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On Viewless Wings
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Writing, reading, running.

Poetry PhD: vital instability in the 2nd generation Romantics.

Am actually writing.

Interested in the amplification of working class voices, northern voices, & kind & talented voices.

Writing, I swear.

Meliorist, still.
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Alert! Alert! All #HappyValley and #SallyWainwright fans...
August 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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She deleted this post after quite reasonable and understandable criticism, before later deleting her account.
August 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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August 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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August 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Picture of Ron Burgundy which says "I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal."
August 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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If you see this, post a castle
Image of Roy Castle
August 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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July 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Some Tony Harrison for Fathers' Day
June 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The junction of Morton Lane & Gateforth New Road is a good spot. There's a layby just before the top of Morton Lane. You can use the riding stables to find your way. This is all just to one side of Hambleton Hough, which you can get to from the other end of Morton Lane, turn left, then left again.
April 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Some postage stamps suggested by the public after Brexit - posted in case they have some new applicability elsewhere...

#Trump
Three postage atamp designs: an archer holding the bow such that they are shooting themselves in the face; a close-up of someone shooting themselves in the foot; a statue holding its head in its hands in despair.
April 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Image of Ursula K. LeGuin and her words: we live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.
March 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The dedication to My Life on the Road, by #GloriaSteinem
This Book is Dedicated to: Dr John Sharpe of London, who in 1957, a decade before physicians could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion a 22-year-old American on her way to India. Knowing only that she had broken an engagement at home to seek an unknown fate, he said, "You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life." Dear Dr Sharpe. I believe you, who knew the law was unjust, would not mind if I say this so long after your death. I've done the best I could with my life. This book is for you.
March 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#BartletforAmerica
The cast of The West Wing, in the Oval Office.
February 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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#TerryPratchett was a person of great wisdom and humanity. For America to come through this, I feel that they will have to prove him wrong.
"Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees." Terry Pratchett.
February 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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February 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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A poem by #MichaelRosen from eleven years ago...
February 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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January 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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January 20th seems like a good time to begin another rewatch of 'The West Wing'. Anyone with me?

#TheWestWing
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The cast of the early seasons of 'The West Wing', in the Oval Office.
January 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Flowchart depicting a range of possible starting points for discworld novels depending on your interests
January 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Terry Pratchett's 'Hogfather', for this festive season:
November 30, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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A poem by Michael Rosen, from ten years ago...
November 27, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM