Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Decades since I’ve read Richard Hughes. Used to be enthralled by the ravishing beauty of some of his prose, like the description of the dolphins in In Hazard, but something repellent about his attitude of disdainful superiority to his characters’ own understanding of themselves & their situations. 000
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts. 44867366
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichVenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Vividly colourful autumn leaves, berries and wildlife, including a red admiral butterfly and a red squirrel, photographed during my visit to St Andrews Botanic Garden last week. Have a great #Friday everyone! 310018
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Two novels I reread every now and then (without understanding all the words) are Giono's Regain and Colline. I first came across him via Un de Baumugnes but find the style of the speaker in that irritating. Anyone recommend a clearly printed edition of Le chant du monde? Mine is disintegrating. 000
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @wendypratt.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @zinagomezliss.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/10/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 40A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 175
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichOld British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 22/09/2026[1980] The Edge of the Ceiling - Alan Garner, best known for his children's fantasy novels, talks about his life and writing process. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D6_kO_4WqMyoutube.comThe Edge of The Ceiling - Alan GarnerAlan Garner talks about his life and writing process. 03920
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @helenmort.bsky.social @lisamariebasile.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/09/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 38A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere, including Substack, with a commitment to following a somewhat haphazardly chosen selection of poets, poetry lovers, literary cr… 262
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichVenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In Devonshire goldenrod is called ‘farewell-to-summer’ because it blooms from August through September. It is said to grow where secret hoards of gold are hidden, and if it unexpectedly appears near a dwelling, then the inhabitants will surely have good fortune. #FlowersOnFriday 39217
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This week in the poetry blogs w/ @suefinch.bsky.social @lisamariebasile.bsky.social @risaden.bsky.social @carolinegillpoetry.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @jntod.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/09/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 37A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 4117
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichBruno @bavurnavo.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026#ChallengePhotoADay #Photography #fmspad 14/09/2026 presque l'heure du coucher 16112
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichAdea Claude @adeaclaude.bsky.social · 14/09/2026👁️🐳 L’œil d’une femelle baleine à bosse, empreint d’une profondeur de regard fascinante ❤️ Photo de Rachel Moore 39019
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What takes me back to Aldiss is the vast sweep of his imagination. Way back - at fourteen - I found Hothouse so startling that when I got to the end I reread it immediately. 010
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichMatthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Terry Street might have been Douglas Dunn's first full collection, but it's still my favourite, alongside Elegies. This poem is a terrific example of Dunn's skill, an empathetic and insightful snapshot of working-class life... 67911
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichMartyn Crucefix @mcrucefix.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Another Look at Odysseus #1 This is the first instalment of groups of 3 poems selected from my 2010 sequence of poems which takes Homer's The Odyssey as its starting point. The full sequence of 22 poems first appeared in Hurt (Enitharmon Press). I have written about the development of the sequence…martyncrucefix.comAnother Look at Odysseus #1This is the first instalment of groups of 3 poems selected from my 2010 sequence of poems which takes Homer's The Odyssey as its starting point. The full sequence of 22 poems first appeared in Hurt (Enitharmon Press). I have written about the development of the sequence in an earlier blog post here. In these 3 poems, Odysseus, now an old man, walks the Ithacan landscape in search of an old grave… 001
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @lisabrockwell.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @myheadtheforest.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/09/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 36A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 173
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So expressive, so suggestive of an elusive inner life - another artistic wonder from Egypt. 020
Reposted by Edmund Prestwichphillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Summer is over upon the sea. Elizabeth Bishop, from Complete Poems (1969) 14912
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @mayacpopa.bsky.social @shotscarecrow.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 34A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 2147
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichPascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My episode of Poetry Please was on BBC radio 4 last night, available now. I chose poems by @romalynante3.bsky.social, Niall Campbell, Moniza Alvi, Warsan Shire, more, & read mine from Beast, ‘The Lammergeier Daughter’ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Presenter Roger McGough. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Pascale PetitRoger McGough talks to French British poet Pascale Petit. 13110
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 18/08/2026An Emily Dickinson pilgrimage, the slow rebuilding of the world, and more with @jwikeley.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @ernestopriego.com @clareshawpoet.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 33A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 262
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @beckyltuch.bsky.social @kathrynanna.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 32A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 263
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A chance discovery in a hospital bookshop - Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky. I’ve just finished it in tears and know I’ll reread it. Now I must get hold of something else by this gripping talent. 210
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The myths that could save us & more with @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social @writinggales.bsky.social @susanrich-poet18.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 31A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 162
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Cotton grass and bracken, craquelure and rust with @victoriaspires.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @edmundprestwich.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @rmhaines.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 31A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 173
