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Off the Shelf Festival of Words

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Celebrating books, words, and ideas. We’re one of the UK’s longest-running literary festivals, delivered by @sheffielduni. Share your stories #OTSfest

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Enable Us at Performance Venues The University of Sheffield present Shakespeare’s Mistress - Louise Jameson’s ‘desert island disc’ choices from Shakespeare’s canon Info here: performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/event/shakespe…

Yvonne Battle-Felton (@ybattlefelton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy Large-Print Publication Day to Curdle Creek! Celebrating by planning an obstacle course race similar to the Running of the Widows in the book. How can you celebrate with me? Buy, borrow, read, and share Curdle Creek. thanks! Thorndike Press #books #amreadinghorror

Happy Large-Print Publication Day to Curdle Creek! Celebrating by planning an obstacle course race similar to the Running of the Widows in the book. How can you celebrate with me? Buy, borrow, read, and share Curdle Creek. thanks! <a href="/ThorndikePress/">Thorndike Press</a> #books #amreadinghorror
Brian Bilston (@brian_bilston) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s National Pet Day today apparently so here’s a poem about one of my cat’s poems. It’s called ‘On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’

It’s National Pet Day today apparently so here’s a poem about one of my cat’s poems.

It’s called ‘On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’
And Other Stories (@andothertweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The #2025InternationalBooker-shortlisted Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (tr. Deepa Bhasthi) is out now! ✨ 'Exploring the lives of those often on the periphery of society, these vivid stories hold immense emotional and moral weight' – The Judges uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heartl…

The #2025InternationalBooker-shortlisted Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (tr. Deepa Bhasthi) is out now! ✨

'Exploring the lives of those often on the periphery of society, these vivid stories hold immense emotional and moral weight' – The Judges

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heartl…
joelle taylor (@jtaylortrash) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you’re local to Sheffield I’d love to see you at the paperback launch next week ♥️ Joelle Taylor : The Night Alphabet Tickets | 17 Apr @ City of Sanctuary Sheffield, Sheffield | FREE to £14 | OutSavvy outsavvy.com/event/25989/jo…

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The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70 metres long Eurppean medieval masterpiece depicting the events leading to the Norman Conquest of England, created by women artisan embroiderers in the 11th century #WomensArt

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70 metres long Eurppean medieval masterpiece depicting the events leading to the Norman Conquest of England, created by women artisan embroiderers in the 11th century #WomensArt
University of Sheffield Player (@unishefplayer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why do tariffs keep popping up in the news? Our law experts break it all down in plain English - how they work and why they matter. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4cdWgod

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🌍Announcing a brand new opportunity for climate storytellers! Climate Spring is today launching a chance to pitch your documentary idea live at Sheffield DocFest. 🤩One winner will receive £10k development funding Find out more and apply by 19th May bit.ly/3G9GIpN

🌍Announcing a brand new opportunity for climate storytellers! <a href="/climate__spring/">Climate Spring</a> is today launching a chance to pitch your documentary idea live at Sheffield DocFest.

🤩One winner will receive £10k development funding 

Find out more and apply by 19th May bit.ly/3G9GIpN
What's on @ Sheff City Centre (@outoutsheff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 Tickets for Pint of Science UK 2025 are available now. Head to pintofscience.co.uk/events/sheffie… for details of the events at the Sheffield Tap and 99 Mary Street #Sheffield #sheffieldcitycentre

Helen Day (@lbflyawayhome) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Late 70s Ladybird bathroom picture. Final checks: Avocado suite? ✅ Brown bathroom carpet? ✅ Cheese plant? ✅ Nylon dressing gown?✅ Pageboy haircut? ✅ Good to go.

Late 70s Ladybird bathroom picture. Final checks: 

Avocado suite? ✅
Brown bathroom carpet? ✅
Cheese plant?  ✅
Nylon dressing gown?✅
Pageboy haircut? ✅

Good to go.
Susie Dent (@susie_dent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A reminder of a pretty etymology to brighten the day. The ‘daisy’ takes its name from the Old English ‘dæges ēage’, ‘day’s eye’, because it opens its petals at dawn, and closes them again at dusk.

Richard Morris (@ahistoryinart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Throughout the Edwardian period, Harold Knight overhauled his portrait painting. The formulaic face-painting of the Victorians gave way to expression of character; the sense that a subject has been seized from life’s continuum became the essential criteria of a good portrait.

Throughout the Edwardian period, Harold Knight overhauled his portrait painting. The formulaic face-painting of the Victorians gave way to expression of character; the sense that a subject has been seized from life’s continuum became the essential criteria of a good portrait.
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Final call! Volunteer at the UK's leading documentary festival! 🎥🎉 🤩See new work from filmmakers and artists around the world, meet new people and gain valuable experience behind the scenes of the festival. Apply by THIS FRIDAY → bit.ly/3vqIWvT

Final call! Volunteer at the UK's leading documentary festival! 🎥🎉

🤩See new work from filmmakers and artists around the world, meet new people and gain valuable experience behind the scenes of the festival.

Apply by THIS FRIDAY → bit.ly/3vqIWvT
Tracy Borman OBE (@tracyborman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#henryviii was proclaimed king on #stgeorgesday 1509…but his father had died two days earlier. Find out how they kept the secret, and how the Tudors celebrated St George’s Day in style, in my new blog for Historic Royal Palaces hrp.org.uk/blog/st-george…

#henryviii was proclaimed king on #stgeorgesday 1509…but his father had died two days earlier. Find out how they kept the secret, and how the Tudors celebrated St George’s Day in style, in my new blog for <a href="/HRP_palaces/">Historic Royal Palaces</a> hrp.org.uk/blog/st-george…
The London Library (@thelondonlib) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The London Library’s central stacks — a labyrinth of stories suspended in time. From first editions to forgotten stories, each shelf invites you to pause, discover, and journey through the minds of writers past and present. #LondonLibrary #BookLovers #TimelessStories

The London Library’s central stacks — a labyrinth of stories suspended in time.

From first editions to forgotten stories, each shelf invites you to pause, discover, and journey through the minds of writers past and present.

#LondonLibrary #BookLovers #TimelessStories
Hive Young Writers Network (@hivesouthyorks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Aged 14 to 25? Interested in writing & illustrating graphic novels & picture books? Then join us Sat 24 May for Visualising Stories: a Hive writers’ day with the incredible Chris Mould Faber Books for all things graphical! All levels/interests welcome✍️♥️🖌️hivesouthyorkshire.com/visualising-st…

Aged 14 to 25? Interested in writing &amp; illustrating graphic novels &amp; picture books? Then join us Sat 24 May for Visualising Stories: a Hive writers’ day with the incredible Chris Mould <a href="/FaberBooks/">Faber Books</a> for all things graphical! All levels/interests welcome✍️♥️🖌️hivesouthyorkshire.com/visualising-st…