That's enough rage for one Saturday: here's a little thread of art by Arthur Rackham, one of the best-known and best-loved illustrators of the Golden Age...
Given we're talking about this today, let's make today's #TenTweets about PROTECTING THE ARTS. Follow the hashtag to collect them all - and feel free to add your own, because there are a hell of a lot more than ten... #ReasonsToProtectTheArts
1. The arts in the UK are a massive industry, earning billions of pounds for our country's economy, and employing millions of people. #ReasonsToProtectTheArts
2. The creative arts are very far-reaching, including all areas of publishing, design, music, theatre, film, dance, games, textiles, fashion, museums, crafts, architecture, and more. #ReasonsToProtectTheArts
Cup of tea; ten minutes to spare: you know what that means. #Storytime.
New folk, to explain: #Storytime; in which I write a story live and from scratch; some listen, some unfollow. And it always starts like this:
There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve.
Once, in the jungle, there was a Lion known among his folk for being greedy, vain and lazy. All the other Lions laughed at him, as did the rest of the animals. But the Lion was well-connected, so much so that one day he became King. #Storytime
Following various conversations about older women today and yesterday, let's have #TenTweets on #OlderWomeninFiction. Follow the hashtag to collect them all!
1. When looking at the arts in general, and the portrayal of women in particular, it becomes clear to anyone of sense that there's an elephant in the room. #OlderWomeninFiction
2. A great, big, middle-aged elephant, with the power of invisibility. Or so we might assume; because middle-aged and older women in the world of fiction are so rare that they might as well not be represented at all. #OlderWomeninFiction