Putting these about town today -- laminated railing-huggers to follow next week!

bit.ly/StoryFest2026

Tsk! We commissioned #Penge artist-in-residence and occasional poet Cosmo Chancer to write a poem for #InternationalWomen'sDay - and he's only just got it over to us. 🙄

For more of Cosmo's poetry-that-neither-rhymes-nor-scans, head to bit.ly/cosmoxyoko

#cosmochancer #zines #colossivepress

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

17 degrees in your neck of the woods on Wednesday…

How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground

A story about how one person can improve the world for everyone.

My perspective on Howard’s End completely changed when I got a mortgage. Obviously the Wilcoxes couldn’t just gift Margaret a house!

Not for nothing was it known as Dallas on the Solent.

All 78 episodes of Howard’s Way are free to view on U…

More signs of spring in the garden…

Signs of spring in the garden…

The disappointment of discovering the bottle of cough mixture in the cupboard is non-drowsy…

That seems to be the only reasonable alternative.

Wash them?

St. Agnes’ Eve - Ah, bitter chill it was!

Who says that AI is unreliable and makes mistakes?

Medieval tradition was to leave them up until Candlemas…

6th January 2026 at 7.30pm - Online Dialogue Workshop with Hannah Hooton - Cambridge Writers *Online only* Kickstart your 2026 writing with our first Cambridge Writers event of the year. Ready to breathe fresh energy into your writing projects as we step into the new year? Join us for an insp...

Join Cambridge Writers for an online workshop on dialogue, January 6th 2026 at 7:30pm. Free for members. Non-members can attend as part of a free trial before joining Cambridge Writers. See the website for details: www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3851

Writing Competitions - Cambridge Writers Writing competitions with free entry for members of Cambridge Writers - we run flash fiction and short story competitions each year.

Closing date for the Cambridge Writers short story competition is midnight, 3rd January 2026. First prize: £100. All submitted stories can also be published in our annual short story anthology. Open to members only.

www.cambridgewriters.org?page_id=2509

from Piers Plowman Visit the post for more.

Poem of the Week: from Piers Plowman by William Langland poemsontheunderground.org/from-piers-p...

He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun

BORING POSTCARDS

Martin Parr RIP.

We sent out our latest newsletter this morning with details of our 70th #ColossiveCartography, an upcoming book fair and more - all of which you would already know if you subscribed.

Still can't be bothered? Read it here instead: bit.ly/colossivenewsnov25

#zines #bookarts #croydonspaceport

Next stop: #Brighton!

We'll be tabling - alongside lots of #bookarts greats - at Brighton Art Book Fair on December 6th and 7th. See you all there!

(PS We'll keep the #CPFC #zines under the table - tip us the wink if you want one... 😉🦅)

hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!

open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...

I keep meaning to go out to Holme Fen to see that post. One day.

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This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

Every copy of Magpies: Sorrow or Joy? comes with a FREE Lucky Feather™ - endorsed by Professor Margaret Pye and plucked from the streets of Penge.

To ensure great fortune forever*, grab the #zine for £4 at bit.ly/magpieszine

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