Matt Greene

Rodeo instructor (alarmed, sympathetic): Is this your first rodeo?

Big Thief: ‘We want to take the shame out of sex. It’s been trashed in our culture’ The alt-folk band say their latest album is 'a record about everything': birth and death, grief, love and longing – and reclaiming the gentler side of lovemaking

I sat down with my favourite writer, and her band. We talked about love and language and healing and sex. inews.co.uk/culture/musi...

Flossing each day is a pain but if you didn't think how much blood you'd be leaving between your teeth

Absolutely nothing UK Airbnb hosts love more than claiming their home is undiscoverable by satnav. No Sue, it's 17 Church Street, you're not Osama Bin Laden

Sounds brilliant, thanks for the tip-off

Spent most of the last three hours watching the eight-year-old read Holes by Louis Sachar and I can't remember a better three hours

Book extract: “One must not wait until the struggle for freedom is called treason. You have to crush the snowball as it rolls: nobody can stop the avalanche.”

The Nazi bar story, and “do not comply in advance”, combined in two sentences by Erich ‘Emil and the Detectives’ Kästner

Terribly sad to hear of the death of Allan Ahlberg, one of the greatest writers for children of our age; I grew up with Burglar Bill, Funnybones, Cops and Robbers, Happy Families and so many more; as a parent I have discovered what a joy they are to read, even when requested night after night.

Happy birthday, my man x

For effort alone this deserves more

I think it's exclusively European-based at the moment, but are you familiar with the writers football league? I imagine it would be even harder to fund a team in the US for a cultural exchange and some soft diplomacy than it is here in the UK, but thought I should mention

I believe let them ruminate was #21

I actually have a great time-saving tip related to these. The night before a big trip I like to prepare a selection of healthy snacks and then throw them straight in the bin.

Ha! A classic of the genre. Honestly, I'm just annoyed at myself for clicking on it

Well, Phoebe, let me ask you, have you ever considered a career writing for a national paper?

One of these being "put suncream on them" is making me want to strangle someone

Many Jewish staff in Scottish universities reject IHRA definition of antisemitism | Letter Letter: Prof Philip Wadler responds to an article about Edinburgh University reviewing its adoption of the IHRA definition

'In fact, many Jewish staff...across Scotland reject the IHRA definition, and we have come together as the Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network. We oppose the genocide committed by Israel against Palestine and wish to do so without – as the IHRA would imply – being labelled antisemites.'

Ha! Well, you may say that; I couldn't possibly...

Genuinely think we need a literary prize for novelists who on top of their other jobs are also primary caregivers. £20k no questions asked to anyone who finishes a draft. We're a week into the summer holidays and I haven't had time to treat my athlete's foot.

Apparently you can preorder The Definitions with a healthy 25% discount from the link below but I don't want to tell you how to live your lives

I mean this in a non-conceited, excluding the one I wrote kind of way: this is a really cool looking selection

I quite often think that no art of the last century better captured the character of a nation than Down The Line captured whatever the hell you'd call this www.instagram.com/reel/DMk7J-q...

Every Gazan who has survived this far is a miracle, please help if you can.

I like how much a flock of pigeons displaced by a toddler sounds like a deck of cards being shuffled, so that when they reappear on the branch of a nearby tree they look like they've been dealt out.

Not the venue for this but the man who taught me my bar mitzvah died last night. He was the kindest, sweetest man, and I thought about him every time I heard a Scouse accent. We don't really say RIP because he's not resting but his memory will be a blessing.

Also, you won't read about it in the MSM but loved Basden hitting the Drogba celebration during the cricket scene

Ah thanks so much for the heads-up. Now it's on the calendar. Love his/your work with Fridge too. All best

Key's best performance since All Bar Luke

I don't need to be any more infuriated by his tastes than I am already

Saw it today and was so delighted to be reminded of his work. That album has not aged a day