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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 13h

I don't suppose I am the only one here with plenty of "forgotten" poems, stories, and even novel drafts on floppy discs (themselves forgotten and almost certainly lost).

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A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 13h

Autumn is here and it's time to celebrate the folkloric 🍂

'Folklore: A journey through the past and present' is a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.

Find an event near you between September and November! 📍

All events can be found at the link in our bio 🔗

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 13h

Next Tuesday, all welcome.

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'll be talking about 'Manchester Portraits: Key Figures from the Region's Past' at Altrincham History Society, Tues 14th October, 7.30pm. Altrincham Conservative Club, 24 Market Street. Visitors welcome, £2. (Painting: Old Market Place, by Liz Taylor.)

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 9h

Dog roses #Slaithwaite

Pink flowers grow in the grass next to a horizontal black pipe.

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 11h

'Writing is a specific profession [...] in the fate of human beings.Of course human life is connected with political & economic conditions, so you cannot be entirely apolitical, because man’s life is influenced by politics & other forces.' Ivan Klíma (1931-2025)
lareviewofbooks.org/article/defy...

Defying Death in Absurdistan: An Interview with Ivan Klíma | Los Angeles Review of Books

Stephan Delbos interviews the great Czech author and dissident Ivan Klíma.

lareviewofbooks.org

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 16h

#Autumn the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Upper Mills #Slaithwaite #WestYorkshire

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Paul Bayes @paulbayes.bsky.social · 16d

Spotted in the wild! Available from your local bookshop, or via DLT (dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/titles/2414-...) or even Amazon 🙂.

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 2d

#GoingsOn in Liverpool One #Halloween #Liverpool

A large, colourful inflatable spider with yellow, black, and blue patterns is displayed on the roof of a modern brick building. Pretend pumpkin lanterns populate a tree.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3d

One book sale in seventeen days. Yikes. Help us to avoid the worst of all possible fates - the crowdfunder - by buying our scrupulously edited, meticulously designed, handsomely produced and fastidiously packaged books here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 3d

Cool outdoor air seems
horizontal, its stillness
shaping day's shadows...

#EveningWalk

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 4d

Hesperantha coccinea 🌱📷

#bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #ColourADay #PinkMon

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 23d

I’m trying to find ways to stay optimistic at the moment. This new Michael Rosen book is a lovely collection of ideas and thoughts which I enjoyed very much - Good Days: An A-Z of Hope and Happiness

Good Days: An A-Z of Hope and Happiness by Michael Rosen

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 6d

Philip Hoare reviews ‘A Year With Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer’ by Jenny Uglow.

observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Gilbert White’s world of wonder | The Observer

Jenny Uglow's account of a year in the life of an 18th-century curate and his garden is a glorious celebration of curiosity and nature

observer.co.uk

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 6d

From ‘Wind Song’ Carl Sandburg (1878–1967

Long ago I learned how to listen to the singing wind and how to forget and how to hear the deep whine,

Slapping and lapsing under the day blue and the night stars:
#poetry #wind
www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/smok...

33. Wind Song - Collection at Bartleby.com

33. Wind Song LONG ago I learned how to sleep,In an old apple orchard where the wind swept by counting its money and throwing it away,In a wind-gaunt orchard where the

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Eleanor Buffam @eleanorbuffam.bsky.social · 6d

Horseradish Flowers
Cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle

#cyanotype #horseradish

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 7d

On Wednesday 8th October, join Claudine Toutoungi in London (or online) for The Poetry Review's Autumn launch readings!

The event is free to attend, but requires registration. For the in-person event:⬇️
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...

To watch online:
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...

The Poetry Review Autumn 2025 launch (in person) – The Poetry Society

The Poetry Society is delighted to present the launch readings for the Autumn 2025 issue of The Poetry Review, edited by Wayne Holloway-Smith, with guest readers Safa Khatib (video), Matthew Dickman, Joelle Taylor, Claudine Toutoungi and Safia Elhillo (video).

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 7d

‘Screenshot’ ‘Painters and Painting’

‘2025 marks 250 years since the birth of #JMWTurner - the great 19th century landscape artist, whose expressive, atmospheric paintings transformed British art’

Brilliant broadcast: interview with Timothy Spall too!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🎨

Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds

www.bbc.co.uk

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 7d

A Merseyside flavoured #FreeThinking this evening: + Fergus Butler Gallie, Dr Rachael Wiseman @livuninews.bsky.social bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
21:00 on BBCRadio4www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...q8 📻

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, What is a good life?

Matthew Sweet and guests explore what it means to live a good life.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 7d

I'll be at Birmingham Literature Festival on 11th October with some great names, brilliant writing workshops, events for children and much more.

Come if you can!

Link here www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

Photo of Birmingham Literature Festival audience, young people, middle aged people and older people sitting in seats listening to an event.

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The Poetry Society @handle.invalid · 8d

We've put together a quiz for National Poetry Day with questions provided by an array of playful poets! Successful participants will be entered to win a free Poetry Society year-long membership or 1-2-1 session with a poet of their choice. 👀

Want to try your hand? bit.ly/PlayPopQuiz

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 8d

‘This Labour government …seems to have no problem treating with contempt the people who voted for it and to be courting at the very same time the people who didn’t vote for them and never will.’

Yanis Varoufakis #Newsnight

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 8d

Exterior window,The Mitre Hotel
Shambles Square, 1-3 Cathedral Gates, #🐝🍻Manchester

A windowbox, an arched shape window, columns.

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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social · 11d

Photographed earlier tin the summer, this reminded me very much of the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg in The Great Gatsby, only in this case the giant, staring eye welcomes travellers from the train at Lime Street Station. I think it's a cosmetics ad. #Liverpool #BelieveInFilm

A giant eye, lids pulled back, stares from a billboard with St John's Beacon, Liverpool, in the background. Black and white photo.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10d

To mark its anniversary, we approached the Leeds-based theatre company Slung Low, with Harrison’s encouragement, about organising a live reading in Holbeck Cemetery, the place that inspired ‘v.’

On Sunday 12 October, we invite you to experience ‘v.’ with us:

www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...

Poet Tony Harrison sits in front of a tomb stone, with text promoting 'V. A Homecoming', a live reading of his poem, organised by the London Review of Books and Slung Low theatre company.

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 8d

‘Julia Donaldson: A life in language
Word of Mouth’

‘Julia Donaldson, author of ‘The Gruffalo’ and many other beloved children's books, tells Michael Rosen about her own writing, reading, speaking and listening.’

📻#BBCRadio4 at 15:30 today

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Julia Donaldson: A life in language

The Gruffalo author tells Michael Rosen about her writing, reading, speaking and listening

www.bbc.co.uk

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