Stephen Byrne

from 'More Wakings' in October, 'Borderland' (2005)

A hornet amidst ivy flowers. Ronald Blythe had a long-resident colony: "A furious droning brings me to... I recognise the voice of one of my dear hornets as it bumps against the double-glazing. Showing immense courage, I capture it in a glass & carry it out into the garden. Almost wren-size..." : D

Even given all that Biggar writes about the universality of slavery and the complicity of Africans, three things might be said. First, Britain played a key part and, however others may want to respond to their own history, it is morally responsible to face up to our own heritage. Second, as a Tory, he might have made more of Burke’s view that society is a partnership not just between the living, but between the living, the dead, and those still to be born. Third, guilt is not the only spur to action. There are the obligations that we owe one another irrespective of any personal responsibility for atrocities in the past.

God bless The Church Times for their ongoing insistence on responding moderately but forcefully to the Reverend Canon Nigel Biggar’s nonsense. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Coming in thick and fast today.
#PinkfootedGeese
#Cheshire

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'Love Quack' has chart-topper written all over it.

A few places still available for the walking and writing event this Saturday at the Avenues and Pearson Park- please come along and join Lyn and Jane. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1625283579...

Been to Hull and back II. There are also small beauties. Inside the Art Gallery. Outside the Corn Exchange. Inside the Minster.

Been to Hull and back. It's sturdy.

Our online shop is also now open for pre-orders of the zine, which is priced at just £9 plus P&P.

(We've deliberately kept the price as low as possible in order to make this as accessible as possible)

dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...

Cover of the Dartmoor Collective Flow zine - it's an abstract painting inspired by Dartmoor by artist Louise Bougourd- it resembles a bank of dark grey cloud with gold highlights flowing over the moor with a brighter patch of blue sky breaking through.

Colour photo by Jaiyana Chelikha- a female figure wearing a black headscarf stands alone on an area of open moorland - some sheep are visible behind, grazing through yellowish winter moorgrass and dead bracken. The colours of her clothing match that of the surrounding scene. Grey sky above.

A black and white image by Iain Murray of a still, dark pool in a high Dartmoor river - a bank of gravel is highlighted by the weak sun. The landscape beyond is hazy in mist. Some words by Kirsteen McNish appear on the page to the left of the image: Daylight, a Skylark spirals its song from gorse to cloud - a tiny vortex rising like smoke At night, under a full moon, the wind sears into skin, illuminating the flux Swallowed, swaled, a cacophony shaken from an ancient dream

A close up black and white photo by Simon Blackbourn of a piece of grained and weathered driftwood in a Dartmoor river.

We're delighted to announce the publication of our new zine, Flow.
It's by far our best and biggest publication yet, featuring 60 pages of work from 35 Dartmoor visual artists exploring the theme of flow across a diversity of styles and mediums, interweaved with the words of writer, Kirsteen McNish.

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Love the idea of growing plants from your own seed, but not sure how? This kit contains all you need, inc. 12 page booklet with ideas and answers to common questions.
Designed and created by the team at Bluebell Cottage, it's the perfect gardening gift. www.bluebellcottage.co.uk/product/SSK1...

This is what happens when your partner uses the utility room as a seed processing plant (and neither of you are too precious about the cleaning)

Have taken a punt, Nick. I said PUNT.

I only deal in Units of Wales. Is that bigger or smaller than Wales, please?

Bravo

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am talking here on Saturday morning with some lovely people
Flipside Festival, Framlingham, 10 am

www.flipsideuk.org

Very sad news: Claudia Cardinale has left us. Rest in peace, Jill McBain ( www.corriere.it/spettacoli/c... )

I'm going to stay in and watch the telly.

Fun guy...

Sheila's farm shrouded in the mist in the dip...

A touch of frost in Cheshire...

Yann Tiersen's 'Rhyme of Another Summer - Afternoon'. Absolute banger.

Some mayors have no imagination.

Get well soon, my friend.

Calling all aspiring marine biologists! 🐬
We are working with @marinelife1.bsky.social who are hosting Training on our site on the 11th October!
Sign up here: register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Gil...