Graham Palmer ✎

First review of @crackedsongs CD and book: 'Two voices weave their songs between simple and spacious clarinet and piano... Palmer's stories and poems truly bring these cracked voices to life; Jenni Pinnock’s compositions take them to another level.' International Times

The moment THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) shifts to Technicolor was achieved entirely in-camera. The set was painted sepia, and Judy Garland’s stand-in wore sepia clothing to make the transition seamless.

@archivetvmus71 Presumably off travelling again (He'd previously been Dr Who's companion)

Blue Peter (23rd March 1978). Peter Purves bids farewell to Blue Peter. He joined the team in 1967, intending to stay for only six months, but remained with the programme for over a decade.

Wizard! Merlin (a free birdsong id-ing app) identified 20 different kinds of birds on my walk today on @TherfieldHeath. I'm pretty sure though that the Grayling Goose was in fact a Rook with a sore throat!

My 1987 interview with speculative fiction/sf grandmaster #brianaldiss is now online... grahampalmer.co.uk/another-planet @SFbookclub @WritingMagazine @Literacy_Trust @WritersCentre

The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 is NOW OPEN! The winning poems will be published in future issues of The London Magazine. There will also be an award ceremony held in London for the winners. @IsabelleBaafi @LukeKennard Further details here: thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-mag…

Today is Plough Monday.

@DigiPhilatelist @PTApostcards Amazing sleuthing! The etching even shows the skull.

@PTApostcards @GP_writer Radley College, UK. :)

Can anyone help @GP_writer with this postcard mystery?

I'm intrigued by this mystery postcard on ebay. Can anyone identify the mystery church that seems to have the skull of a large animal (possibly a dinosaur) placed right next to the pulpit! #twitterstorians @BALHNews @thehistoryguy @NHM_London ebay.co.uk/itm/3973426741…

And it looks like ETs already here...

Spielberg is lighting @TherfieldHeath this morning.

Have you heard @theagilmore s amazing version of Echo & The Bunnymens The Killing Moon? share.google/uKzNWTG7hvy3HI…

It's nearly Christmas and ona Lewie wants a nobel peace prize for stopping the cavalry. youtu.be/2HkJHApgKqw?si…

Awe-struck. This morning on @TherfieldHeath

@AgathaChocolats The chocolate...The dog...Christmess.

In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo. #sixwordstory #WritingCommunity #Christmas

A small town's Ghost of Christmas Past Find out how Santa didn't get stuck up the chimney... grahampalmer.co.uk/the-ghost-of-r… #Christmas2025 #history #twitterstorians @HertsArchives @roystonmuseum @BALHNews @HertsHistory @BNArchive @britishlibrary @jennipinnock

Is it me, or does this make the train look like A Very Angry Caterpillar ?bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Stoppard's 'Albert's Bridge' hooked me and his plays haven't let go. For intellectual clout and humour, he stood out head and shoulders. Tom Stoppard RIP. #writingcommunity #writing @WritersCentre "Success is less about applause and more about improved tomorrows." Tom Stoppard

There ought to be a way of dry-cleaning and disinfecting words... - Aldous Huxley (Eyeless in Gaza) #WritingCommunity

Blind research can be so serendipitous! While investigating a crime, I've found its female victim living in a posh North London Asylum along with TS Eliot's first wife...the same place that Stevie Smith was to write a poem about. @BALHNews @PoetrySociety