Jack
@jackwriteswords.bsky.social
Books, theatre, museums, films, walks, pubs.
Love seeing other people's photography because I'm hopeless at it.
Teach English and creative writing for money and because it's fun.
Love seeing other people's photography because I'm hopeless at it.
Teach English and creative writing for money and because it's fun.
Next Tuesday
1pm BST.
£5
Online workshop. The first of 4 on The Elements and how we can use them in writing.
Earth: caves, portals, the underworld, growth, nurture, the smell of forests after rain.
#amwriting #writesky
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1323545172...
1pm BST.
£5
Online workshop. The first of 4 on The Elements and how we can use them in writing.
Earth: caves, portals, the underworld, growth, nurture, the smell of forests after rain.
#amwriting #writesky
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1323545172...
Creative Writing Workshop: Elements: Earth
Low cost. Low stakes. Lots of fun.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Next Tuesday
1pm BST.
£5
Online workshop. The first of 4 on The Elements and how we can use them in writing.
Earth: caves, portals, the underworld, growth, nurture, the smell of forests after rain.
#amwriting #writesky
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1323545172...
1pm BST.
£5
Online workshop. The first of 4 on The Elements and how we can use them in writing.
Earth: caves, portals, the underworld, growth, nurture, the smell of forests after rain.
#amwriting #writesky
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1323545172...
Overheard on a train 'Deptford, it's like Dalston in 1992.'
March 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Overheard on a train 'Deptford, it's like Dalston in 1992.'
When Connor Reilly died two years into retirement MI6 cleared his flat to the last broken pencil tip on a dusty windowsill.
Six months later, when his ex wife announced an impromptu jumble sale on the first warm Sunday of May, no one except Alexei was paying any attention.
#hbp69 #spyfiction
Six months later, when his ex wife announced an impromptu jumble sale on the first warm Sunday of May, no one except Alexei was paying any attention.
#hbp69 #spyfiction
Prose/dialogue: "Weird painting bought at a yard sale." #hbp69
January 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
When Connor Reilly died two years into retirement MI6 cleared his flat to the last broken pencil tip on a dusty windowsill.
Six months later, when his ex wife announced an impromptu jumble sale on the first warm Sunday of May, no one except Alexei was paying any attention.
#hbp69 #spyfiction
Six months later, when his ex wife announced an impromptu jumble sale on the first warm Sunday of May, no one except Alexei was paying any attention.
#hbp69 #spyfiction
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The sound of Jell-O getting shredded is one of the most disturbing noises I ever heard in my life. This is something straight out of hell. DO NOT LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES ON!!!
December 31, 2024 at 10:16 AM
The sound of Jell-O getting shredded is one of the most disturbing noises I ever heard in my life. This is something straight out of hell. DO NOT LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES ON!!!
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This sums it up, yes.
December 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM
This sums it up, yes.
Never has a man been more suited the task... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Peter Mandelson to be announced as UK’s next US ambassador
Keir Starmer on the verge of appointing Labour grandee to key post at start of Trump presidency
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Never has a man been more suited the task... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is journeys!
We've picked Cumbernauld Commuters (1994) by Bill Rennie!
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
🚉☂️
We've picked Cumbernauld Commuters (1994) by Bill Rennie!
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
🚉☂️
December 5, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is journeys!
We've picked Cumbernauld Commuters (1994) by Bill Rennie!
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
🚉☂️
We've picked Cumbernauld Commuters (1994) by Bill Rennie!
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
🚉☂️
Just overheard a fantastic #writingprompt on my morning walk
Said angrily: But if he's putting up shelves for all her ornaments that means...
Said angrily: But if he's putting up shelves for all her ornaments that means...
December 5, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Just overheard a fantastic #writingprompt on my morning walk
Said angrily: But if he's putting up shelves for all her ornaments that means...
Said angrily: But if he's putting up shelves for all her ornaments that means...
Furiosa was this year! Time is is playing tricks on me.
