May it shine on us again ❤️
Well timed…thank you 🙏
14.03.2025 19:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I think you mean Mark Rutte and not me 🙏 Best wishes
01.03.2025 22:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Very excited to be seeing @zahodesagazan in Bristol tonight. Will report back…expect much ❤️
28.02.2025 17:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just saying…
We don’t have to take our clothes off
to have a good time ❤️
Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link.
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
I had a lot of brilliant help and…found my ❤️
18.02.2025 14:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What a brilliant event - bravo to everyone that’s made this happen with @readwithyeovil.bsky.social 🙌
I have more props than is wise but I am buckled up and will enjoy the ride making a story with some 6 - 8 year olds ❤️ Let’s see where it takes us…
The winner of the best bit of marketing seen over the weekend award goes to 👇
16.02.2025 13:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Welcome 🙏
16.02.2025 13:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sorry to report tomorrow’s The Love Stories Show at The David Hall, South Petherton has had to be postponed due to circumstances beyond our control 💔 The David Hall and me are working on rescheduling but it won’t be for a while.
Thanks for all the love and support x
Thanks to Somerset Live for this article ❤️
www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
The Love Stories Show at The David Hall, South Petherton 8pm on Valentine’s Day
Tickets from www.thedavidhall.com/events24-25/
07.02.2025 19:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One week to Valentine’s Day ❤️
And to save yourself from the same old same old 🙏
Get booked up for The Love Stories Show @thedavidhallsp and lets make Somerset sizzle
Details and Tix via qr code at Pic 3
#valentines #love #somerset
🏍️ TO HULL AND BACK IS OPEN 🏍️
The 9th To Hull And Back humorous #shortstory competition is open for entries 🎉
- Closes 30th June 2025
- £10 early-bird entry fee, £12 standard
- 2,500 words
- Top prize £1,000
- Shortlist published in anthology
Details: www.christopherfielden.com/to-hull-and-...
Love is…a small bag of wonder ❤️
I know half of you are going to be…just…WRONG😡
But who’s got these on their Valentine’s lust list?
#marmite #marmitecrispsuk #valentines #loveit
Some days, you wake up and think you’re a bit off kilter…and then you remember to smile and get some coffee 😎
02.02.2025 10:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Please share
26.01.2025 20:42 — 👍 46 🔁 45 💬 1 📌 1
Been writing about songs in languages I do not speak and the fire and ice of a 1960s love affair.
Emotions are a bit close to the surface today 🙏
SUBTITLES ON
24.01.2025 13:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
