🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Dave Lister, 4 times. Next question.

Spell checking is important. I nearly sent off a document today that stated how passionate we are about our fork. #writerlife

It's been 4 years since I played Lancaster, and what a way to go back, headlining The Wordarium at Lancaster Litfest with the excellent The Woolly Poet hosting. Come and say hi, yeah?

If you like doing stuff a day late, because you're a rebel and whatnot, come and spend #WorldPoetryDay with me tomorrow at Lancaster Litfest Lancaster. 7PM-9PM at The Storey.

Setlist covered up, because SPOILERS. 7PM-9PM tonight at The Storey Lancaster Litfest #Lancaster

Home and mostly dry after a great gig. Never mind me, REALLY talented bunch of open mic-ers, kudos to them, #Lancaster Lancaster Litfest & The Wordarium. And especially to The Woolly Poet for the best Walshy impression ever, he's now officially my understudy.

A lovely start to the week, thanks Manchester Poetry Library! I'm awfully proud of this book and it was ace to work with FlapjackPress a second time.

THE WORDARIUM - Litfest Edition Wow... what a night. Here is our incredible headliner Geneviève Walsh lighting up our stage with her talent 🤩 Make sure you check out Geneviève’s FAB collection, available here: flapjackpress.co.uk/products/genev… 👀 More updates coming VERY soon...

Gigging at Crooked Poets tonight, 8pm The Crooked Man Bar hosted by John Darwin. These two books - published by the excellent FlapjackPress - will be available. Sadly the mucky table they're sat on is staying right where it is. #poetry #Manchester #spokenword

I mean I can't do a gig for John Darwin without an FC United of Manchester 🟥⬜⬛ t-shirt on, can I?

Great workshop with StandupsistersCIC today. Today's "Pick a Page" warm-up was based on lines from Rose Condo's After the Storm, and everyone wrote some beautiful stuff. (And yes, that's three cans of posh pop AND a brew. Living the dream.)

#FlashbackFriday - 2016, when YouTube didn't understand my accent and invented "Ricky Duvets".

The 4th installment of Writing Your Life Story with StandupsistersCIC saw some amazing writing about vital experiences & activism. Thank you to Rosa Fund for Women for your support, and to my fab workshoppers. Oh, and to Anne Sexton for being this week's Pick a Page poet. #lifewriting

A quick review of Bodyshop mascara. Can it withstand an hour of swimming? Yes. Can it withstand an hour of my reactions to the #StarTrekPicard finale? Not so much.

Missed a big #poetry anniversary yesterday: 10 years since I held the first Spoken Weird in #Halifax. It was a gorgeous mess & I was so proud of what that night became. #spokenword #Yorkshire #WestYorkshire #calderdale

Gary Borrowedman and Gary Blueman not pictured.

Name a classic third album. Can't be arsed naming any more, Marc's are all in my top 10 anyway.

Swearing hack: if you want to say "ballache" or "arseache" but your kids are in the room, pronounce them like they're Italian words rather than English. #hacks