In Trieste, city of literature, for a few days. Museums closed for a general strike in support of Gaza (and why can’t we do the same?), but here are Italo Svevo, James Joyce, and Umberto Saba.

I can’t get to London today but I’m still supporting the day of action by @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Really enjoyed this exhibition this morning. A great way to spend time before my talk this evening dovecotstudios.com/exhibitions/...

To Milton Keynes in the rain to see a really comprehensive exhibition of work by Vanessa Bell. I do like her famous women dinner service.

The astonishing creativity of Tirzah Garwood, even in the last year of her life. Exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery is a must see.

An astonishing piece of Victorian needlework - the replica of the Bayeux tapestry. I’ve always liked the horses! And how lucky to bump into the man who literally wrote the book of the tapestry, and could answer our questions @djmusgrove.bsky.social

Anyone in Oxford tomorrow, I’ll be on the Writers in Oxford stall.

I sponsored a word! In memory of my grandmother and her book of Scots verse. ‘To shoggle your sheen’ means to tramp about and she used it in her poem ‘The Tinkler’. She’s cited as a source by the Dictionaries of the Scots Language. dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sh... You too can choose a word to sponsor.