βThe fifth annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor John Goodridge, President of the John Clare Society.β Saturday 13.06.26 at The John Rylands Library #Manchester #poetry
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βThe fifth annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor John Goodridge, President of the John Clare Society.β Saturday 13.06.26 at The John Rylands Library #Manchester #poetry
sslh.org.uk/2026/01/05/johβ¦
#WorldBookDay2026 in this morning's 'Yorkshire Post'. Follow the GWR link to access a free online copy of #TheLineToLegendLandππ²πgwr.com/line-to-legendβ¦
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#thicktrunktuesday
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'Matthew Francis and Deborah Bankole: Welsh Poetic Vision and Jazz Reimagined' with Cerys Matthews.
#poetry
#WelshPoetry
On #BBCSounds π»
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
the sweet spark of spring
simmered Sunday afternoon.
Still toast for tea, meβ¦
#March1st
Edna O'Brien at Her Home in Chelsea, London (1971) by John Minihan.
βWriters are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.β
Today at 18:00 βMusic and the Mechanical Mindβ π»BBCRadio3.
βwe feature early fictional examples of mechanical minds from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Thea Von Harbou's Metropolis[β¦].βπ€
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
From βSedimentβ by Grug Muse
This stone was once a forest.
Listen in and you might hear
her dream of birds still in her hair.
And she remembers being enstoned,
carried with the river to the sea, laid down
on its bed.
trans. by clare e. potter
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#StDavidsDayπΌπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
purple arcs moorland,
echoes of todayβs blue sky.
Stout solid, pint potβ¦
#PoemDraughtedOnABeermat
Cranes breach clouds,
crimping
light ..
#FiveWords
A vibrant kale salad with almonds, feta cheese, sliced onions, and dried fruit.
βYou're-Using-The-Wrong-Kale Saladβ
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Grass: gorgeously
green, short, flat as a pancake
on hold, spring button β¦
#Poetry #PressHere
βBonspielβ
The shelves in the brick shed
were lined with stones like ancient cheeses,
each one owned by a chalked name.
By Lorn Macintyre
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/bonspiel/
#WinterOlympics #Cortina #Curling #poetry π₯
π―π¬ππ #WutheringHeightsMovie #ChocolateBeetles #Frankenstein #Strawberries #WutheringHeights ππ¬ π
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THESE ISLES: Alfred, king of Wessex, who lived 849-99, is renowned as an English national hero for resisting the Vikingsβ advance and for promoting learning and literacy. He gained the epithet βthe Greatβ as early as the 13th century, popularised from the 16th. 1/6
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Antique travelling inkwells.
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Andrew Wasylyk - βLast Sunbeams of Childhoodβ - Official Video - 2020 Athens of the North.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=STZo...
A set of 2 black and white half frame photographs of sheep being gathered for scanning. The first image is taken through fencing wire with a dry stone wall in the foreground and the second image is of the sheep in front of the dry stone wall with the fells in the background.
Gathered - sheep scanning - Working Landscape - Lake District Observations
π·Pentax 17
ποΈIlford XP2 400 developed with DDX
#believeinfilm #filmphotography #HFF #fridayfavourites #lakedistrict
grey mist milks meadows,
wildflowers weight
their wait.
#Morning
Worth a listen: βIn Our Timeβ #JohnKeats #poetry π»π³πͺ¨
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Frm βTo Ailsa Rockβ
Thy life is but two dead eternities β
The last in air, the former in the deep!
First with the whales, last with the eagle skies!
Drownβd wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep,
Another cannot wake thy giant size!
John Keats
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/ailsa-r...
hello, hope youβre well. Am concerned, sadly not heard anything. Hoping Timβs ok.
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βWatching Shakespeareβs plays is like being invited into a house full of amazing rooms. Go through a door at the top of the house and you will meet a ghost walking the battlements of a castle at night.β @michealrosenyes.bsky.social #ShakespeareSunday
From
βWhatβs so special about Shakespeare?β
grit sparkle, glint, shine,
crunch under foot, ice splinters.
Pub windows heart re(a)dβ¦
#Valentines πΉβ€οΈ
Gwen John ( 1876 - 1939 ) notes, via & thanks Harriet Baker @financialtimes.com Weekend Magazine #poetry
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βThe novelist, essayist and critic Julian Barnes talks to John Wilson about his career and formative cultural influencesβ #Departures
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βHow shall I paint thee?β (William Wordsworthβ). A brilliant talk by @chrisroutledge.bsky.social
this evening on the evolving landscape of the Lake District and how we can explore and tell its layered and complex history through photography and artπ
βOvertureβ composed by Hugh Brun and Rob Simonsen.
#MilanoCortina2026 #FigureSkating
#FournierBeaudry #Cizeron βοΈβΈοΈβΈοΈβΈοΈβΈοΈ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLr-...
A blue pot filled with mini daffodils, mini iris, snowdrops & purple & pink primula
It feels & looks like Spring! First trip of the year to the garden center. #Spring #bloomscrolling π± #gardening #flowers
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Three large model sperm whales hanging from the nave ceiling of Rochester Cathedral, Kent made by Tessa Campbell from recyclable materials.π
BBC News - Cathedral hosts show of sperm whale sculptures
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...