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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

W E L L L A I R Y I I I I V www.expressfm.com/events/event...

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The WELL LAIRY team at @wedgewoodrooms.bsky.social Book your tickets now! www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/events/2026-...

Southsea Band Halliwell members and poet Tessa Foley standing in front of the poster for their WELL LAIRY event on the front wall of the Wedgewood Rooms venue in Southsea

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Reading at an especial fave venue, for an especial fave night TOMORROW: Southsea Sound’s Originals Only! It’s a tradition whenever I read there, I write something brand new exclusively for that particularly special audience. This time is no exception… Be there for that plus amazing musical acts!

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

W E L L L A I R Y It’s coming soon It’s end of June with Halliwell tunes and much much … err… more. Edge of the Wedge, Southsea Only 7 squid for a night of music and poetry.

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I have a brand new page on the Portsmouth Creative Directory. So there is a brand new way you can contact me. www.portsmouthcreativedirectory.co.uk/organisation... #poetry #portsmouth #southsea

Photo of poet Tessa Foley’s listing on Portsmouth creative directory

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

So pleased to take silver in @glynmaxwell’s superb advent competition with ‘Wholegrain Entitled’. All poems selected are outstanding so v glad to be among them. Do yourself a favour, follow him on substack & check them all out. #poetry #adventcalender open.substack.com/pub/glynmaxw...

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Time to trot out the Christmas poem. Happy things on things. X

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Bus News in Portsmouth. People of Pompey, please keep an eye out XXX

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

READING: THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER, The Queens Arms, Cowden Pound. Excited to be the featured writer for this wonderful event. See you there for OPEN NO-MIC! #poetry #poetryreading #poetryevent #spokenword

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Watching ‘Banned in the eighties’ doc featuring a sensational performance of ‘Two Tribes’ but it reminds me that Holly Johnson ruined my life. I saw that ‘Relax’ video as a kid and I thought growing up would be brilliant. Adulthood and in particular, nightclubs were a real fucking disappointment.

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Ok so who else is going? Joelle Taylor’s Maryville charts the lives of four butch lesbians through five decades of underground queer history; tracing the culture, clubs and resistance that shaped their world. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/joe... #poetry #poetrycollection

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

From THE SHADOW PRINCE You’ve dreamt of him, good-looking gargoyle peering from garden wall, he moulded every mortal fear In to a single look and told you he’d already written your story, (Inspired by my pictured teenaged boy, Doug Fruitbat Angel-Eyes Chunk Berlin Jones Antonio Piranha.)

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

If there are ANY tickets left for this, I advise you to snap em up. Standing ovation on the first night. It’s feckin brilliant. Caroline Bird’s THE LAST STAND OF MRS MARY WHITEHOUSE nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/the-l... Starring Maxine Peake and Samuel Barnett. Mind blowing.

Maxine Peake playing Mrs Mary Whitehouse

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

An extraordinary evening seeing Caroline Bird’s exquisitely written ‘‘The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse’ at Nottingham Playhouse. Maxine Peake & Samuel Barnett are outstanding in a play that is so important, especially at this moment in time.

The programme for ‘The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse’ at Nottingham Playhouse

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Watching Michelle Agyemang’s stunning late equalizer then Chloe Kelly putting the boot in, my poem originally written about Kelly and her shirt wave, from my book TRY TO FIND ME. YASSSSS LIONESSSES!! #poetryinfootball #lionesses #trytofindmepoetry #football #agyemang

First page of A WOMAN TAKES OFF HER SHIRT (poem about Chloe Kelly by TESSA FOLEY)

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

See you in Winchester a week on Monday. www.facebook.com/share/16HMrS...

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

UK PRIDE in Portsmouth! Flip off the phobes. We’re here. 🩷💜💙

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

QPC PRIDE POETRY EVENING with Caroline Bird, Richard Scott, Sophie Robinson & Roberto Salvador Cenciarelli Fantastic-looking event next week at Mimosa House on 11 June 2025 @ 19:00 with ticket proceeds donated to Mimosa House and Mosaic LGBT+ Young Person’s Trust. www.outsavvy.com/event/27015/...

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Still a couple of hours to snap up some copies of my two most recent collections #whatsortofbirdareyou and #trytofindmepoetry from the PORTSMOUTH AUTHORS COLLECTIVE stall at the @lovesouthsea Spring Market. #poetry #portsmouth #whatsonsouthsea #southsea #poetrycommunity #books #booksforsale

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 20 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 19 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 18 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 17 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 16 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 15 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 14 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 13 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 12 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 11 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 10 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 9 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 8 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 7 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 6 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 5 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 4 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 3 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Book your tix here!! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-w...

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 2 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Choose 20 plays that have stayed with you or influenced you. One play per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just a cover or poster. Day 1 #TheatreSky

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I just want Tony Slattery back.

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Portsmouth Bookfest - Try to Find Me with Alison Habens & Tessa Foley A performance and workshop by published Portsmouth poets. There'll be the chance to share your piece with the group, and get feedback from professional poets. BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE wegottickets.com/event/641486/

A flier for the following event: PORTSMOUTH: Southsea Library (info)
P Friday 7th March, 2025
N Door time: 6:30pm

A performance by published local poets, and a workshop to help you find your own writing voice. With readings from their funny and moving poems to inspire you, the writers will then lead some interesting and enjoyable exercises so that you can create a poem of your own. There'll be the chance to share your piece with the group, and get feedback from professionals Dr Alison Habens and Tessa Foley.

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

And Boy, do fools need their applause…

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Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

“You can maybe wear hats but not dinosaur hats, not ones with ear flaps” From “From one who would not be forty” a poem from #trytofindmepoetry dedicated to my late friend Lizzie & the words I hear her say to me from beyond. #poem #grief #middleagedwoman

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