Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Poet &c | rishidastidar.com | linktr.ee/betarish
Can recommend giving blood on your birthday as you get a bit more spoiled than normal. Thank you @givebloodnhs.bsky.social team in Brixton for the kindness.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Can recommend giving blood on your birthday as you get a bit more spoiled than normal. Thank you @givebloodnhs.bsky.social team in Brixton for the kindness.
A very good time today delivering the keynote lecture for the @ljmuofficial.bsky.social RILCH symposium on why writing matters. Thanks for having me.
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A very good time today delivering the keynote lecture for the @ljmuofficial.bsky.social RILCH symposium on why writing matters. Thanks for having me.
Is there even a football Bluesky?
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Is there even a football Bluesky?
Sorry to report that as Gyles has now weighed in, the Chancellor does not have long left:
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Sorry to report that as Gyles has now weighed in, the Chancellor does not have long left:
“Still punk AF,” I did actually whisper after I bought this my bloody valentine tote bag on Thursday night.
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“Still punk AF,” I did actually whisper after I bought this my bloody valentine tote bag on Thursday night.
Pretty sure I felt ‘soon’ actually enter my left ventricle. Amazing.
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pretty sure I felt ‘soon’ actually enter my left ventricle. Amazing.
Lads, none of you said my bloody valentine are in the tote game now
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Lads, none of you said my bloody valentine are in the tote game now
Gove having a pop at the Reith Lectures at the other place led me to Wiki and this priceless entry:
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Gove having a pop at the Reith Lectures at the other place led me to Wiki and this priceless entry:
Always sharing this, it appears. It will never not be relevant, it appears.
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Always sharing this, it appears. It will never not be relevant, it appears.
Putting a draft of a poem away, I was just struck by the madness that is this thing that we do; that we scribble something down in the hope it finds ears, eyes, hearts; maybe even lodges in them. And yet we do. This is what faith is. Carry on.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Putting a draft of a poem away, I was just struck by the madness that is this thing that we do; that we scribble something down in the hope it finds ears, eyes, hearts; maybe even lodges in them. And yet we do. This is what faith is. Carry on.
AI heroes are gonna be shit
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
AI heroes are gonna be shit
Me and Malachite win tonight:
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Me and Malachite win tonight:
Well, that was Poetry in Aldeburgh 2025. Not bad at all. See you all next year.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Well, that was Poetry in Aldeburgh 2025. Not bad at all. See you all next year.
Mostly Aldeburgh the last few days
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Mostly Aldeburgh the last few days
Those of you who know me in IRL will know getting hold of these two made yesterday quite special.
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Those of you who know me in IRL will know getting hold of these two made yesterday quite special.
lads, the Royal British Legion is woke now. I mean, it's not like any people of colour fought for Britain in the world wars is it?
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
lads, the Royal British Legion is woke now. I mean, it's not like any people of colour fought for Britain in the world wars is it?
Chair of judges for this year’s Queen Mary @wasafirimag.bsky.social New Writing Prize about to announce our winners.
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Chair of judges for this year’s Queen Mary @wasafirimag.bsky.social New Writing Prize about to announce our winners.
This might be the best David Squires cartoon ever? I am howling here. www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This might be the best David Squires cartoon ever? I am howling here. www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
This is one of the current affairs programmes on an public service broadcaster in the UK.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is one of the current affairs programmes on an public service broadcaster in the UK.
An art-appreciating doggo, at White Cube Mason’s Yard.
October 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
An art-appreciating doggo, at White Cube Mason’s Yard.
I'm not saying that we're at an absolute tipping point of normalising right wing nonsense; but when Spotify is suggesting I should listen to Enoch Powell's Desert Island Discs, you can see why I might think it.
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I'm not saying that we're at an absolute tipping point of normalising right wing nonsense; but when Spotify is suggesting I should listen to Enoch Powell's Desert Island Discs, you can see why I might think it.
Went to Spurs. They didn’t win.
October 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Went to Spurs. They didn’t win.