Jean Atkin

This accidentally turned into a short thread. Bit of a rage-thread I'm afraid. Please read to the end if you can. Thanks

A marvellous moment of light on a bend in the lane, in Shropshire, in November.

I am delighted to be teaching Fidelity and Betrayal: Linguistic Translation. The course will enable you to explore your writing and the ethics of the necesary untruths of poetry. It is not simply about translation nor for translators but for anyone who wants to develop their poetry.

What a fantastic poem.

Exploring today around Wentnor, one of those places at the back of the north wind. Sadly we couldn't act on the advice on the wall, the Crown was shut till later on.

Painting of eleven circles in different colours with interior lines creating peace signs, all against a black background

Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt

Yesterday Jill Impey and Andrew Howe and me wrestled the Hey! Earthlings! Cabinet down from @shrewsburylibrary.bsky.social to Shropshire Archives - thanks all the helpful staff at both ends! The Archives is open every Thursday and the Cabinet is there till 5 Dec!

@ronniegoodyer.bsky.social NEWS! November brings the first of our Flash Sales. Select from 5 titles, £6 each inc P&P, UK only. Please share if you'd like to help spread the word. indigodreamspublishing.com

Spiritual Landscapes - Sarum College Spirituality, landscape & the environment. Is there anything more vital to write about today?

My one-day ‘Spiritual Landscapes’ poetry course @sarumcollege.bsky.social in March is now open for bookings.

www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

That's great Polly! x

Tree shadows

Franco Da Rocha, SP, Brasil
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekSforShadows
#fotografia #photography #streetphotography #cityscape #fotografiaderua #metropolis #suburbs #periferia #city #skyline

That's the one! 2pm at the Library! 👍🏽

Jim that would be great - could you manage tomorrow at 2pm? Or 3pm?

@jimallthetime.bsky.social @shrewsburylibrary.bsky.social @shroppiemon.bsky.social @juliabuckley.bsky.social

The Hey! Earthlings! Cabinet is still in Shrewsbury Library tomorrow - but next week it moves to Shropshire Archives, which is open on Thursdays. It'll be in the Archives until 5 December.
Hey! Earthlings! has been working since May to share Shropshire with people who have moved across borders.

The cold clay face of Hallowe'en.

A delivery truck with the slogan "STOP SCAPEGOATING. START FIXING BRITAIN." drives past Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament on a sunny day.

Four activists wearing Refugee Action t-shirts stand in front of 10 Downing Street, holding signs that support refugee rights in the UK.

A truck displaying a digital billboard with the message "Everyone needs a safe place to live. Build homes and stop scapegoating migrants." from James, Spen Valley, parked in front the Home Office.

Person standing in front of 10 Downing Street wearing a T-shirt that reads "SAY IT LOUD SAY IT CLEAR REFUGEES WELCOME HERE," with another person and a security officer in the background.

Hey Keir Starmer, get the memo?

We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans!

People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.

Garden of Earthly Delights

Garden of Earthly Delights

Unique Pink Floyd live experience coming to Shrewsbury Abbey this November Shrewsbury Abbey is set to host a live celebration of the music of Pink Floyd this November, to celebrate 50 years of the band’s album Wish You Were Here.

Shrewsbury Abbey is set to host a live celebration of the music of Pink Floyd this November, to celebrate 50 years of the band’s album Wish You Were Here.

Sounds really helpful! Appreciation for our hardworking MP @juliabuckley.bsky.social
#shrewsbury

The sun falling into a pool.
Guided by that cairn. Probably.
#hergestridge

Lovely to see this here. I have Pamela's work on my walls.

Pen and ink artwork featuring a woman and her very young daughter in winter clothing walking away from the viewer while holding hands

Tove Jansson’s mother, illustrator Signe Hammarsten-Jansson's self portrait, 1910 had a huge influence on her daughter’s career, showing her the often underrated work of women. She also taught Tove how to draw #WomensArt

An artwork featuring a side of a white multistorey building with many windows of the same size though with different blinds and curtains

Artist of Iraqi heritage Toba Khedoori, Untitled (buildings), 1994 #womensart

Chandeliers and cherubs. In rain, shop window, Hay on Wye.

One of three new collaborations that Essence Press will be launching @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming Friday and Saturday 24-25 October.
#smallpublishersfair25

cobble
by J.R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social
www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

Drat! Missed it! But ❤️ to you!

Medieval tiles, pre-Norman font and a castellated tower. Once, they could light a beacon fire up there. Old Radnor on the border.

My poem on @inksweatandtears.co.uk yesterday - thank you kind editors!
This is one in a series of poems I wrote in Latvia last year, wanting to give voice to the brave and resourceful Celia Fiennes, whose own work remained unpublished for 200+ years.

So happy to be published today on @inksweatandtears.co.uk with this poem about the journeys of Celia Fiennes who rode a horse round England in 1697.