Tom Phillips

@birds.ofthegarden about to land in Borisova Gardens, Sofia ...

@BristolLive Capitalists just rubbish at being capitalists. As I've said elsewhere, give whoever's responsible for crashing them, whether by accident or intention, a Nobel Peace Prize.

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are still broken. bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…

Whoever's hacked Facebook or caused it to spiral into terminal error country should probably get next year's Nobel Peace Prize ...

I realise that this is probably just a wee bit out of the way for Bulgarian friends, but if you happen to be in the vicinity of Reading on said date, this would be a splendid way to spend an early evening ... facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…

After last night's Brexit-countdown alternative-to-Big-Ben grimness, here's something a bit more, well, trans-European - which seems entirely appropriate as this evening's been spent being thoroughly entertained (again) by... youtube.com/watch?v=DWSceM…

Michael Rosen on the Holocaust ... why... #Echobox=1579601789" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/education/2020…

In case anyone has any doubt, the current media interest in the tedious soap opera of the Windsors is designed to stop you thinking about the Big Bloody Thing which is about to happen at the end of the month ...... facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…

Well, whe n you start something ... So with nine days to go before England is 'for Englishmen again', here's another suggestion to replace the almost certainly - and thankfully - absent Big Ben bongs ... The Clash with one of their... youtube.com/watch?v=L5-ZKM…

So just in case you weren't already sure that the President of the US of A, the leader of the so-say Free World, isn't a moron, here's some total idiocy to keep you awake at night:... theguardian.com/business/2020/…

After yesterday's offering of the unashamedly internationalist Cornershop vid as an alternative accompaniment to the UK's shamefully nationalist... youtube.com/watch?v=hURfS6…

And so that little date in the bottom right-hand corner of my laptop is counting down the days ... At 1am (Bulgarian time) a week on Friday, I will cease to be an EU citizen. Bizarre, ridiculous, absurd. I also... facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…

Well, here they are ... 'Domestic Landscapes' from Bulgaria by Bert Teunissen. facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…

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Translating poetry will never involve the precise replication of effects built into the original - languages have different histories, each word has different connotations, each word has different sounds which,... facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…

No photographic evidence, I'm afraid, but there's something decidedly Eliot-esque about Sofia tonight ... "The burnt-out ends of smoky days." ... such that you'd have a hard job to even spot the ambulance station at the end of our street.

Unlikely headline of the week ... Comp for young poets .... nationaltrust.org.uk/wordsworth-hou…

Ruby Moore's exhibition is opening tonight in downtown Sofia - not so far from the university. Do come along if you're free ... I'll see you there (albeit somewhat later as I'm teaching this evening). facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…

Given that it's January 2020, it is, of course, absurd to be even vaguely surprised that an album officially released in January 1980 - 'London Calling' by The Clash - is now 40 years old. Even... theguardian.com/music/2020/jan…

Poets, readers, Londoners, lend me your ears .... Or rather lend them to Kristin Dimitrova, who's going to be reading at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in South Ken on Thur 30 Jan (conveniently close to Tube... facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…

Artist Tree Sofia's very own Ruby Moore opens her debut solo exhibition in Sofia next week - do come along and check it out. Details of the opening below. facebook.com/tom.e.phillips…