hey hey #portfolioday if you'd like some illustrations collage style for ttrpgs or anything else, that's my jam! I love experimenting and collaborating :)
Eleanor
@eleanorturney.co.uk
Writer, editor and arts consultant. Theatre, editing, poetry, intersectional feminism, politics, writing, food and owls, mostly. Mum of two. New resident of Birmingham. She/her.
If you're not following Tor you're missing a whole lotta cool, weird, queer, brilliant, beautiful stuff.
tor-in-the-mud@toothandshore.bsky.social · 3w agodusting off my god damn tumblr for marketing purposes. be my friend 🥺 www.tumblr.com/toothandshore
I would like Sinner to absolutely dismantle Djokovic, please. #wimbledon
Sorting out my kid's hearing aid might break me. Aid issued in Lancs; we now live in Brum. Can the hospitals share records? Apparently not. Has it been fixed by Brum after I was told it was impossible? Apparently. Will they give it back? Not without an audiology appointment. Waiting time? Unknown.
I am so excited to share the preview for KRALDUM, my solo mudlarking RPG coming this autumn to Gamefound for RPG Party 2026. lots, lots more to come, but you can read a bit about the project here and click follow to see how it develops. I'd appreciate it grandly! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Kraldum: Solo Fantasy Mudlarking RPG by tooth & shore - Gamefound
Go down to the shore below the city. Collect what you can. Survive what lurks there and beat the rising waters to make it home.
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Sharon D Clarke in a queer Othello focusing on misogynoir? TAKE MY MONEY.
The Stage@thestage.co.uk · last mo.Sharon D Clarke is to play @the-rsc.bsky.social’s first-ever female Othello as part of a slew of new shows that will also mark the directorial debut of Rufus Norris at the Stratford venue. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/sha...
imagining a grizzled hardboiled detective saying this while gripping some guy's lapels at a shady bar
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.She has a neck the size of an adult human, legs that are just as long and an unforgettable coat. And she’s missing.
Oh look, it's @mrdavebyrne.bsky.social being brilliant again.
The Stage@thestage.co.uk · last mo.London’s Royal Court is to double production payments for directors and joint set and costume designers working at its downstairs theatre as part of a venue-wide pay increase. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/roy...
Look, I know it's easy to have a pop at Starmer, but that was an incredibly honourable resignation he was forced into kicking & screaming, & his words that everyone who disagreed with him was morally bankrupt & his appeasement of fascists & transphobes was for the good of the country was v. moving
Did you know you can just... have a massive bowl of coleslaw for lunch, and then have an ice lolly?
"Books and biscuits" event at school this afternoon. Three emails this morning about sports day in a fortnight. Nursery closed on Weds so September's new starters can do a stay-and-play session. Thursday a face-to-face meeting with the little one's reception teacher. The admin of primary school!
You can buy my brilliant friend's beautiful game, and you should.
tor-in-the-mud@toothandshore.bsky.social · 3mo agocome get some weird religion at the TIN stand (3-510) if you're at UKGE next weekend 🦎🌺🌕
Normal people, giving advice: Maybe some words of encouragemen? Me giving advice: You might have to Henry the Fifth them, give them a bit of Harfleur.
Between trying to get paid by a university and trying to sort out my kid's broken hearing aid, I have been a down a lot of administrative rabbit holes this morning...
Tor is so talented, and also delightful. Hire them?
tor-in-the-mud@toothandshore.bsky.social · 4mo agobit nervous to chuck my hat into the #portfolioday ring because I've only illustrated my own projects so far but nothing ventured nothing gained right! digital or paper collage art for YOUR project maybe??
I'm gonna laugh so fucking much when Lammy loses his seat in the next election.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4mo ago"My friend." This is how our government greets those accused of war crimes. This is not diplomacy. It's debasement.
Yesterday Hannah Spencer MP came to Birmingham to help us celebrate having a candidate in every single one of the 101 Birmingham local council seats, meaning EVERYONE in Brum can #VoteGreen on May 7! #VoteGreenInBrum
Labour has succeeded in uniting Birmingham. The trouble for John Cotton is that he has united the city in wanting to get rid of Labour. www.expressandstar.com/news/birming...
Birmingham Labour leader says city has choice between 'unity or division'
All 101 seats on the city council will be contested in May.
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9 places longlisted for UK City of Culture 2029! Each place will receive £60k to develop their bid, with £10m for the winner. Proof that culture isn’t just identity, but economic growth, pride and regeneration - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Blackpool, Ipswich, Milton Keynes among nine finalists for UK City of Culture 2029
The nine-strong longlist of cities will receive a £60,000 boost of funding to develop a full bid plan.
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If you're trying to make creative work at the moment, come along to Many Hats' workshop tomorrow on global perspectives – how are artists around the world making art without government subsidy, in unstable political times and at the frontline of the climate crisis? www.many-hats.org/events/globa...
Global perspectives: learning from other models, with Nadine Patel — Many Hats
Arts funding in the UK has been repeatedly squeezed over the past two decades, with standstill funding, cuts, redundancies and fewer opportunites. With arts council grants growing ever-more competitiv...
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My mission to make everyone see Operation Mincemeat continues. Got nine friends coming with me when it's in Brum in May.
Jon Turney@jonturney.bsky.social · 5mo agoThat thing when every critic agrees something is brilliant and a niggling voice in your head asks: can it really be be that good? Operation Mincemeat in Bath last night really was. Remarkable show.
Zack Polanski is currently the most popular with the British public an experimental Fringe theatre practitioner has ever been
Attached wings to my oldest child. Sent a Rainbow Fairy and Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon books off to school. Washed the green faceprint out from under my nails. Now ready to start work... #worldbookday #wbd
Freelancers, this one is for you!📣 Apply now for a free ticket to this year's #FutureOfTheatre conference, in association with Arts Council England ⭐ Find out more 👉https://www.thestage.co.uk/future-freelance-tickets
Six months' work here, and great to see it out in the world. And a real pleasure to work with @jonturney.bsky.social properly for the first time after 20-odd years of editing/proofing/discussing each other's work.
Jon Turney@jonturney.bsky.social · 5mo agoA thing launched yesterday that I and @eleanorturney.co.uk helped lick into shape about neurotechnology’s potential to help neurodiverse kids view.genially.com/699c69c3d6f8...
Always nice to see something one's been working on for months appear in the real world!
Publication day news! I am so thrilled. No One Talks About This Stuff, my "support group in a book" for everyone going through the utter hell of infertility, is out on audiobook today. You can buy it here, or listen for free by ordering it from your local library www.audible.co.uk/pd/No-One-Ta...
No One Talks About This Stuff
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents. A place to share their journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to f...
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