Bank Holiday and the rain is torrential- time for another #signed book #Giveaway To be in with the chance of winning a beautiful hardback (signed) copy of The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly just follow me and RT this post Entries close Friday 12 May at 9pm - Good Luck!

#GIVEAWAY !! To cheer you all up after the bank hol I’m giving away FOUR signed, dedicated paperback copies of HUSH, a Grazia UK Book of the Year All you need to do is #RT this tweet Ends 5pm Friday 12th May, UK only. Good luck! #bookgiveaway #competition #fiction

Word of the day is ‘sequacity’ (17th century): blind subservience, a lack of independent thought, and a readiness to follow someone no matter what they do or say.

Fancy giving your cooking a culinary makeover? We’ve teamed up with the classic, cast-iron champions Le Creuset UK to give you the chance of WINNING a glorious bundle of fabulous foodie goodies that will reinvent your home cooking. Like, retweet and follow to enter. T&Cs apply.

The Arbuturian What better way to enjoy a short break in England than e-cycling through West Sussex and staying at three historic hotels. Today's lead story in The Arbuturian: arbuturian.com/travel/travelf… @HS_Hotels Cycling for Softies Artelium Wine Estate

What to expect in the new issue of the Walpole Book of British Luxury 2023/2024 (launching tonight). thewalpole.co.uk/news/what-to-e…

The new edition of our annual publication, the Walpole Book of British Luxury, has arrived. Read the digital issue on-site. thewalpole.co.uk/books-of-briti…

I'm very proud to have worked on the always inspiring, intelligent and beautiful annual Walpole Book of British Luxury. Here's the hot-off-the-press 2023/4 edition: issuu.com/walpole_uk/doc… Walpole British Luxury

The offices of The New York Review of Books:

Extraordinary pic of George Harrison in Miami on Beatles first tour of the US taken by Paul McCartney and on show at his photo exhibition at The Portrait Gallery. It looks I think like an album cover for a much later band.

Lost myself for hours Sixties-style at Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm National Portrait Gallery. Such an inspiring collection - especially loved Miami, when black and white became bright colour. Can't wait to see what's next at NPG.

Art lovers of East London, this fab free art exhibition finishes tomorrow, so get down to Greatorex Street pronto. Here's an e-zine they put together: online.flippingbook.com/view/789137915/ @regroupcollective @greatorexstreet_1

Very sorry to hear this news. Benjamin Zephaniah was our radical poet laureate. Rest in power, my friend. theguardian.com/books/2023/dec…

The Jan/Feb 2024 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK) is now in the shops... featuring Argentina, New Zealand, Bali, Tahiti, Ireland, Manchester, Montreal, Boston AND a 100-page Cruise guide magazine.natgeotraveller.co.uk/jan24/

What to buy the person who has… impeccable taste. Here's the definitive Christmas gift guide by those in the know - Arb contributors: arbuturian.com/lifestyle/iom/… The Arbuturian

Long been a fan of Robbie Shilstone, the animator and filmmaker who *should be* credited for this gorgeous animation Robbie Shilstone 🎶 #ChetBaker #SundayJazz

Enjoyable evening celebrating Rough Trade Books Southbank Centre. Sheena Patel reading her poetry to a new visual by Mark Leckey, and Jarvis Cocker dancing were among the highlights.

The Jul/Aug issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK) is in the shops today… Featuring California, Cape Verde, Barcelona, Hamburg, Rome, Peru, UAE, Slovakia, Devon AND the winners of the Photography Competition 2024. magazine.natgeotraveller.co.uk/jul24

Biarritz, a resort town in southwestern France, circa 1928

My friends Chalkie and Patrick Cloonan, aka richard cloonan.cloonan, are exhibiting tomorrow at untitledartistsfair.co.uk, where you buy directly from artists, at Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road. She's a fine artist; he's design driven with a penchant for 1950s film noir. Free entry.