@stevewhitaker1.bsky.social
Writer, book reviewer for Yorkshire Times, and grateful national park resident. https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/
@grahammort.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialMy short story, Coracle, has been published in New Writing, Volume 23, Issue 3, and is now available for access via Taylor & Francis Online.
50 free copies are available on this link:
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYT Poem of the Week: 'Facing the Music' by Mairead Byrne
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@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialVenus at Midnight: 'The Amygdala Safari' by Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @parlyareepress.bsky.social
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@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYour attribution is right, Rachel: it is called Castle Hill, and is known as such in the area. My point really was for the benefit of anyone seeing the picture ...it's an ancient site, but the tower, or 'castle', is a Victorian addition.
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialGreat picture, Rachel. I hail from very near there and it isn't actually a castle - it's a tower that was constructed to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1899. It's built on the site of Bronze Age workings and it's visible from all over Huddersfield.
@plsoc.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialA fascinating piece about Philip Larkin at the Brynmor Jones Library.
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@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYT Children's Book Review: 'Peas on Your Knees - A Life in the Poems of Michael Rosen' @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialWonderful, moving homage to the value of books, Jonathan. Lovely, measured reading too.
@northernjim.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialI entirely agree, Rachel. He can be very droll, too, alongside the sadness. Thanks for the repost!
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYT Poem of the Week: 'From Cheshire' by Kit Wright
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@reecedinsdale.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialIf you could take a minute to read this and, if it takes your fancy, then re-post it… I’d be so grateful. 🙏🏻
I’m doing my utmost to #SaveSquareChapelArts for the good people of Halifax & far beyond, and I need all the help you lovely lot can give me.
Thank you! x
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@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social'Challis’ poems dealing with his relationship with fatherhood are among the finest of a universally compelling collection.’ – @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social, in the Yorkshire Times, on The Green Parcel. A wonderful close reading of John Challis's second collection.
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@jntod.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialThe military bloat of the massive SUVs on the school run is getting ridiculous. You're there to take a child home for tea, not transport a pallet of shrinkwrapped banknotes through the fall of Basra.
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYT Poem of the Week: 'Among the Talk and the Laughter' by Norman MacCaig
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@ianduhig.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialNoggin the Nog was broadcast so long ago that early episodes were in Old English
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYT Poetry Review: Understanding the Stone - 'The Green Parcel' by John Challis @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYT Poem poem of the Week: 'Soiree' by Peter Reading
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@reecedinsdale.bsky.socialReposted by @stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialI have more meetings in Halifax today. 🤞
I’m doing all I can to save this place for the Arts and the good people of West Yorkshire… and even further afield. In saving such places, we ALL win! 🙏🏻
Please RT. Thank you.
#SaveSquareChapelArts
#Halifax
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.socialYou're very welcome, Carmella...it's a lovely poem!
