Matthew Paul

Cover of True North by Sara Maitland

Latest review, of this brilliant book: matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r... #fiction #stories #reviews

Might be a bit early to think about curry (not in my world), but luckily this isn't really about curry

Thanks very much, Alex. 😀

Tonight!

The beautiful 124-year-old East Wing of The White House, all of which is owned by The United States National Park Service, is being destroyed this week without any authorization.

And yes, that includes the demolition of the first family’s beloved movie theater, constructed in 1942.

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✨Writing the Uncanny with Pam Thompson
Mon 27 Oct, 7pm

✨ 'Florida and Churches' with Rachel Long
Wed 29 Oct, 11am

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No Kings 10/18/2025
Favorite signs

I’m looking forward to reading alongside Mark Corcoran and Polly Howell at the Yew Tree Press event at the Museum in the Park in Stroud next Thursday evening, 7.30 for 8.00. yewtreepress.co.uk/Yew_Tree_Pre...

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

This Is Fascism

Robert Hamberger (poetry), P.D. Viner (prose), and Phil Vernon (poetry) – Thursday 9 October Our next Needlewriters evening will be on Thursday 9th October 2025, featuring Robert Hamberger (poetry), P.D. Viner (prose), and Phil Vernon (poetry). This will be a LIVE event at the John Harvey …

Thrilled to be reading poems from my collection 'Guerrilla Country' as a guest of Needlewriters in Lewes on Thursday evening, alongside Robert Hamberger and PD Viner - upstairs at the John Harvey Tavern
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Ted Hughes’s birthplace, 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, where he lived until his family moved to Mexborough when he was seven.

A blue plaque to Ted Hughes on the house he was born in.

When in Mytholmroyd. Would be rude not to.

Thanks, Mat!

Tonight! Poetry! Free!

48. Jesus Couldn't Understand But David Bowie Could ...being a fanboy rumination on the subject of David Bowie, and what he meant to me whilst I was growing up - and beyond.

#Bowie has always been an inspiration to me, whether I'm writing sons or #poetry. Or even if I'm just pondering the vagaries of life. Never more so than when I was a teenager - but perhaps I have never completely grown out of him.

Same nonsense peddled by the fascist Reform Party here in the UK.

They aren't bringing ID cards in to make people's lives easier, they are specifically bringing them in to make certain people's lives harder.

Mandatory ID cards are a terrible, terrible idea
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Poster for a poetry reading at the Dusty Miller, Mytholmroyd, on 7th October, 7.30pm.

I’m very much looking forward to being part of this.

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

genuinely crying at this one

Oh me, oh my.

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🎨 Bright Words: Poetry and Colour with Theresa Muñoz 🌈
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UK "Free Speech" latest:

Four members of @ledbydonkeys.org were arrested for this.