Alice Stainer

Happy New Year all you @TopTweetTuesday & indomitable editor & host @MatthewMCSmith. Here's to another spanking year of poetry. This is my attempt at the prompt. Perhaps not quite what you envisaged, Matt, but the best I could do in a short time. Look forward to reading others 💜

MISSING I Have you seen Justin, 12? Last seen in Northolt at 10:15 on 23 May, believed heading to central London. Wearing a blue shirt, grey jacket, dark pyjama-style shorts and black trainers. Anyone with information should call 101 with ref 01/7598482/26

@SheldrickTrust Love the way hippo ears whirl! Lovely to see him enjoying the swim & the company of his carer.

These little moments speak volumes. After everything he went through, Bumpy is feeling safe, supported, and so full of joy. Earlier this month, Bumpy’s mother died, likely in a territorial fight defending her baby’s life. He spent at least a day huddled by her body before the Kenya Wildlife Service found him and brought him into our care. You can become part of Bumpy’s journey. Read his full rescue story and support him through an adoption: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/bumpy

@BenRothenberg Unfortunately, I think that will have taken a lot out of him. Hope he is able to recover & regroup. It is brutal.

Have so rarely seen a player hit a wall as hard as Ruud did today. Took him a long while to regain tennis consciousness, but he survived and advanced.

Deforestation fuels deadly heatwaves. Without trees we lose shade + evaporative cooling (dropping local temps 2-8°C). Boosting urban tree cover to 30% could prevent ~1/3 of heat-related deaths. Trees save lives.

Word of the Day is ‘swullocking’: swelteringly, stiflingly hot. From 19th-century East Anglian dialect.

This will be a really lovely evening of poetry. Do come along! This Saturday, online.

@LouisePoetical I find myself unexpectedly free, so will come along! Great line-up! x

O! Happie, happie, happie me To be in swich good companie! Come revel in goode poesie On th'eve of Creativitie! Join us for a stonking eve of #poetry for National Creativity Day! eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-saturda… Free, Zoom 7.00pm UK time.

@rorybremner Give them a ring? 01865 310145

@rorybremner I've certainly bought French poetry books in there before. I can check next time I potter past, if you like?

Where can I take old French/German text books (from Uni 40 years ago) - Racine, Corneille, Balzac, Goethe, the lot. Can’t bear to chuck them- is there a specialist shop/charity shop that takes them?

@helen_laycock I can hopefully come & listen! x

Just look at this fabulous line-up. Delighted to be reading alongside such wonderful poet friends! ❤️ Do come along. Tickets are free via Eventbrite. See Louise’s post below. #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

If you can, put a shallow dish of water out for wildlife who will seriously appreciate access to water during this #heatwave. 70% of natural small bodies of water have gone since the ‘70’s & water will spell the difference between life and death for some.

@hairygit Because people like 'uncomplicated'. One side or the other, not both. Because that is cowardice. Nobody can rightfully appreciate 2 sides of a debate...

The most astonishing thing about people who tweet foolish, unargued assertions purely for the engagement is that they get that engagement.

@SteelySeabirder 🥰 I reckon wader chicks are the pom-pomiest! Ringed plover babies...😍😍😍

@AliceStainer Love the term pom-Poms!!

Morning. This will make your day :) Eider ducks and ducklings on the march to the open sea - this is from my front door :)

@josemorgado OK, glad you said this, because I was thinking, well he didn't look like this in Rome! 😂

Also what the hell is this photo 😅😅😅

Safiullin, Medjedovic, Paul, Djokovic is an horrendous draw for Ruud to say the least. But he has been playing great

Delighted to be invited to share this wonderful #poetry platform with the fabulous @LouisePoetical and a host of brilliant poets! It would be lovely to have our friends here join us for a free evening of poetry. ❤️

@jannik_files He's gorgeous, so glad he & Jannik are friends. Matteo has had a rough time with injuries, so the support Jannik offers must be invaluable.

x.com/jannikmedias/s… Matteo Berrettini on Jannik Sinner 🇮🇹❤️ “He's not a guy of many words but he always says the right thing, he's always able to tell you something positive to make you feel better. In the traning session in Montecarlo last year, I hadn't played in a month and he told me "it's incredible how you hit the ball" and I had a boost of confidence. You could tell he actually believed that, he has a special soul. I have to thank him because thanks to him, not only in Davis, I experienced beautiful moments.”

Tomorrow the church will be cool at 6 pm when we do our organ concert. Come along and expand your musical horizons. And more. ! @AliceStainer orating and 3 organists

@elisa641 @rolandgarros Well, there is, obviously. He'll certainly hope to redeem last year's loss. But I suppose it's pressure of a different kind.

@AliceStainer @rolandgarros Instead in Paris… no pressure at all

It's all fun and laugh 🤣 #RolandGarros