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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah a world away from Hit The North! A proper Fall baptism by fire that

Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · 17d

:-). Second purchase was witch trials on tape...bought in your neck of the woods (on a trip to watch Burnley play) and then inflicted on my very tolerant Dad on the car ride home over the Pennines! I'm sure it was raining and dark, but maybe I'm imagining that for maximum Fall effect.

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · 17d

Probably maybe my favourite Fall album (today anyway)...certainly the first one I bought. A fine choice to start with.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 17d

"It’s not a deliberate thing to be experimental. Sometimes random things work, sometimes they don’t. In my mind Paintwork isn’t any different to any other song I’ve done… that’s just the way I am.”

Many Happy Returns to #TheFall's This Nation's Saving Grace, which turns 40 today!

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The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace album cover. Photograph of some buildings with drawing filling in the cloud space and street.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 27d

The Rigg, Bingley, Yorkshire, painting by Jane Fielder. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Hannah Bluish @hannahbluish.bsky.social · Aug 17

People love it

The energy I bring to social events: Ai is 💀 the planet and chat gpt is making you stupid

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · Aug 3

Today’s poem is selected by Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

“It will all work out okay” appeared in High Lonesome by Allison Titus, published by Saturnalia Books, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 3

Castlefield Carnival, Manchester, 1985 (Manchester Libraries).

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Jul 17

It's a lovely thing! Looking forward to reading it (hopefully this weekend)

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Jul 17

Been a good two days for post! TBR pile now quite large thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social @thebraag.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Bring on the rainy weekend

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Jul 17

I was glad I read it before I went for a run as it meant I could run off the crossness!

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yeah, mine also. She's fantastic and I'm totally despairing of Labour now :-(

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · Jul 16

Last few seats in the Zoom room for the launch tomorrow night of my hybrid creative non-fiction book on time: 'It's Time - A Chronomemoir' (@guillemotpress.bsky.social). Come join us, I'd love to have you there! (It's also my birthday 😊) Grab a free ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’d love you to join me on Zoom next Thurs July 17 to help launch my first hybrid creative non-fiction book - ‘It’s Time: A Chronomemoir’, published by @guillemotpress.bsky.social! Tickets are free: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania.... More about the book here: taniahershman.com/its-time-a-c...

The TicketTailor event page for my book launch. Text at the top says Tania Hershman Book Launch - Its Time: A Chronomemoir! Thurs 17 Jul 2025 7-8.30pm BST, online, Zoom.

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Jul 16

This dvd is probably the only reason I keep my dvd player

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · Jul 16

My VHS of this wondrous document died many years ago. Finally, after years of having an eBay search set up for the DVD, I’ve snaffled it. Plus live in Leeds!

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · Jun 26

Caught Cats

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jun 10

“They asked me, where did they go? The trees, the salamander, the tropical fish, Edgar, the poppas and mommas, Matthew and Tony?” Fiction by Donald Barthelme, from 1974.

“The School,” by Donald Barthelme

Fiction, from 1974: “They asked me, where did they go? The trees, the salamander, the tropical fish, Edgar, the poppas and mommas, Matthew and Tony?”

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · May 23

Despite my general dislike of all things morris I have a total soft spot for the coconutters. The power of childhood nostalgia!

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · May 23

Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup, Lancashire, 1968, photo by Tony Ray-Jones.

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And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · Apr 25

Friends, a little announcement: we’re now accepting submissions year-round for a new essays feature.

We want this to be a space for new and original thinking about poetry and poetics, but also about how poetry fits in or around our lives.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thanks - yes have followed (and now have another book on my 'to read' list :-))

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Apr 19

Ha, yes this is something I have had to spend quite some time unpicking! Nice to read a validating article for a change

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thanks for sharing this - great article (and yes, especially that paragraph)

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Apr 16

Pleased that one of my poems has found a home here amongst some great company...

And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · Apr 16

Issue Six of And Other Poems is out now on our website.

Read it here: andotherpoems.com/issue-six/

(Cover photo by kat_katerina on Unsplash)

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Apr 15

Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create

From NYT article about the increasing use of AI in the classroom: “Writing is one of the most challenging tasks for students, which is why it is so tempting for some to ask A.I. to do it for them. In turn, A.I. can be useful for teachers who would like to assign more writing, but are limited in their time to grade it.”

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And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · Apr 11

Issue Six of And Other Poems, out on Wednesday 16th.

We can't wait for you to read these poems.

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Mar 29

The reasons below are all true...and reading this lovely piece about the similarities of writing and running after my run this morning was my reason for hitting the 'buy' button today. longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/c...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Mar 19

Girl on a Spacehopper, Byker, Newcastle, 1971, by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.

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