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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For anyone wondering what to read and be inspired as the autumn evenings draw in, you could do a lot worse than this book ...

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What about spellchecker. Folk have been using that for years. Does that count as AI? Where's the line exactly?

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My holiday reading this summer was 'The Unconsoled', the only Ishiguro book I hadn't yet read, probably due to its mixed critical reception. My verdict: a masterpiece. If you've previously thrown it aside after a couple of chapters, do pick it up again. You won't regret it.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Personally, I thought the Bridport rejection message, albeit couched with a more positive vibe than others, was still a bit formulaic.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Wayne Rooney spoke for the nation in his blunt assessment of the razzmatazz. I'm also reminded of Chris Martin's appearance in 'Extras', whose cameos could be uncomfortably close to the knuckle. Martin's was one such. He has an ego the size of an aircraft carrier.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thanks for sharing. I often find Anne Carson a bit obscure, but this is a marvellous poem. Also like the idea of the bad translation.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Well, in the end the final score was almost as good as I'd hoped for. As one viewer on the Guardian blog put it: 'Better beer. Better chocolate. Much better football.'

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's a wonder Infantino never managed to have a quiet word with Trump about a reciprocal favour on behalf of FIFA referee, Omar Artan, 'African Referee of the Year'. But I think we all know how these things work.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I'm just praying that the USA get comprehensively thrashed by Belgium. About 5 nil should do it.

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Judi Sutherland @judisutherland.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Is this whole tournament going to be fixed so that FIFA hands the trophy to Trump?

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sorry for banging on again about Magma 95 (which I'm in), but I've just discovered there a new rising star on the already impressive Belfast poetry scene, Zara Meadows, whose poem 'Detour' is a cracker. I'll not be looking at the local street murals in the same light again.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A subscriber copy of Magma 95 has just popped through my letter box, plus a 'contributer copy' (my poem 'Donemana' on Page 54). Huge thanks to editors Leo Boix and Stav Poleg. I also love the same page poem by Kitty Donnelly. Those 'gifted bones'.

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We are delighted to announce Magma 95 'Architecture' is now published and available to buy on our website. Edited by Leo Boix and Stav Poleg. Get your hands on a copy here: magmapoetry.com/latest-issue/

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

So no room for the amazing Milkman by Anna Burns?

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I discovered I had THREE copies of Heaney's Human Chain. Just couldn't let any of them go, so I've got them in different bookcases.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Just about to start reading my birthday present ...

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Slightly increase a band The Overtones

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Set on a north Donegal coastline I've loved for a lifetime, this novel by Derryman Eoghan Walls is a fabulous read, as well as a reminder of a great historical injustice.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just got around to leafing through my copy of the latest Poetry Review, and the fly series by Mark Waldron certainly had me smiling.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

JD Vance really did the trick, then, with that timely intervention. Here's hoping he also takes an active interest in the US 'mid terms' when they come up.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

poetrylondon.co.uk/overheard-in... Many thanks to Poetry London for publishing this today.

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Overheard in the Waiting Room – Discover – Poetry London

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Where did all the pens go, somebody nicked 'em?

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

poetrylondon.co.uk/overheard-in... Many thanks to Poetry London for publishing this today.

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Overheard in the Waiting Room – Discover – Poetry London

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Interesting. I will check some of these out. My own list would have to include O'Brien's 'The Third Policeman', one of the funniest books I have ever read, and enough to whet the appetite for a glass of porter.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Yesterday my copy of Magma 94 came through the letterbox, inside which I find a gem of a poem by Esther Lay, from a north Oxon village near us. Must drop in to the Ashmolean again soon.

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We're thrilled to announce our latest issue, Magma 94 'Remix' is now published! Editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social, Lola Oh and ‪@williekinard.com said the poems they received "astounded, challenged, and delighted us" Get your hands on a copy here: magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Red kites too, perhaps? An astonishing success story to show what's possible.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Services like BBC iPlay are so useful, but sometimes it's like handing me a huge bar of chocolate and expecting me not to devour it in one sitting. I've just done that with 'Small Prophets': an absolute delight!!

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I could happily sit through an entire session of someone performing readings of Carson's verse. Starting with the marvellous Dresden.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Anyone interested in the craft of poetry, editing ones own work, and weaving a poetic pathway with input from peers, could do worse than get David Kalstone's 'Becoming a Poet - Elizabeth Bishop with Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell'. Thanks to North Sea Poets for the recommendation some weeks back.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

This, of course, from a news organisation owned by a petrol state.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Haven't seen it, but it looks like a crap film. I hope it bombs.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

What an afternoon, the terrific Stephen Rea reading Tom Paulin's poem 'Folly Bridge' #TheVerb @imcmillan.bsky.social - Here'sTom Paulin reading his poem, what a priviledge to witness this unravelling magic of words. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qq4G... #poetry.

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Tom Paulin reads his poem ‘Folly Bridge’

YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Always good to listen to Niall Campbell on poetry, from the boy sorting crabs in a fishing village to the time-poor writer-editor of later years. And boy-oh-boy those 30,000 poems he has to sift. Getting into Poetry London must feel like winning the lottery!

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

@atriumpoetry.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/atri... Very pleased and thankful to be published by Atrium today, such a nice early Christmas present.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

@atriumpoetry.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/atri... Very pleased and thankful to be published by Atrium today, such a nice early Christmas present.

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A very interesting review of a fine collection.

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The Friday Poem @thefridaypoem.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Matthew Stewart reviews 'Still' by Alan Buckley (Blue Diode Press, 2025) open.substack.com/pub/thefrida...

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Matthew Stewart reviews 'Still' by Alan Buckley (Blue Diode Press, 2025)

The Friday Poem on 5th December 2025

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John White @johncraigwhite.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

One of the funniest books I ever read.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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