Crappy Living
@crappyliving.bsky.social
In the country but not Country Living
Comedy, history, folklore, edgeland weirdness 👍🏻
Runs Dialect for rural writers with partner in crime @jlmmorton
https://www.dialect.org.uk/
Admin for Stroud Association of Mythical Entities ✨
Universal Basic Income 💥
Comedy, history, folklore, edgeland weirdness 👍🏻
Runs Dialect for rural writers with partner in crime @jlmmorton
https://www.dialect.org.uk/
Admin for Stroud Association of Mythical Entities ✨
Universal Basic Income 💥
Here’s a headline to start a conversation :)
Deep thanks to Roma Robinson and @amplifystroud.com
for such a thoughtful and nuanced piece on my chat with Nick Hayes last month - going beyond trespass and into a discussion on home, housing, and the hard work of belonging in rural places xxx
Deep thanks to Roma Robinson and @amplifystroud.com
for such a thoughtful and nuanced piece on my chat with Nick Hayes last month - going beyond trespass and into a discussion on home, housing, and the hard work of belonging in rural places xxx
“WE NEED OUR FARMERS TO BE ARTISTS” — Nick Hayes & Emma Kernahan at NeoAncients
“IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING OF a moment for me to cover a conversation between Emma Kernahan and Nick Hayes at day two of the NeoAncients festival 2025 on a sunny weekend in Stroud.”
— Roma Robinson | The RYSE
“IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING OF a moment for me to cover a conversation between Emma Kernahan and Nick Hayes at day two of the NeoAncients festival 2025 on a sunny weekend in Stroud.”
— Roma Robinson | The RYSE
“We need our farmers to be artists” — Nick Hayes and Emma Kernahan
IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING OF a moment for me to cover a conversation between Emma Kernahan and Nick Hayes at day two of the NeoAncients festival 2025 on a sunny weekend in Stroud.
amplifystroud.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here’s a headline to start a conversation :)
Deep thanks to Roma Robinson and @amplifystroud.com
for such a thoughtful and nuanced piece on my chat with Nick Hayes last month - going beyond trespass and into a discussion on home, housing, and the hard work of belonging in rural places xxx
Deep thanks to Roma Robinson and @amplifystroud.com
for such a thoughtful and nuanced piece on my chat with Nick Hayes last month - going beyond trespass and into a discussion on home, housing, and the hard work of belonging in rural places xxx
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Of course our very own Emma Kernahan @crappyliving.bsky.social popped up throughout the weekend, hosting an interview with Nick Hayes and performing as part of the Lost Mythos Mythical Entities crew with poet JLM Morton and all round incredible musician, sound tech and singer Mara Simpson
May 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Of course our very own Emma Kernahan @crappyliving.bsky.social popped up throughout the weekend, hosting an interview with Nick Hayes and performing as part of the Lost Mythos Mythical Entities crew with poet JLM Morton and all round incredible musician, sound tech and singer Mara Simpson
My *favourite* thing is the level of contempt levelled at you by British charity shop staff when you come to donate and they’re not accepting donations that day. Why did you even think about going in there with a Tesco bag for life full of tops and board games, this is TUESDAY you fool
April 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My *favourite* thing is the level of contempt levelled at you by British charity shop staff when you come to donate and they’re not accepting donations that day. Why did you even think about going in there with a Tesco bag for life full of tops and board games, this is TUESDAY you fool
The mythical entities have made the Ledbury Reporter - if you’re over 500 years old and want to join parish council then come along on July 12th ✨⭐️
www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/2509619...
www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/2509619...
Council meeting with a twist play coming to Market Theatre in Ledbury
A THEATRE is set to host a parish council meeting with a twist.
www.ledburyreporter.co.uk
April 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The mythical entities have made the Ledbury Reporter - if you’re over 500 years old and want to join parish council then come along on July 12th ✨⭐️
www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/2509619...
www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/2509619...
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The Basic Income Movement hosted a briefing on basic income and regrowth to MPs in Westminster last week
It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope that MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!
It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope that MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!
March 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Basic Income Movement hosted a briefing on basic income and regrowth to MPs in Westminster last week
It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope that MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!
It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope that MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!
I celebrated Valentine’s Day this year by writing about my most romantic act - never getting married. It’s my first ever post on Substack, and you can follow me there if you like ❤️
open.substack.com/pub/crappyli...
open.substack.com/pub/crappyli...
Don't Get Married, Girls: A Valentine's Day letter to my daughters
On 25 years of co-habiting, and the under-rated romance of 'I Don't'
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I celebrated Valentine’s Day this year by writing about my most romantic act - never getting married. It’s my first ever post on Substack, and you can follow me there if you like ❤️
open.substack.com/pub/crappyli...
open.substack.com/pub/crappyli...
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DATELINE: Friday 7 February 2025
TOPIC: Sudan: Understanding the Crisis
WRITER: DAVID DREW | Former MP for Stroud
amplifystroud.com/2025-02-suda...
#INTERNATIONALISM #SUDAN
TOPIC: Sudan: Understanding the Crisis
WRITER: DAVID DREW | Former MP for Stroud
amplifystroud.com/2025-02-suda...
#INTERNATIONALISM #SUDAN
Sudan: Understanding the Crisis
Former Stroud MP David Drew explains the civil war unfolding in Sudan and remembers his experiences of the troubled country.
amplifystroud.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
DATELINE: Friday 7 February 2025
TOPIC: Sudan: Understanding the Crisis
WRITER: DAVID DREW | Former MP for Stroud
amplifystroud.com/2025-02-suda...
#INTERNATIONALISM #SUDAN
TOPIC: Sudan: Understanding the Crisis
WRITER: DAVID DREW | Former MP for Stroud
amplifystroud.com/2025-02-suda...
