Meryl Pugh
@merylpugh.bsky.social
(She/her) London UK, writing thinking & skulking. Latest: Feral Borough, 2022, Penned in the Margins. https://furtive11.wordpress.com
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This week from the archive: 'A Letter to the Dead (A lost poem in memory of Dylan Thomas)' by Lynette Roberts, published in PN Review 220, November - December 2014.
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One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This week from the archive: 'A Letter to the Dead (A lost poem in memory of Dylan Thomas)' by Lynette Roberts, published in PN Review 220, November - December 2014.
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25 years ago, London lost a bright, caring 10-year-old boy to an act of senseless violence.
The Damilola Taylor Trust continues to transform young lives for the better and has turned unimaginable heartbreak into an enduring legacy for young people across our city.
The Damilola Taylor Trust continues to transform young lives for the better and has turned unimaginable heartbreak into an enduring legacy for young people across our city.
‘Enduring’ legacy of Damilola Taylor hailed 25 years on from killing
Family of tragic Damilola, 10, join forces with Sir Mark Rowley and Sir Sadiq Khan to fight knife crime across London
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
25 years ago, London lost a bright, caring 10-year-old boy to an act of senseless violence.
The Damilola Taylor Trust continues to transform young lives for the better and has turned unimaginable heartbreak into an enduring legacy for young people across our city.
The Damilola Taylor Trust continues to transform young lives for the better and has turned unimaginable heartbreak into an enduring legacy for young people across our city.
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
Essay
I don't want to be a farmer but my mother was right
I should never have tried to rise out of the proletariat
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November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
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Fragment of 4th century mosaic from the #Roman bathhouse of Lydney #Gloucestershire
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fragment of 4th century mosaic from the #Roman bathhouse of Lydney #Gloucestershire
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
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Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow)
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow)
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
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PERVERSE is back with issue 9, starting today! This week's issue 9A features poems by Nóra Blascsók, Charles J. March III, Joe Carrick-Varty, Annie Baker and Corinna Board. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a
PERVERSE 9A
"I was a cactus in a previous life..."
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October 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
PERVERSE is back with issue 9, starting today! This week's issue 9A features poems by Nóra Blascsók, Charles J. March III, Joe Carrick-Varty, Annie Baker and Corinna Board. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a
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Happy National Poetry Day! For more information on the @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Poetry Store visit www.ucl.ac.uk/library/spec...
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Happy National Poetry Day! For more information on the @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Poetry Store visit www.ucl.ac.uk/library/spec...
57 today! Not quite my twilight years.... so glad to be on the earth still x
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
57 today! Not quite my twilight years.... so glad to be on the earth still x
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For a few more days, use code WLS1025 for 10% off books in our Welsh collection at checkout on our website:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/
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Carcanet Press
One of the outstanding literary publishers of our time, Carcanet Press has a special emphasis on poetry from around the world.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
For a few more days, use code WLS1025 for 10% off books in our Welsh collection at checkout on our website:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/
www.carcanet.co.uk/
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Is there a poet listening in to your conversation? Watch out: you might become an immortal line...
Booking the Phrases
The power of found speech in poetry
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September 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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A chance to sit at the feet of this genius. Taught me everything I know about the line and so much more...
On Friday 24th October, Mimi Khalvati will be delivering a poetry workshop in the line break, aimed at practising poets. The workshop is free but there are limited spaces.
Applications for a space close tomorrow! More information:⬇️
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/mimi-...
Applications for a space close tomorrow! More information:⬇️
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/mimi-...
Mimi Khalvati The Line Break Poetry Workshop | Manchester Literature Festival
FREE but places are very limited and you must apply to attend.
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A chance to sit at the feet of this genius. Taught me everything I know about the line and so much more...
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Just a reminder that the Cafe Writers International poetry competition is open. Our wonderful (sole) judge this year is Jessica Mookherjee. Top prize is £1000 www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
www.cafewriters.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just a reminder that the Cafe Writers International poetry competition is open. Our wonderful (sole) judge this year is Jessica Mookherjee. Top prize is £1000 www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
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The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe.
