Jay King

Love

WTAF

Beautiful work

I get someone to hold them out, then do a running jump off the bed

The Guardian’s positive action work experience is open for applications! There are (paid) schemes for disabled, BAME, and working class wannabe journalists.

Because the media needs more people like us.

Info here: workwithus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...

Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth with #WomenInNoir with Dorothy Hughes, crime writer, literary critic, and historian. Hughes wrote 14 novels, primarily crime/hardboiled & #filmnoir styles like The Fallen Sparrow ('42) In a Lonely Place ('47), & Ride the Pink Horse ('46).

All day as I drove upon my round I turned over the case in my mind, and found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate.

The NHS is there for us in our most vulnerable moments. Now, it’s our turn to be there for the NHS.

Most people don't think about healthcare until it's urgent, let's change that. Support the EveryDoctor Charter today: bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...

That’s a definite help

Totally. I remember seeing pictures of it way back in school French class and thinking, one day…

Aha, great tip! With the limited time available it looks like I need to be really well clued up on what’s happening when to make sure I don’t lose opportunities through faffing about.

Meet Jay King Meet Jay King - novelist and translator.

www.danalemaster.com/post/meet-ja...

It’s me! 👀
Thanks very much, @danalemaster.com
Do take a look at Dana’s site, she has a super interesting writing blog and speaks to all kinds of people doing cool stuff

#writingsky

A geographical silhouette of Iran with text over it “Trump bombs Iran - the UK must oppose it”

Trump has attacked Iran, in a brazen US-Israeli act of aggression that is still ongoing.

Our statement: stoptrump.org.uk/trump-bombs-...

I think the programme for the translators event isn’t out yet either- most of it is on the Friday-Saturday and we leave the Sunday evening so I’m hoping there will be time to explore a little - I wish I was staying longer now I get how big the event is.

Noted! Thank you for advice!

I can’t wait! Have you any particular recommendations for things you visit every year? I’m only staying a couple of days and wish it was longer

No, there’s a programme for translators of crime with discussions and so forth… perhaps it’s the first year it’s a feature? It looks cool.

Thanks a lot! Just what I need to read

Awesome! How many times have you been?

Quais du polar : Festival de littérature et de cinéma policiers La 21ème édition du festival Quais du Polar aura lieu du vendredi 4 au dimanche 6 avril 2025. Cette édition aura pour thématique "Frontières"

Super excited to attend this French international festival of crime literature (and cinema) in Lyon as a translator, can’t wait to get stuck into all the polars. Let me know if you’ll be there too! April 3-6
#xl8
@quaisdupolar.com
quaisdupolar.com

It’s never too late to learn a language – adults and kids bring different strengths to the task While a young language learner can more easily acquire a native accent, adults retain the ability to learn new languages well into later life.

It’s never too late to learn a language – adults and kids bring different strengths to the task
theconversation.com/its-never-to...
via @theconversation.com
#languagelearning #langsky

Abyyyysssss 😂

Daily Mail headline beware the Green Menace, with Dennis the menace

Be a menace!

Great job 👏

John le Carré walking along a tree-lined path. The image is in black and white, with the name "John le Carré" and the word "Tradecraft" in large orange text.

John le Carré: Tradecraft 🕵️‍♂️📚

An exhibition exploring the archive of John le Carré, from Oxford student to final drafts.

📍 Treasury, Weston Library
🎟️ Free, no ticket required

Find out more: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre

A den is a childish statement of belonging, but let’s not mistake childish for trivial. Den making is the instinctive behaviour of homemaking: collecting materials from the world around, as you work out what can be borrowed, salvaged and adapted into shelter. Nearly everyone has built a den.

Quais du polar : Festival de littérature et de cinéma policiers La 21ème édition du festival Quais du Polar aura lieu du vendredi 4 au dimanche 6 avril 2025. Cette édition aura pour thématique "Frontières"

Super excited to attend this French international festival of crime literature (and cinema) in Lyon as a translator, can’t wait to get stuck into all the polars. Let me know if you’ll be there too! April 3-6
#xl8
@quaisdupolar.com
quaisdupolar.com

My, my, my. Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains...

#FilmNoir The Big Sleep (1946)

Pitch opportunity: create an audio experience for Scapa Flow Museum in Orkney | The Space Scapa Flow Museum is looking for a production partner to create a series of audio stories that tell the story of life in Orkney

🚩 Here's an opportunity for audio producers.

Can you create a series of audio stories that tell the story of life in Orkney from the First World War to the present day?

Work with Scapa Flow Museum to tell the story of a remote but immense natural harbour.