Barb Milne
@barbmilne.bsky.social
More left than right. I like looking at gaps, poetry, philosophy.
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Good Morning!
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Good Morning!
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
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Late Autumn doing its thing in Sefton Park this morning
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Late Autumn doing its thing in Sefton Park this morning
Today at 17:10, joining Ian McMillan on the sofa, plumping up cushions of poetry, are: Simon Armitage, Joelle Taylor, and Alistair McGowan.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan, Joelle Taylor
Ian McMillan's guests include Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan and Joelle Taylor.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today at 17:10, joining Ian McMillan on the sofa, plumping up cushions of poetry, are: Simon Armitage, Joelle Taylor, and Alistair McGowan.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
‘The river is still. Cormorants in silver dusk-light, charcoal hills on the far bank, cool autumn air.’ #Liverpool #TheMersey
I wrote about this decommissioned lighthouse for the 11th edition of Science & Magic, the Violette newsletter. You can read it here along with my previous Magnetic North missives and you can subscribe. Chock full of delights!
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
‘The river is still. Cormorants in silver dusk-light, charcoal hills on the far bank, cool autumn air.’ #Liverpool #TheMersey
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🎄 Tickets are still available for our Carol Concerts!
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎄 Tickets are still available for our Carol Concerts!
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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A beautiful tribute to Observer journalist Rachel Cooke, whose writing I loved. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A beautiful tribute to Observer journalist Rachel Cooke, whose writing I loved. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Thanks to AI, nostalgia is not what it used to be
It’s easy to be fooled into thinking that everything was better in the past. But if we’re not careful, it will make the future worse.
https://bit.ly/4nRf0y5
It’s easy to be fooled into thinking that everything was better in the past. But if we’re not careful, it will make the future worse.
https://bit.ly/4nRf0y5
Thanks to AI, nostalgia is not what it used to be | The Observer
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thanks to AI, nostalgia is not what it used to be
It’s easy to be fooled into thinking that everything was better in the past. But if we’re not careful, it will make the future worse.
https://bit.ly/4nRf0y5
It’s easy to be fooled into thinking that everything was better in the past. But if we’re not careful, it will make the future worse.
https://bit.ly/4nRf0y5
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Earlier this year my pal Jim Bennett made a box for me to store and transport 4x5 film holders. It is absolutely lovely. He's written an article about it for Furniture and Cabinetmaking magazine. That's not him on the cover. Jim's website is here: jimbennettfurniture.com/pages/about #photography
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Earlier this year my pal Jim Bennett made a box for me to store and transport 4x5 film holders. It is absolutely lovely. He's written an article about it for Furniture and Cabinetmaking magazine. That's not him on the cover. Jim's website is here: jimbennettfurniture.com/pages/about #photography
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On Wednesday 19 November at 11am, join Colin Bramwell in Coatbridge Library, where he will be exploring how language brings us closer to others, referring his Carcanet collection Fower Pessoas.
The event costs £2, and tickets can be purchased here:
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/fam...
The event costs £2, and tickets can be purchased here:
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/fam...
Scriever and Freens Tour: Familiar Forms wi Colin Bramwell
Join Taylor Dyson and Colin Bramwell as they reflect on how poetry and language can foster connections across both local and global communities.
shop.scottishbooktrust.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On Wednesday 19 November at 11am, join Colin Bramwell in Coatbridge Library, where he will be exploring how language brings us closer to others, referring his Carcanet collection Fower Pessoas.
The event costs £2, and tickets can be purchased here:
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/fam...
The event costs £2, and tickets can be purchased here:
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/fam...
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'Made in Manchester' was a Financial Times Best Book of 2024. Now in paperback.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
'Made in Manchester' was a Financial Times Best Book of 2024. Now in paperback.
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Colombieres Gulch (S. France) #trailrunning
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Colombieres Gulch (S. France) #trailrunning
Delighted to find this terrific book @oxfamgb.bsky.social this evening. It charts the history of the #HuddersfieldNarrowCanal #Slaithwaite #WestYorkshire
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Delighted to find this terrific book @oxfamgb.bsky.social this evening. It charts the history of the #HuddersfieldNarrowCanal #Slaithwaite #WestYorkshire
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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'Scarborough Harbour Lighthouse (Vincent Pier)'
Charcoal and Varnish
Charcoal and Varnish
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'Scarborough Harbour Lighthouse (Vincent Pier)'
Charcoal and Varnish
Charcoal and Varnish
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Colette is an amazing writer - I'm a big fan. Her new novel Celeste is just out.
bluemoosebooks.com/our-authors/...
bluemoosebooks.com/our-authors/...
