Such a worthy winner - @fayardnoir @le36_dpj_pp Bravo! D’un réalisme et d’une invention passionnants.

Today’s extravaganza with two utterly exceptional women in the performing arts and two utterly original books. @winchester_books_festival @damevikkiheywood #DameHarrietWalter

My enormous head is in the middle between the excellent @jamiewestauthor and the charming @seanwatkinauthor ! Podcast available for your idle moments :)

I’d forgotten even planting these guys :)

Hugely enjoying this - #BrûlezTout - the Prix in question is judged by serving officers, I believe, which is very cool for a procedural thriller !

This is a fantastic treat - #ADeadlyEpisode by the amazing #AnthonyHorowitz

It’s wonderful when a follow-up is the same but also so very different :) @freya_north_author

Pink amaryllis and red camellias- so stylish, so Carmen :)

In terms of joyous visual extravagance, the fritillary can’t quite keep up with the amaryllis :)

For the denizens of Winchester and beyond, I will be compering this extraordinary event with two superb writers - inventive, sensitive and compelling. @winchester_books_festival @damevikkiheywood

How else do you reward somebody who’s just started a new novel ? :-)

Imminent glorious amaryllis rebirth :)

The wisteria thinks it’s time :)

Precautions have been taken to save the doomed Amaryllis from itself :-)

Aggressive sunshine in the cherry tree and me :)

An amazing show at @parktheatrelondon tonight #Consumed - @felixcmosse @katieannsaraposner

At @sohotheatre for the #TonyCraze Award - well done @chrisbfung :)

For lovers of #MrsHarrisGoesToParis and other books documenting hinge moments of social history in beautiful fiction - #MissVealAndMissHam - see you in @winchester_books_festival with Dame Harriet my dear @damevikkiheywood !

A wonderfully inventive book by #HarrietWalter - I am looking forward to interviewing this Dame alongside another, @damevikkiheywood at @winchester_books_festival

Very clever :)

“An intricate and satisfying puzzle whodunnit written with poise and sensitivity.” I said that :) @robertholtomwriter @titanbooks

Grounded :)

Return of the weird spear plant - the amaryllis mark two!

The amazing @katemossewriter about to speak in the chapel at @newcollegeoxford to an attentive audience (including many, many stone saints)

I love the cover design for the new #SelbyBigge novel from @robertholtomwriter and @titanbooks :)

A fascinating play by the very gifted @emilyjanejupp - #wormholes - now, obviously, I want to see it!

Always first - always puts the other trees and shrubs to shame :)

I like writing. :) It is Sunday morning and I’m about to take @katemossewriter to the railway station for an important event and then I’ll to go and write another fragment of book!

Just me talking to Louise about @criterion_theatre New Writing, a free script dev program for mid-career playwrights, delivered on-stage in the West End. @felixcmosse loureviews.blog/2026/03/04/i...

Today!