Emoji request: woolly jumper

BP has announced it made profits of £7,000,000,000 in the last 3 months. Meanwhile, 11 million British families face fuel poverty in the coming months. This is how it works. Their profits, your pain. #EnoughlsEnough

Quelle surprise: 'Enormous emissions gap between top 1% and poorest' 'It would take 26 years for a low earner to produce as much carbon dioxide as the richest do in a year' theguardian.com/environment/20…

Great-looking list – lots to discover, here. Wish prizes would do book-bundle offers so people can buy the whole shortlist in one go!

Just over a month to get involved in this - come and write with me and the legend Martha Sprackland arvon.org/writing-course…

Emoji request: tits

Clever old Bulb (who are not our supplier, but that of the previous occupant) have sent us a bill for £524 for FOUR DAYS of energy. (Do they think we're mining crypto?) On the phone they shrug and say the regulator told them to. Anyone had this? 💡

Can anyone think of novels about WWII child evacuees, written anytime between the thirties and the sixties?

Delighted to be publishing MeganFBarker's wonderful debut, KIT, in 2023! @CHEERIOPublish @AitkenAlexander Lisa Baker The Bookseller thebookseller.com/rights/cheerio…

Exciting indeed! In July 2023 we publish KIT by Megan Barker, and you're all going to love it.

New post up on Substack, about translating St John of the Cross, my toddler’s penchant for purple, and half-remembered A Level Psychology studies. parallelograms.substack.com/p/is-my-blue-y…

An interview with painter Ruth Batham. Link: open.substack.com/pub/parallelog…