Colette Snowden - Bluemoose Books
Colette Snowden is a writer from Manchester. She studied at [...]
bluemoosebooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Colette is an amazing writer - I'm a big fan. Her new novel Celeste is just out.
bluemoosebooks.com/our-authors/...
bluemoosebooks.com/our-authors/...
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Delighted to say that I'll be taking part in the 2026 York Literature Festival at St Peter’s Memorial Hall on 14th March, being interviewed by the wonderful Colette Snowden.
Ticket details etc coming soon.
Ticket details etc coming soon.
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Delighted to say that I'll be taking part in the 2026 York Literature Festival at St Peter’s Memorial Hall on 14th March, being interviewed by the wonderful Colette Snowden.
Ticket details etc coming soon.
Ticket details etc coming soon.
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Good fortune to bookshops everywhere for the busy season, including Waterstones Arndale, Bookends Carlisle @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social, Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social and Waterstones at John Lewis in Cheadle.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Good fortune to bookshops everywhere for the busy season, including Waterstones Arndale, Bookends Carlisle @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social, Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social and Waterstones at John Lewis in Cheadle.
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Very enjoyable seminar this morning on #rhetoric in #BritishPolitics! Using ancient methods outlined by Aristotle, we discussed the extent to which they represent a valuable framework for modern politicians & their relationship with the media/voters. Great group of students with excellent questions!
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Very enjoyable seminar this morning on #rhetoric in #BritishPolitics! Using ancient methods outlined by Aristotle, we discussed the extent to which they represent a valuable framework for modern politicians & their relationship with the media/voters. Great group of students with excellent questions!
From ‘Fireguard’ by Tony Harrison
The best wood to make chips with for our fire
was from bakehouse boxes Dad brought smeared with lard.
It had a whiplash crack. Its sparks leaped higher.
You had to look sharpish with the fireguard.
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v27/…#poetryry
The best wood to make chips with for our fire
was from bakehouse boxes Dad brought smeared with lard.
It had a whiplash crack. Its sparks leaped higher.
You had to look sharpish with the fireguard.
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v27/…#poetryry
https://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v27/…
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
From ‘Fireguard’ by Tony Harrison
The best wood to make chips with for our fire
was from bakehouse boxes Dad brought smeared with lard.
It had a whiplash crack. Its sparks leaped higher.
You had to look sharpish with the fireguard.
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v27/…#poetryry
The best wood to make chips with for our fire
was from bakehouse boxes Dad brought smeared with lard.
It had a whiplash crack. Its sparks leaped higher.
You had to look sharpish with the fireguard.
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v27/…#poetryry
'From 'Moor' Kathleen Jamie
We bring the past out of the land and bear the land
into the future, but at heart of all is the land, contested,
exploited and beloved. (The turbines, plantations, the
missile-test sites.)
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#poetry
We bring the past out of the land and bear the land
into the future, but at heart of all is the land, contested,
exploited and beloved. (The turbines, plantations, the
missile-test sites.)
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#poetry
Poem of the week: Moor by Kathleen Jamie
Haunted by a softly luminous mistiness, the moor combines, as if by double exposure, the passing of time and the full-lit present moment
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'From 'Moor' Kathleen Jamie
We bring the past out of the land and bear the land
into the future, but at heart of all is the land, contested,
exploited and beloved. (The turbines, plantations, the
missile-test sites.)
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#poetry
We bring the past out of the land and bear the land
into the future, but at heart of all is the land, contested,
exploited and beloved. (The turbines, plantations, the
missile-test sites.)
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#poetry
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Coming to Oldham at the beginning of January 2026: hla.oldham.gov.uk/event/exhibi...
#PutItInTheDiary #Oldham #Papercuts & wishing Charlotte Hodes all the very best.
#PutItInTheDiary #Oldham #Papercuts & wishing Charlotte Hodes all the very best.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Coming to Oldham at the beginning of January 2026: hla.oldham.gov.uk/event/exhibi...
#PutItInTheDiary #Oldham #Papercuts & wishing Charlotte Hodes all the very best.
#PutItInTheDiary #Oldham #Papercuts & wishing Charlotte Hodes all the very best.