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe.
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
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To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.
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The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money, which aired last night on ITV, is a shocking and important film.
It exposes the extent of the corruption and profiteering during the pandemic and shows how the rich and powerful saw the crisis as an opportunity to profit and took it.
1/2
It exposes the extent of the corruption and profiteering during the pandemic and shows how the rich and powerful saw the crisis as an opportunity to profit and took it.
1/2
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money, which aired last night on ITV, is a shocking and important film.
It exposes the extent of the corruption and profiteering during the pandemic and shows how the rich and powerful saw the crisis as an opportunity to profit and took it.
1/2
It exposes the extent of the corruption and profiteering during the pandemic and shows how the rich and powerful saw the crisis as an opportunity to profit and took it.
1/2
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🗣️ PEOPLE IN THE UK: Please watch this ITV documentary on 21 September and/or via ITVX later on
FULL DISCLOSURE: My friend is the development producer
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
FULL DISCLOSURE: My friend is the development producer
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal
An investigation into the extent of greed and deception in PPE provision. Plus: weird drama Coldwater goes off the rails. Here’s what to watch this evening
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🗣️ PEOPLE IN THE UK: Please watch this ITV documentary on 21 September and/or via ITVX later on
FULL DISCLOSURE: My friend is the development producer
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
FULL DISCLOSURE: My friend is the development producer
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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new podcast alert! Richard Scott reading from his new @faberbooks.bsky.social collection *That Broke Into Shining Crystals*, and in conversation with Emily Berry and Jane Yeh. Listen here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
new podcast alert! Richard Scott reading from his new @faberbooks.bsky.social collection *That Broke Into Shining Crystals*, and in conversation with Emily Berry and Jane Yeh. Listen here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
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We're really excited to be working with Monitor Books as our inaugural @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Small Press in Residence! www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...
2025 Small Press in Residence at UCL Special Collections
Monitor Books is the 2025 UCL Small Press in Residence. They are developing a publishing project that engages with our collections and will feed into our small press 60th anniversary celebrations
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We're really excited to be working with Monitor Books as our inaugural @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Small Press in Residence! www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...
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📢 We’re hiring!
The Poetry School is seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager (Maternity Cover) to join our team for 12 months. £30k FTE | Hybrid (London/Leeds + home).
🗓️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct, 9am
🔗 Full details: poetryschool.com/ope...
The Poetry School is seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager (Maternity Cover) to join our team for 12 months. £30k FTE | Hybrid (London/Leeds + home).
🗓️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct, 9am
🔗 Full details: poetryschool.com/ope...
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 We’re hiring!
The Poetry School is seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager (Maternity Cover) to join our team for 12 months. £30k FTE | Hybrid (London/Leeds + home).
🗓️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct, 9am
🔗 Full details: poetryschool.com/ope...
The Poetry School is seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager (Maternity Cover) to join our team for 12 months. £30k FTE | Hybrid (London/Leeds + home).
🗓️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct, 9am
🔗 Full details: poetryschool.com/ope...
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Please sign the urgent petition to Keir Starmer - don't offer Donald Trump more giveaways to US Big Tech companies:
Keir Starmer - don't promise Trump more giveaways for US Big Tech
We the undersigned call on Keir Starmer to resist Trump’s pressure, and put the interests of the UK before those of US Big Tech.
www.foxglove.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Please sign the urgent petition to Keir Starmer - don't offer Donald Trump more giveaways to US Big Tech companies:
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
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After making a dumb joke on here about the creative side of academic writing as "unfunded hobbit research", I then wrote a serious post about it
Unfunded Hobbit Research
In defence of academic inspiration
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September 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
After making a dumb joke on here about the creative side of academic writing as "unfunded hobbit research", I then wrote a serious post about it