Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
Poetry bothering, blog tinkering, place pondering, musically promiscuous, book-loving freelance copywriter. Likely to moan & rail at the unfairness & absurdity of life. Poetry links https://richlyevocative.net/articles-reviews-first-published-elsewhere/
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Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Time to reintroduce myself. I write a blog about place, books & other distractions - richlyevocative.net also a published poet - my collection Street Sailing came out last year @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Some of my work has appeared recently in Stand, Acumen, Dust Northern Gravy & Southword.
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In this week’s spine-tingling FINAL EPISODE🥲 of this #Uncanny series, a family stumble upon a priest hole while renovating their house - and seem to unleash something seriously sinister…😱
We are joined by historian Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social in this episode!
Uncanny | Listen on BBC Sounds
We are joined by historian Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social in this episode!
Uncanny | Listen on BBC Sounds
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In this week’s spine-tingling FINAL EPISODE🥲 of this #Uncanny series, a family stumble upon a priest hole while renovating their house - and seem to unleash something seriously sinister…😱
We are joined by historian Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social in this episode!
Uncanny | Listen on BBC Sounds
We are joined by historian Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social in this episode!
Uncanny | Listen on BBC Sounds
In the spirit of pointless, subjective artistic judgements, here’s my
end of year reading roundup - Richly Evocative’s Meaningless Reading Awards 2025.
Including the MOST BRILLIANTLY DESCRIBED MESS OF A BOOK FILLED, ASHTRAY CHOKED BEDROOM AWARD - richlyevocative.net/2025/12/29/t...
end of year reading roundup - Richly Evocative’s Meaningless Reading Awards 2025.
Including the MOST BRILLIANTLY DESCRIBED MESS OF A BOOK FILLED, ASHTRAY CHOKED BEDROOM AWARD - richlyevocative.net/2025/12/29/t...
The Richly Evocative Meaningless Reading Awards 2025
In the spirit of pointless, subjective artistic judgements, here’s the roundup you’ve all been waiting for. Including the MOST BRILLIANTLY DESCRIBED MESS OF A BOOK FILLED, ASHTRAY CHOKE…
richlyevocative.net
December 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In the spirit of pointless, subjective artistic judgements, here’s my
end of year reading roundup - Richly Evocative’s Meaningless Reading Awards 2025.
Including the MOST BRILLIANTLY DESCRIBED MESS OF A BOOK FILLED, ASHTRAY CHOKED BEDROOM AWARD - richlyevocative.net/2025/12/29/t...
end of year reading roundup - Richly Evocative’s Meaningless Reading Awards 2025.
Including the MOST BRILLIANTLY DESCRIBED MESS OF A BOOK FILLED, ASHTRAY CHOKED BEDROOM AWARD - richlyevocative.net/2025/12/29/t...
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Happy publication day! Finished Creatures issue nine - trespass. Thank you to the sixty contributors, and all who sent work in. 💙🕊️ x
December 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy publication day! Finished Creatures issue nine - trespass. Thank you to the sixty contributors, and all who sent work in. 💙🕊️ x
Reviews, quotes & links about my poetry collection Street Sailing - there’s one copy left at @booksellercrow.bsky.social I have some, or visit @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
richlyevocative.net/street-saili...
richlyevocative.net/street-saili...
Street Sailing
“Each poem in this outstanding collection exists in its own right. These poems are alive: they have a heartbeat” – Kitty Donnelly, poet”The first and last words of Street Sailing are the word…
richlyevocative.net
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Reviews, quotes & links about my poetry collection Street Sailing - there’s one copy left at @booksellercrow.bsky.social I have some, or visit @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
richlyevocative.net/street-saili...
richlyevocative.net/street-saili...
So pleased to be a part of this. What a line up. Already read my copy from cover to cover. So beautifully produced. Multiple kinds of intrusions explored in multiple, stimulating, provocative & moving ways.
Issue nine - trespass - just published. Brand new work from sixty excellent poets. 💙🕊️
Please check the website for order details x
Please check the website for order details x
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So pleased to be a part of this. What a line up. Already read my copy from cover to cover. So beautifully produced. Multiple kinds of intrusions explored in multiple, stimulating, provocative & moving ways.
