Do join us - here's the link: riverhousebarn.co.uk/events/129719

Browsing through my contributor’s copy of the Echoes anthology from Write Out Loud - there are some cracking poems! If you want proof, here’s a link to buy it: writeoutloud.net/books

Go Newcastle- this’ll be fab!

Thanks to those who try to understand the feelings of people with autism, I feel more at ease and can think about living positively. Because there are people cheering me on, I feel like I can keep trying.

Thank you for contacting the abyss. Your scream is very important to us

A message to every Londoner, and anyone who talks our city down.

The autistic experience of feeling stressed when someone says “I don’t mind, you choose” but you sense that they do have a preferred choice in this situation and that they’re hoping you’ll choose it, but you’re not sure - and can’t figure out with certainty - which choice it is.

i used to have this mental illness where i thought logical arguments would change someone’s mind

Great event at the riverhouse barn, last night in Walton on Thames, hosted by Katie Griffiths with wonderful readings by Fiona Larkin @fionalarkin.bsky.social and @jillabram1 🥰the first of many!!

We are deeply saddened to share the news that Chris Holifield, Director of the Poetry Book Society 2003–16 and Director of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2016–22, died on 3 September 2025. Read our tribute to Chris in full: tseliot.com/prize/a-tirele…

It is so sad to think that Jewish people - many of whose families came to Britain for safety - now feel unsafe here.

I’m running a book on who’s going to explode of happiness/excitement first, Ellie or Vito - who’s in? #StrictlyComeDancing

A Celebration - Roy Marshall atriumpoetry.com/2025/10/07/a-c…

The “for you” feed on here offered me the Tory leader- how little the algorithm knows me…

Another bugbear- “John and I’s…” It’s MY- John and My 😏

Crumpsall is an amazing melting pot where so many cultures, classes and religions have lived peacefully alongside each other. That mustn't be forgotten amid the horror of the Heaton Park synagogue attack theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exist." — Hannah Arendt

Wow! This beautiful photograph of Brockwell Park has been recognised as the winner of the International Garden Photographer of the Year awards. A fantastic celebration of the park’s history, landscape and year-round natural beauty🌳 gardensillustrated.com/news/garden-ph…

Happy 68th birthday to Doctor and Engineer Mae Jemison! She was the first black woman in space. She flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992, working on experiments including bone cell research. Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is a physician and retired astronaut. After her