Matthew Paul
@matthewepaul.bsky.social
Poems. Reviews. Essays.
New poetry collection The Last Corinthians (https://crookedspirepress.com/the-last-corinthians-by-matthew-paul).
‘A necessary book for our times.’
- Shash Trevett.
www.matthewpaulpoetry.blog/books
New poetry collection The Last Corinthians (https://crookedspirepress.com/the-last-corinthians-by-matthew-paul).
‘A necessary book for our times.’
- Shash Trevett.
www.matthewpaulpoetry.blog/books
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
📣 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT📣 We are delighted to announce the acquisition of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by @catherineredford.bsky.social, a heart-wrenching debut about young widowhood
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
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MAGA - big on that "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"🤡
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
MAGA - big on that "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"🤡
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I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
‘It’s in the almost incidental details that Maitland’s prose really shines, with a rhapsodic beauty.'
@matthewepaul.bsky.social reviews the inimitable Sara Maitland's selected works 'True North' (link 👇🧵)
📃 matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r...
@matthewepaul.bsky.social reviews the inimitable Sara Maitland's selected works 'True North' (link 👇🧵)
📃 matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r...
Review of Sarah Maitland’s True North
Sara Maitland, True North, Selected Stories, Comma Press, 2024 £14.99, available to buy here.Among post-war British writers, few can justifiably claim to have amassed an oeuvre as varied and intere…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Latest review, of this brilliant book: matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r... #fiction #stories #reviews
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Latest review, of this brilliant book: matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r... #fiction #stories #reviews
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Might be a bit early to think about curry (not in my world), but luckily this isn't really about curry
In Mat Riches' 'Beef Rendang', nostalgia evoked by the sensory decadence of a curry meets the present day joy shared between a parent and their child. @matriches.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/mat-riches/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/mat-riches/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Might be a bit early to think about curry (not in my world), but luckily this isn't really about curry
@matthewepaul.bsky.social Outstanding 😂Actually hard to explain how good this is
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tonight!
I’m looking forward to reading alongside Mark Corcoran and Polly Howell at the Yew Tree Press event at the Museum in the Park in Stroud next Thursday evening, 7.30 for 8.00. yewtreepress.co.uk/Yew_Tree_Pre...
Events
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October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Tonight!
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The beautiful 124-year-old East Wing of The White House, all of which is owned by The United States National Park Service, is being destroyed this week without any authorization.
And yes, that includes the demolition of the first family’s beloved movie theater, constructed in 1942.
And yes, that includes the demolition of the first family’s beloved movie theater, constructed in 1942.
October 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The beautiful 124-year-old East Wing of The White House, all of which is owned by The United States National Park Service, is being destroyed this week without any authorization.
And yes, that includes the demolition of the first family’s beloved movie theater, constructed in 1942.
And yes, that includes the demolition of the first family’s beloved movie theater, constructed in 1942.
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✨WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK✨
✨Writing the Uncanny with Pam Thompson
Mon 27 Oct, 7pm
✨ 'Florida and Churches' with Rachel Long
Wed 29 Oct, 11am
Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@pamthompson240.bsky.social
✨Writing the Uncanny with Pam Thompson
Mon 27 Oct, 7pm
✨ 'Florida and Churches' with Rachel Long
Wed 29 Oct, 11am
Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@pamthompson240.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
✨WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK✨
✨Writing the Uncanny with Pam Thompson
Mon 27 Oct, 7pm
✨ 'Florida and Churches' with Rachel Long
Wed 29 Oct, 11am
Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@pamthompson240.bsky.social
✨Writing the Uncanny with Pam Thompson
Mon 27 Oct, 7pm
✨ 'Florida and Churches' with Rachel Long
Wed 29 Oct, 11am
Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@pamthompson240.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to reading alongside Mark Corcoran and Polly Howell at the Yew Tree Press event at the Museum in the Park in Stroud next Thursday evening, 7.30 for 8.00. yewtreepress.co.uk/Yew_Tree_Pre...
Events
yewtreepress.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I’m looking forward to reading alongside Mark Corcoran and Polly Howell at the Yew Tree Press event at the Museum in the Park in Stroud next Thursday evening, 7.30 for 8.00. yewtreepress.co.uk/Yew_Tree_Pre...
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Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.
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Thrilled to be reading poems from my collection 'Guerrilla Country' as a guest of Needlewriters in Lewes on Thursday evening, alongside Robert Hamberger and PD Viner - upstairs at the John Harvey Tavern
needlewriters.co.uk/2025/07/27/r...
needlewriters.co.uk/2025/07/27/r...
Robert Hamberger (poetry), P.D. Viner (prose), and Phil Vernon (poetry) – Thursday 9 October
Our next Needlewriters evening will be on Thursday 9th October 2025, featuring Robert Hamberger (poetry), P.D. Viner (prose), and Phil Vernon (poetry). This will be a LIVE event at the John Harvey …
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October 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Thrilled to be reading poems from my collection 'Guerrilla Country' as a guest of Needlewriters in Lewes on Thursday evening, alongside Robert Hamberger and PD Viner - upstairs at the John Harvey Tavern
needlewriters.co.uk/2025/07/27/r...
needlewriters.co.uk/2025/07/27/r...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
When in Mytholmroyd. Would be rude not to.
October 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When in Mytholmroyd. Would be rude not to.
Tonight! Poetry! Free!
I’m very much looking forward to being part of this.
October 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Tonight! Poetry! Free!
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#Bowie has always been an inspiration to me, whether I'm writing sons or #poetry. Or even if I'm just pondering the vagaries of life. Never more so than when I was a teenager - but perhaps I have never completely grown out of him.
48. Jesus Couldn't Understand But David Bowie Could
...being a fanboy rumination on the subject of David Bowie, and what he meant to me whilst I was growing up - and beyond.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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They aren't bringing ID cards in to make people's lives easier, they are specifically bringing them in to make certain people's lives harder.
September 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
They aren't bringing ID cards in to make people's lives easier, they are specifically bringing them in to make certain people's lives harder.
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Mandatory ID cards are a terrible, terrible idea
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September 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mandatory ID cards are a terrible, terrible idea
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