Crappy Living

Here’s a headline to start a conversation :)

Deep thanks to Roma Robinson and @amplifystroud.com
for such a thoughtful and nuanced piece on my chat with Nick Hayes last month - going beyond trespass and into a discussion on home, housing, and the hard work of belonging in rural places xxx

A photograph from a performance of LOST MYTHOS with performers dressed in blue suits and pointed fluorescent headgear to represent earthly avatars of the genius locii that make up the Gloucestershire Association of Mythical Entities - an otherworldly Parish Council concerned with gnomes, wizards and giant toad manifestations in the local Tesco Express

Of course our very own Emma Kernahan @crappyliving.bsky.social popped up throughout the weekend, hosting an interview with Nick Hayes and performing as part of the Lost Mythos Mythical Entities crew with poet JLM Morton and all round incredible musician, sound tech and singer Mara Simpson

Lol this feels like the exact energy

My *favourite* thing is the level of contempt levelled at you by British charity shop staff when you come to donate and they’re not accepting donations that day. Why did you even think about going in there with a Tesco bag for life full of tops and board games, this is TUESDAY you fool

Council meeting with a twist play coming to Market Theatre in Ledbury A THEATRE is set to host a parish council meeting with a twist.

The mythical entities have made the Ledbury Reporter - if you’re over 500 years old and want to join parish council then come along on July 12th ✨⭐️
www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/2509619...

The Basic Income Movement hosted a briefing on basic income and regrowth to MPs in Westminster last week

It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope that MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!

Don't Get Married, Girls: A Valentine's Day letter to my daughters On 25 years of co-habiting, and the under-rated romance of 'I Don't'

I celebrated Valentine’s Day this year by writing about my most romantic act - never getting married. It’s my first ever post on Substack, and you can follow me there if you like ❤️

open.substack.com/pub/crappyli...

Sudan: Understanding the Crisis Former Stroud MP David Drew explains the civil war unfolding in Sudan and remembers his experiences of the troubled country.

DATELINE: Friday 7 February 2025
TOPIC: Sudan: Understanding the Crisis
WRITER: DAVID DREW | Former MP for Stroud

amplifystroud.com/2025-02-suda...

#INTERNATIONALISM #SUDAN

Brilliant things happening in Manchester 👇

My profile on X

The rewilding meadow in front of the cottage

A lapwing icon

The yellow back door

Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.

Dream trip!

GWR train from Gloucester to Penzance with stops along the way?

Take my money

Come and join me on Instagram if you want to witness my descent into insanity/attempt to flick the v’s to 2024 with daily bits of joy in real time

Holy smokes(long)

What what what what omg

THANK YOU Helen! Merry Radvent to yoooooooo

<cries in rural A road service station coffee dispenser>

Ehhhh that’s a nice gut biome you got there, shame if somebody ‘unbalanced’ it for ya

U BETTA let the soft animal of your body love what it loves <points>

In my head I read wellness influencer posts on Instagram in the voice of Tony Soprano and nobody can stop me

If you’d like to cosplay societal collapse I recommend the Christmas lights aisle

Is everyone aware that it’s 90% off in Homebase, I’ve been in for a tree stand and come out with a trolley stacked so high I’ve had to fast push it to the car for momentum, it’s mayhem

What I like about 24 Hours In Police Custody is how many police officers have mugs on their desk that say things like ‘Adulting!’ and they say stuff like ‘you can’t die from harassment but you can die from other crimes that’s the main difference’ I genuinely can’t tell if it’s real

Could have been anything!

Wordle did us dirty today

Went for a long walk, had to go through a few hedges too and afterwards felt a spider moving *under my top* so congrats to everyone in Tetbury Tesco who saw me rip off my jumper and rummage frantically in my own cleavage, only to find a rogue bit of tinsel 👌

TONIGHT at 7pm! Sarah Brooks, author of ‘The Cautious Traveller’s Guide To The Wastelands’ is joining me online for our last Dialect Dinner of the year! 3 imaginary courses served up with a side of literary discussion - £5 or payc. Come and pull up a virtual chair
www.dialect.org.uk/events/diale...

Well well well if it isn’t my exact cup of tea