Si Mack

Writer with @Outsiders_Proj @Artfulscribeuk

[Scott Lavene @scottlavene]

Craig and I and coming to a town near you, soon.

[Gary (Krishna) Lee @Lee50Gary]

Very proud to be included in @JannoMedia issue #97 as part of @Outsiders_Proj conversation and podcast .

[Gary (Krishna) Lee @Lee50Gary]

Great to be @HMPChanWood with @xSiMack in partnership with @PrisonEdWeston on behalf of the mighty @Outsiders_Proj for the opening of The Open Door Project. Amazing support from the librarians Amanda and Kate. Big shout out to the @jobillingham without it wouldn't be possible

[Gary (Krishna) Lee @Lee50Gary]

@Outsiders_Proj were back doing their thing at @HMPChanWood in partnership with @PrisonEdWeston Really grateful to @jobillingham for logistics and ensuring @xSiMack nd I only had to concentrate on performance. We really smashed it today. Learners feedback below. I ❤️ doing this

[Si Mack @xSiMack]

@MediBernard @BCPLibraries I'll just leave this here...

[Si Mack @xSiMack]

@MediBernard @BCPLibraries Both of which are better than the original idea :)

[Si Mack @xSiMack]

@BCPLibraries I'll raise that raise :)

[The Outsiders Project @Outsiders_Proj]

We had a wide range of entries from learners across the SW, and will be announcing the winner soon.

A big thank you to everyone who has supported us getting this very special venture up and running. #prisoneducation

@PrisonEdWeston
@Lee50Gary
@xSiMack
@jobillingham

[Gary (Krishna) Lee @Lee50Gary]

Looking forward to @xSiMack and I taking segments of Tattoo and facilitating creative writing workshops with the learners @HMPEastwoodPark tomorrow in partnership with @PrisonEdWeston @Outsiders_Proj @jobillingham

[Gary (Krishna) Lee @Lee50Gary]

Loved performing this with @Outsiders_Proj last night. Thank you for being a great audience @scarletsoho 🫠

[The Outsiders Project @Outsiders_Proj]

An incredible first show on home turf. Thank you to all who braved the storms to be with us this evening.

If you missed out tonight you can catch us tomorrow at @MASTStudios.

Now to sleep…

[The Outsiders Project @Outsiders_Proj]

IT’S SHOW WEEK!

Our show in Boscombe has sold out, but there’s still time to get your tickets for Fridays show at @MASTStudios, hosted by the brilliant @Artfulscribeuk.

Tickets here 👉 https://t.co/geujgMU5Aq

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

no time
for sleep
moon viewing

Basho

[Nell Leyshon @NellLeyshon]

Beautiful last evening with @Outsiders_Proj as I move on to other things and my own words. 20 years of working with marginalised voices comes to an end. What a joy and privilege. Thanks all.

[The Outsiders Project @Outsiders_Proj]

“Outsiders don’t do soppy bubbles or sad and teary goodbyes.
We show our feelings by stuffing our faces with donner kebabs, and fries.
It is you we love, we always have, and will when you have gone.
So hear this from the crazy gang, we shall miss you Nelly Leyshon”.
@NellLeyshon

[Scott Lavene @scottlavene]

Extra London date due to first one selling out. Get em in pronto to avoid sadness. Amazing stories and songs. And me, potty mouthed, twinkle in the eye.

[Si Mack @xSiMack]

@mrcarl_woodward We built our own theatre in Bournemouth ... pay what you can, if you can.

https://t.co/orXpngMHhV

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Dr Johnson spent nine years writing the first proper English dictionary. It had 140,871 definitions, and some of them were... interesting:

Trolmydames — Of this word I know not the meaning.

Monsieur — A term of reproach for a Frenchman.

Lunch — As much food as one’s hand can hold.

Twitter — To be suddenly moved with any inclination. A low word.

Politician — A man of artifice; one of deep contrivance.

Belly-timber — Food; materials to support the belly.

Abecedarian — He that teaches or learns the alphabet.

Kickshaw — A dish so changed by the cookery that it can scarcely be known.

Oats — A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

Sock — Something put between the foot and shoe.

Ruse — Cunning; artifice; little stratagem; trick; wile; fraud; deceit. A French word neither elegant nor necessary.

Finesse — Artifice; stratagem: an unnecessary word which is creeping into the language.

Chymist — A professor of chymistry; a philosopher by fire.

Poetaster — A vile petty poet.

Goose — A large waterfowl proverbially noted, I know not why, for foolishness.

Bum — The buttocks; the part on which we sit.

Jobbernowl — Loggerhead; blockhead.

Fopdoodle — A fool; an insignificant wretch.

Slubberdegullion — A paltry, dirty, sorry wretch.

Hickup — To sob with a convulsed stomach.

Sciomachy — Battle with a shadow.

Backfriend — A friend backwards; that is, an enemy in secret.

Tea — A Chinese plant, of which the infusion has lately been much drunk in Europe.

Chess — A nice and abstruse game, in which two sets of men are moved in opposition to each other.

Birthnight — The night annually kept in memory of any one’s birth.

Excise — A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.

Jiggumbob — A trinket; a knick-knack; a slight contrivance in machinery.

Utis — A word which probably is corrupted, at least, is not now understood.

Ventriloquist — One who speaks in such a manner as that the sound seems to issue from his belly.

Dull — Not exhilaterating; not delightful; as, to make dictionaries is dull work.

These idiosyncratic definitions make up only a very small portion of Dr Johnson's Dictionary; this was not a small or jovial undertaking. What Johnson achieved was remarkable, and his influence continues to shape not only what English words mean but also how they are spelled. Still, even in those long nine years of labour, Johnson found an outlet for his legendary wit. Where better to end, then, than with his famous definition for lexicographer?

"A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words."

[Portland @HMPYOI_Portland]

The Outsiders Project’s excellent performance of their show Tattoo impacted our learners, with its emotive and powerful content, during their visit to Portland. We look forward to having them back in the future 👍

@PrisonEdWeston @Outsiders_Proj