NBR Top 10 Movies of the Year
Anora
Babygirl
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator 2
Juror No. 2
Queer
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
Anora
Babygirl
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator 2
Juror No. 2
Queer
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
December 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Furiosa was this year! Time is is playing tricks on me.
Is it me or is this cow a bit judgy in a positive queer-eye trim that beard kind of way.
#ClassicsAdventCalendar - Day 4: A lovely example of Egyptian mosaic glass inlay, showing a striding Apis Bull: ca. Late 1st Century BC. Exact duplicates are known in other collections, suggesting they may be cut from the same rod. 🏺
Image: Miho Museum (H-3.5). Link - www.miho.jp/booth/html/a...
Image: Miho Museum (H-3.5). Link - www.miho.jp/booth/html/a...
December 4, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Is it me or is this cow a bit judgy in a positive queer-eye trim that beard kind of way.
A global crime network called Smart?
Have self respect guys, at least go with Smersh.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Have self respect guys, at least go with Smersh.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Global investigation exposes alleged billion-dollar Russian money-laundering network
UK and foreign law enforcement agencies say networks laundered cash and cryptocurrencies for organised crime gangs across the west
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
A global crime network called Smart?
Have self respect guys, at least go with Smersh.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Have self respect guys, at least go with Smersh.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Last week's builders next door were classic rock all the way. This week's are big bold pop hits and impressive singalongs.
I need a hero! Etc.
I need a hero! Etc.
December 3, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Last week's builders next door were classic rock all the way. This week's are big bold pop hits and impressive singalongs.
I need a hero! Etc.
I need a hero! Etc.
This seems like a very beautiful project to support #kickstarter #documentary #film
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
Blue Has No Borders: A documentary about crossing the divide
How an English seaside community at the frontline of Britain’s identity crisis shows we have more in common than what splits us apart
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:05 PM
This seems like a very beautiful project to support #kickstarter #documentary #film
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
I demand that we bring back opium based toothpaste!
Hello, #bluesky! Here's your daily dose of #histmed trivia👇
Napoleon's Toothbrush, c.1790. Napoleon brushed his teeth regularly using opium-based toothpaste. His toothbrush has a silver gilt handle and bristles made of horsehair, which would have been very rough on the gums. #skystorians
Napoleon's Toothbrush, c.1790. Napoleon brushed his teeth regularly using opium-based toothpaste. His toothbrush has a silver gilt handle and bristles made of horsehair, which would have been very rough on the gums. #skystorians
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 AM
I demand that we bring back opium based toothpaste!
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Seeing as there are lots of introductions on here: my PhD research is looking at the material culture of Roman children, focussing on the site of Dura-Europos. Here are a couple of examples from the corpus of articulated bone dolls. I’m also looking at infant feeding bottles & terracotta toys.
November 15, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Seeing as there are lots of introductions on here: my PhD research is looking at the material culture of Roman children, focussing on the site of Dura-Europos. Here are a couple of examples from the corpus of articulated bone dolls. I’m also looking at infant feeding bottles & terracotta toys.
Teaching in a new place this week and might adopt this as my power animal to get me through...
November 16, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Teaching in a new place this week and might adopt this as my power animal to get me through...
Been here five minutes after nearly two years off all social. Have already discovered an out-of-print book so interesting it's in my world of books trolley right now, and a bunch of forgotten history walking tours I'll book once I've made coffee.
Its lovely here. Might stay.
Its lovely here. Might stay.
November 12, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Been here five minutes after nearly two years off all social. Have already discovered an out-of-print book so interesting it's in my world of books trolley right now, and a bunch of forgotten history walking tours I'll book once I've made coffee.
Its lovely here. Might stay.
Its lovely here. Might stay.
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Private Eye hits it square on the nose again with their parody of a Tory ex-MP. These people hate so much more than they love.
October 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Private Eye hits it square on the nose again with their parody of a Tory ex-MP. These people hate so much more than they love.