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @alinaetc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @encyclopaediac.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 31A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 3127
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Scratching the Baudelaire / Mallarmé itch: edmundprestwich.co.uk?p=2946edmundprestwich.co.ukEdmund Prestwich» Blog Archive » Baudelaire’s physicality vs Mallarmé’s abstraction 000
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @lisamariebasile.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @adamcairnspoet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/07/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 30A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere, including Substack. 162
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @cbeditions.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/07/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 27A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 184
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Pot plants coping as best they can with wild variations in the weather 010
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 04/07/2026watched a dunnock properly today - caught my eye by strange, erratic , spring loaded speed of its hopping and amazingly AS IT FLEW it seemed to take a vertical leap of about a foot, presumably to grab an insect. 110
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @kathleenjamie.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 26A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere, including Substack. 196
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Different ways in which imagery works in two of Baudelaire's poems: edmundprestwich.co.uk?p=2942 110
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @sbpoet.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 25A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 4114
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Apologies for the ads but I love this De Profundis Clamavi setting of Tolkien's Namarie. Does anyone know who the singer is? www.bing.com/videos/river...bing.comclamavi de profundis namarie - Search VideosVideosWatch videos instantly on Bing—enjoy direct playback, discover related clips, and dive into trending content all in one place. 000
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichR S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026‘Sarn Rhiw’ - #RSThomas (Destinations, Celandine 1985). This is where RS Thomas and his wife Elsi Eldridge lived in retirement. 2177
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 16/06/2026This week in the poetry blogs & Substacks with @jannoble.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @mayacpopa.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @jntod.bsky.social @johnsiddique.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 24A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 183
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This week in the poetry blogs w/ @wendypratt.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @edmundprestwich.bsky.social @mayacpopa.bsky.social @salenagodden.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 23A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 494
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 08/06/2026A few words about Baudelaire's magical L'invitation au voyage: edmundprestwich.co.uk?p=2937edmundprestwich.co.ukEdmund Prestwich» Blog Archive » Baudelaire’s L’invitation au voyage 000
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Well, just written a piece I wanted to post on my Wordpress website and I can’t log in!!! 000
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichEdmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 05/06/2026A little piece on Lewis's magically honed writing in the final chapters of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: edmundprestwich.co.uk?p=2933edmundprestwich.co.ukEdmund Prestwich» Blog Archive » C S Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: into the light 001
Edmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 05/06/2026A little piece on Lewis's magically honed writing in the final chapters of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: edmundprestwich.co.uk?p=2933edmundprestwich.co.ukEdmund Prestwich» Blog Archive » C S Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: into the light 001
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @mcrucefix.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @mayacpopa.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 22A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 266
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichJacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026In the new papal encyclical from Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas, the pontiff quotes Gandalf from The Return of the King within his larger discussion of defending the dignity of humanity in the age of AI. www.vatican.va/content/leo-... 081
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 26/05/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @pearlpoet.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @mayacpopa.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @iralightman.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/05/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 21A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 1104
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The Strickland Brooch, AD 800s. A fabulous example of Anglo-Saxon creativity and craftsmanship! This large silver disc brooch is inlaid with gold and niello, and decorated in ‘Trewhiddle-style’ with an intricate pattern of puppy-like animals. 📷 British Museum #Archaeology 9478105
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Reading poems & battling despair with garybarwin.bsky.social webbish6.bsky.social trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social thepoetslizard.bsky.social jillpearlman.bsky.social kristybowen.bsky.social oyoguhito.bsky.social roguestrands.bsky.social matthewepaul.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/05/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 20A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 231
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Weathering grief, running a poetry press & more w/ mayacpopa.bsky.social robmclennan.bsky.social victoriamoul.bsky.social suefinch.bsky.social clareshawpoet.bsky.social jannoble.bsky.social sallythomasnc.bsky.social aempoet.bsky.social shawnalemay.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/05/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 20A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 121
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @carolinegillpoetry.bsky.social @loriaustex.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @rmhaines.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/05/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 20A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 395
Reposted by Edmund PrestwichEdmund Prestwich @edmundprestwich.bsky.social · 23/04/2026 For various reasons I've had no time for writing and very little for reading over the last few months but I'd like to repost a link to my review of D. M. Black's translation of Dante's Paradiso because his version is so very much worth reading AS POETRY in itself edmundprestwich.co.uk?p=2906 132