#INTERNATIONALISM #SUDAN
Brilliant things happening in Manchester 👇
Coverage in the @bigissue.com 📰⬇️
We believe this is the best way for @andyburnham.bsky.social to follow through on the commitment he made in his election manifesto:
▫️ "The logical next step, after the success of our Housing First pilot, is to bring forward a #BasicIncome pilot"
#BasicIncomeMCR
We believe this is the best way for @andyburnham.bsky.social to follow through on the commitment he made in his election manifesto:
▫️ "The logical next step, after the success of our Housing First pilot, is to bring forward a #BasicIncome pilot"
#BasicIncomeMCR
Inside the new plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester
A new basic income has been proposed for Greater Manchester which would see people experiencing homelessness given £1,600 a month.
www.bigissue.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Brilliant things happening in Manchester 👇
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Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.
January 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.
Take my money
Mike Leigh imagines what a #Bond film directed by him would look like:
"The entire film would be James Bond visiting his elderly mother in a suburban house, spending a bit of time with her, and then leaving," he tells Empire.
"The entire film would be James Bond visiting his elderly mother in a suburban house, spending a bit of time with her, and then leaving," he tells Empire.
December 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Take my money
Come and join me on Instagram if you want to witness my descent into insanity/attempt to flick the v’s to 2024 with daily bits of joy in real time
If you, too, are weathering seasonal parenting in the age of plague, war, slight menty b., societal collapse and the mother’s/camel’s load straw that is really shit £3.45 coffee, can I recommend @crappyliving.bsky.social’s instagram Radvent countdown, thank me later www.instagram.com/reel/DDp-R8Z...
December 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Come and join me on Instagram if you want to witness my descent into insanity/attempt to flick the v’s to 2024 with daily bits of joy in real time
Holy smokes(long)
Write with us! On a train through Europe! youtu.be/6i8TjlIAsgU?...
A Ticket to Write 2025
YouTube video by SmokeLong Quarterly
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Holy smokes(long)
In my head I read wellness influencer posts on Instagram in the voice of Tony Soprano and nobody can stop me
December 19, 2024 at 9:45 AM
In my head I read wellness influencer posts on Instagram in the voice of Tony Soprano and nobody can stop me
Is everyone aware that it’s 90% off in Homebase, I’ve been in for a tree stand and come out with a trolley stacked so high I’ve had to fast push it to the car for momentum, it’s mayhem
December 16, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Is everyone aware that it’s 90% off in Homebase, I’ve been in for a tree stand and come out with a trolley stacked so high I’ve had to fast push it to the car for momentum, it’s mayhem
What I like about 24 Hours In Police Custody is how many police officers have mugs on their desk that say things like ‘Adulting!’ and they say stuff like ‘you can’t die from harassment but you can die from other crimes that’s the main difference’ I genuinely can’t tell if it’s real
December 16, 2024 at 8:03 AM
What I like about 24 Hours In Police Custody is how many police officers have mugs on their desk that say things like ‘Adulting!’ and they say stuff like ‘you can’t die from harassment but you can die from other crimes that’s the main difference’ I genuinely can’t tell if it’s real
Wordle did us dirty today
December 12, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Wordle did us dirty today
Went for a long walk, had to go through a few hedges too and afterwards felt a spider moving *under my top* so congrats to everyone in Tetbury Tesco who saw me rip off my jumper and rummage frantically in my own cleavage, only to find a rogue bit of tinsel 👌
December 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Went for a long walk, had to go through a few hedges too and afterwards felt a spider moving *under my top* so congrats to everyone in Tetbury Tesco who saw me rip off my jumper and rummage frantically in my own cleavage, only to find a rogue bit of tinsel 👌
TONIGHT at 7pm! Sarah Brooks, author of ‘The Cautious Traveller’s Guide To The Wastelands’ is joining me online for our last Dialect Dinner of the year! 3 imaginary courses served up with a side of literary discussion - £5 or payc. Come and pull up a virtual chair
www.dialect.org.uk/events/diale...
www.dialect.org.uk/events/diale...
December 4, 2024 at 2:54 PM
TONIGHT at 7pm! Sarah Brooks, author of ‘The Cautious Traveller’s Guide To The Wastelands’ is joining me online for our last Dialect Dinner of the year! 3 imaginary courses served up with a side of literary discussion - £5 or payc. Come and pull up a virtual chair
www.dialect.org.uk/events/diale...
www.dialect.org.uk/events/diale...
Well well well if it isn’t my exact cup of tea
Christmas is coming and you might need a gift for a lover of folklore!
Why not A Feast of Folklore? My book explores the weird, wonderful, and sometimes delicious history and lore of British food.
Buy your copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo...
Why not A Feast of Folklore? My book explores the weird, wonderful, and sometimes delicious history and lore of British food.
Buy your copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo...
December 4, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Well well well if it isn’t my exact cup of tea
Beware uneven ground holes
December 1, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Beware uneven ground holes
I’d like an app to give me memes but make them seventeenth century engravings ok thx!
November 30, 2024 at 9:38 AM
I’d like an app to give me memes but make them seventeenth century engravings ok thx!
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A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
November 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
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Dear algorithm, I have been here for a while and am still here to connect with writers, performers, publishing industry, theatre makers and venues, event hosts and other respectful people with big hearts. If you could restore my faith in algorithms and the human race more generally, that would be ❤️
November 16, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Dear algorithm, I have been here for a while and am still here to connect with writers, performers, publishing industry, theatre makers and venues, event hosts and other respectful people with big hearts. If you could restore my faith in algorithms and the human race more generally, that would be ❤️
Finally
November 29, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Finally