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Pope Leo XIV On the contrary Holy Father, the darkness brings to the bat precisely that which it DOES want to face, not what it doesn’t. Bats are not under the cover of night committing crimes for which it should be ashamed, but providing invaluable services to our ecosystems and communities.

Timeless

As somebody with 14 years of Football Manager experience under my belt, I can confirm that it has quite a significant influence on nearly every aspect of your life

The library at the southbank centre is a national treasure - and especially important for widening access to poetry. Please sign if you can!

in 1981 census, a return was received from someone who described their profession as "sculptor of stone lions". In answer to supplementary question "Describe what your job entails," responder wrote: "I chip away all stone which is not lions" (anonym, reminds of Michelangelo)

This bloke was my landlord a couple of years ago, and he refused to get rid of our mice infestation even after the pest control guy called the house "a mouse farm". Now he has an opinion on public health, apparently

Today's the day. 🚀📚 On behalf of the UK team, thank you for everyone's good wishes, support and helping to spread the word. Now let's go and support bookshops. #BookshopDotOrg #ILoveBookshops "This is revolutionary" - theguardian.com/books/2020/nov…

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Keep it coming, Biden. At this rate I'll have a cushy column in the Guardian by 2024 theguardian.com/books/booksblo…

“But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d; His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep.”

A headline I never thought I would write liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

Happy #IASILPostgrad day everyone! I work on contemporary Northern Irish poetry and I’m interested in how writers absorb/negotiate/respond to mass media and the news. Would be great to hear from anyone doing something similar!

Had a brilliant time in Valencia last week courtesy of AEDEI ! We had such a friendly welcome and it was great to hear some really interesting papers. Already looking forward to next year!

Such a brilliant week in Cairo for the IASIL conference! Whether in the heat of the desert or the cool of the lecture theatre, so many wonderful things to see and hear. And many thanks to QUB Scholarships & Awards for sending me!

And great to hear James Costello O’Reilly give a stunningly astute paper, '"Full of conversation"?' on dialogue, peace, politics & poetry. Can't wait to read James's thesis--on poetry & the news--in full; it's such good work!

Ahead of the tenth anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s death, I wrote something for RTÉ Brainstorm on slowness, ‘Sunlight’, and Leontia Flynn’s ‘August 30th 2013’

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: 'As I become increasingly aware of my diminishing attention span, I find myself drawn to Heaney’s poems of concentration.' Why Seamus Heaney's best poems remind us to go slow. By James Costello O’Reilly Queen's University Belfast 🎓 QUB AEL #SeamusHeaney rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Delighted to have my article on Ciaran Carson and the news out with Irish Studies Review - please do have a read! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…