Amy U'Ren

(Pronounced ewe like the sheep, wren like the bird.) Devonian 💚 Writer of YA fiction, love all things rural and folky. Rep'd by Louise Fury of The Fury Agency.

[Daniel Korski @DanielKorski]

Winston Churchill in the White House…

Not wearing a suit because he is at war

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

RIP Gwen Watkins, who has passed at the age of 101.

She decoded Luftwaffe codes at Bletchley Park in WW2, aiding RAF & USAAF fighters against German bombers & helping Allied aircraft evade German air defences.

Thank you for your service, heroine. 🕊

[Lauren Gruel @LaurenGruel]

I won’t watch due to respecting her wish for privacy.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Gisele Pelicot should be the Time person of the year. For bravely waiving her anonymity in one of the most horrific rape cases the world has seen, to take a stand for survivors and shame the perpetrators.

Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Jesus Healing the Lame & Blind, by François-Louis Dejuinne, 1817, 📸 by Phil Ellsworth

[Amy U'Ren @amylaurenwrites]

There's something about this time of year that draws me to folk songs even more than usual. The starkness and simplicity of the really old ones in particular. This is a great list of some wintry ones! ❄️

https://t.co/YhItYqreV9

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Up to 100 boys will have to leave Eton because their parents can't afford VAT on public school fees. And four million children go to school hungry because their parents can't afford breakfast.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Please spare a thought for James Dyson, the Brexit-voting billionaire who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax. Without people like him, farmland would be more affordable for actual farmers.

[Matthew @regionalthicko]

Theresa May now all the farmers are in London

[Rob Joules @RobJoulesND]

Great to see @NorthDevonNT on @BBCCountryfile on #exmoorcoast talking #naturerecovery #conservation @nationaltrust. Find out more here. https://t.co/D0bWS1E5lo #countryfile

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

happy Mamma Mia! day

[Dragonrider Sue 🐟 🐦 she/her 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @topsyscatmum]

Still applies.. Sadly.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Not fair that Van Gogh could also write like that

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows, by The Master of Sankt Kathrein, 1475, 📸 by Boris Streubel

[Amy U'Ren @amylaurenwrites]

Unrest by Michelle Harrison https://t.co/ycSkZbun6S

[Amy U'Ren @amylaurenwrites]

The true story of the ghost boy in @MHarrison13 's UNREST. *So* well done, and everything just worked in the most creepily perfect way...

[Penguin Books USA @penguinusa]

Has a plot twist ever surprised you so much that you audibly gasped?

[visionaryvoid @Visionaryvoid]

Ghost ships have been a part of folklore for centuries, and stories of these eerie vessels have been passed down through generations.

These ships are often believed to be cursed, abandoned, or lost at sea, and sightings of them have been reported throughout history.

The earliest stories of ghost ships date back to ancient times, with tales of cursed vessels and haunted seas appearing in Greek and Roman mythology.

In Norse mythology, the ship Naglfar was said to be made entirely of the nails of the dead, and would sail to the final battle of Ragnarok.

In the Middle Ages, ghost ships were often associated with the Wild Hunt, a spectral procession of hunters and hounds that was said to portend death and disaster.

One of the most famous ghost ships in history is the Mary Celeste, a brigantine that was found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872 with no crew on board.

The ship was fully provisioned and in good condition, but the crew had vanished without a trace. The mystery of what happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste has never been solved, and the ship has become a popular subject of ghost stories and legends.

In more recent times, there have been several sightings of ghost ships that have captured the public’s imagination. The SS Valencia, a passenger steamer that sank off the coast of Vancouver Island in 1906, is said to haunt the waters to this day.

The Carroll A. Deering, a five-masted schooner that was found abandoned off the coast of North Carolina in 1921, is another famous ghost ship that has never been fully explained.

[Catherine Gogerty @catherine_hann]

Happy May Day ☀️🔥 summer is icumin in

[Amy U'Ren @amylaurenwrites]

@dancingofpens DARLING by @indiaknight - a modern day retelling of The Pursuit of Love that I've read more than once and still laugh out loud to myself at many parts (Uncle Matthew and his love of the Streetcat Named Bob was brilliant). Really good family/relationship writing too.