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Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
Mapping Anglo-Saxon London: A Big Update
A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.
londonist.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
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Anyone looking for the full map or wondering who made it, it’s the work of Matt Brown and it’s here. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Anyone looking for the full map or wondering who made it, it’s the work of Matt Brown and it’s here. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
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Richard Meier’s Biscuit Tin – Unsuitable Blog and HappenStance News
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December 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
December 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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“Very complex multispecies communication networks are pervasive”. (£)
We have massively underestimated non-human animals' complexity.
Long past time to bury Descartes' animals-as-machines, yet it still dominant (even word "unlikely" in headline)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
We have massively underestimated non-human animals' complexity.
Long past time to bury Descartes' animals-as-machines, yet it still dominant (even word "unlikely" in headline)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How Animals Form Unlikely Alliances to Keep Predators Away
Cross-species “defense pacts” help animals keep tabs on parasites and predators
www.scientificamerican.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
“Very complex multispecies communication networks are pervasive”. (£)
We have massively underestimated non-human animals' complexity.
Long past time to bury Descartes' animals-as-machines, yet it still dominant (even word "unlikely" in headline)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
We have massively underestimated non-human animals' complexity.
Long past time to bury Descartes' animals-as-machines, yet it still dominant (even word "unlikely" in headline)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Haven’t been in a Camden pub toilet for a while. Glad to see somethings never change
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Haven’t been in a Camden pub toilet for a while. Glad to see somethings never change
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Enrich your reading in 2026 - get ‘Consolamentum’ by James McConachie. Get to inland Spain without the hassle of travel! 💝
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Enrich your reading in 2026 - get ‘Consolamentum’ by James McConachie. Get to inland Spain without the hassle of travel! 💝
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
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Robin wars (of the tuneful type) broke out in our street before dawn! But they stopped lyric warfare for long enough for us all to wish you a peaceful Sunday solstice. The decorative dinosaurs join us in offering glittering good wishes...
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Robin wars (of the tuneful type) broke out in our street before dawn! But they stopped lyric warfare for long enough for us all to wish you a peaceful Sunday solstice. The decorative dinosaurs join us in offering glittering good wishes...
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Afternoon. One of us has a small (but growing!) online archive. Follow the project at @oldzinescene.bsky.social and you'll see pieces of Irish (and occasionally other) literary history! #Irishmagazines #irishpoetry #irishliterature
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Afternoon. One of us has a small (but growing!) online archive. Follow the project at @oldzinescene.bsky.social and you'll see pieces of Irish (and occasionally other) literary history! #Irishmagazines #irishpoetry #irishliterature
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Up now on the @talkingwalking.bsky.social site & your fave podcasts providers, you’ll find me in a wood talking to Andrew Stuck about Street Sailing, poetry, place writing and inspirations. It was recorded back in March, so there’s a lovely growing chorus of birdsong. @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Up now on the @talkingwalking.bsky.social site & your fave podcasts providers, you’ll find me in a wood talking to Andrew Stuck about Street Sailing, poetry, place writing and inspirations. It was recorded back in March, so there’s a lovely growing chorus of birdsong. @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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I signed this... 38d.gs/2auv
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
38d.gs
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I signed this... 38d.gs/2auv
Up now on the @talkingwalking.bsky.social site & your fave podcasts providers, you’ll find me in a wood talking to Andrew Stuck about Street Sailing, poetry, place writing and inspirations. It was recorded back in March, so there’s a lovely growing chorus of birdsong. @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Up now on the @talkingwalking.bsky.social site & your fave podcasts providers, you’ll find me in a wood talking to Andrew Stuck about Street Sailing, poetry, place writing and inspirations. It was recorded back in March, so there’s a lovely growing chorus of birdsong. @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Found these in my jacket pocket. Thought lovingly of the person who gave them to me.
Saw Jack Whitehall’s face on a poster for a TV show. Thought “I’ll never watch that.”
Saw Jack Whitehall’s face on a poster for a TV show. Thought “I’ll never watch that.”
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Found these in my jacket pocket. Thought lovingly of the person who gave them to me.
Saw Jack Whitehall’s face on a poster for a TV show. Thought “I’ll never watch that.”
Saw Jack Whitehall’s face on a poster for a TV show. Thought “I’ll never watch that.”