Mat Riches
@matriches.bsky.social
Poet, market researcher, husband, father, knobhead. Book called Collecting The Data out via Red Squirrel Press or me. The "Aldi Stanley Tucci". https://t.co/eJeeqVdmvz
I’m told today is National Schnauzer day. And if it’s Schnauzer day then it must be time for this classic . www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FwW...
#Viral video Hilarious Dog Joke
YouTube video by M
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Web Curios is 3 hours early today because I am going to a wedding, giving you all the time you need to click EVERY SINGLE URL. The week's best internet - EAT MY LINKS! Share! Enjoy! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-25...
I’ve left a gig sober. My wife is at home on a Tahini comedown. #ThugLife
Way . It was before the copyright laws changed so you can use images for parody and my Ikea LP sleeve mashups caught the eye of an Ambulance chasing IP sol who sent me an email . I was too skint to fight it . I put them back up a few years later
Mega City Four - Stop [USA, Pop Punk/Indie Rock] (1991) https://redd.it/i4ywwg https://youtu.be/CpggS-Gr8sI
Mega City Four - Stop [USA, Pop Punk/Indie Rock] (1991)
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Enjoyed this from @lgambrose.bsky.social on Arsenal's defeat (Not the defeat, obvs) to Brighton, "Yeah, really. Arsenal had been trapped in their own half throughout the game’s introductory stanza..." arseblog.com/2026/09/tact...
Tactics Column: Why defeat at Brighton was deceiving
A first defeat of the season was a bad and bruising one for Arsenal. The 3-0 loss at Brighton on Saturday was the first time Arsenal lost a game by three goals since May 2023. You have to go back to N...
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Moths should be called I-can't-believe-it's-not-butterflies
Philip Hancock is an expert painter as well as a fine poet. Not a painter of landscapes or portraits, but of girders and gates, bridges and walls. His poems often explore the situations he encounters in the course of his work, with a special focus on masculinity and social class...
The last sentence I typed at work suggests I should log off now, yes? "My optimism lake has just overflown…"
A Drunk Octopus Behind The Pink Doors of Perception Reflections on a recent gig, stolen phones and two ace poems by Andrew Jamison. matriches76.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/a...
A Drunk Octopus Behind The Pink Doors of Perception
I didn’t really have a plan—or man, or canal, etc, for this post. I knew was going to tell you about the reading I organised with Christopher Horton recently…and how it was ace to read with Maggie…
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Hello, are you free on 31st October and near Canterbury? Would you like to see some ace poets? The look no further...Six quid to see John McCullough on his own is top value, and they've thrown in 5 more poets too. Get your tickets booked.. canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/poe...
Poetry Showcase - Canterbury Festival
Published poets from Kent and Sussex come together at this year’s Festival with readings of their work followed by a short open mic set.
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It would be ace to see you in Lewes on 15th October..even if you're only coming to see Beth and Christine. I'm on first, so once I'm out of the way... needlewriters.co.uk/2026/07/25/m...
Mat Riches (poetry), Beth Miller (prose) and Christine Hollywood (poetry) – Thursday 15 October
Our next Needlewriters evening will be on Thursday 15th October 2026, featuring Mat Riches (poetry), Beth Miller (prose) and Christine Hollywood (poetry). This will be a LIVE event at the John Harv…
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In the 90s, many people in Cromer woke up to find a biscuit sellotaped to their front door. After almost 30 years I feel safe to admit I was involved. Obviously, they were digestives, not hobnobs. We were pranksters, not psychopaths.
A tremendous list of things that have helped one writer to write, which I'm sure will have many of us nodding in agreement: copyandotherburdens.substack.com/p/20-things-...
20 things that help me write
(In no particular order)
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2/3 @shotscarecrow.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @briankspears.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @jntod.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2026/09/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 38
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere, including Substack, with a commitment to following a somewhat haphazardly chosen selection of poets, poetry lovers, literary cr…
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I'm going to make it my mission to get this put up on ITVX
Chris Rand@chrisrand.com · 6d agoThis series seems to have passed me by completely.
PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
Idle lunchtime run thoughts: an occasional series... I should change my account name to Mat or Astro-Mat.
It would be ace to see you in Lewes on 15th October..even if you're only coming to see Beth and Christine. I'm on first, so once I'm out of the way... needlewriters.co.uk/2026/07/25/m...
Mat Riches (poetry), Beth Miller (prose) and Christine Hollywood (poetry) – Thursday 15 October
Our next Needlewriters evening will be on Thursday 15th October 2026, featuring Mat Riches (poetry), Beth Miller (prose) and Christine Hollywood (poetry). This will be a LIVE event at the John Harv…
needlewriters.co.uk
Hello, are you free on 31st October and near Canterbury? Would you like to see some ace poets? The look no further...Six quid to see John McCullough on his own is top value, and they've thrown in 5 more poets too. Get your tickets booked.. canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/poe...
Poetry Showcase - Canterbury Festival
Published poets from Kent and Sussex come together at this year’s Festival with readings of their work followed by a short open mic set.
canterburyfestival.co.uk
A Drunk Octopus Behind The Pink Doors of Perception Reflections on a recent gig, stolen phones and two ace poems by Andrew Jamison. matriches76.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/a...
A Drunk Octopus Behind The Pink Doors of Perception
I didn’t really have a plan—or man, or canal, etc, for this post. I knew was going to tell you about the reading I organised with Christopher Horton recently…and how it was ace to read with Maggie…
matriches76.wordpress.com
Andros Townsend got run over by a pitch roller in Thailand and it’s just as wonderful as you might expect (he was fine)