Mat Riches

@matriches

Poet, market researcher, husband, father, knobhead. Book called Collecting The Data out via Red Squirrel Press or me. The "Aldi Stanley Tucci".

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Mat Riches@matriches· 21d

Don't you dare say there are too many emergency podcasts, etc

The New World are running a live streamed discussion about a fucking film. Of Discourse they are.

Mat Riches@matriches· 25d

Potato delivery men have sex lives

Mat Riches@matriches· 26d

Soul-searching and surveys is it...

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Mat Riches@matriches· Jul 8

It’s your actual John Challis launching his excellent new collection, The Green Parcel, into the world. Apologies to Patrick Davidson Roberts who was ace too, but I forgot to take his photo. NB it is the back of his head in this shot. So there is that.

The poet John Challis holding his book in front of an orange curtain. A bald head in the bottom left of the picture.

Mat Riches@matriches· Jul 4

Sad to hear about the loss of Stephen Dobyns.

Mat Riches@matriches· Jun 15

Scary timeline alignment

Mat Riches@matriches· Jun 11

Going to sit and play all of Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert on this later. From memory.

An unattended black piano in a hallway.Gold hand writing on one side saying Elton John. Piano is also fenced off.

Mat Riches@matriches· May 22

Sings attached to railings outside London Charing Cross. One says SAP. One says RVP.

Mat Riches@matriches· May 18

Post a meme made by you.

Mat Riches@matriches· May 15

Breaking out the emergency support banana #EmergencySupportBanana #Emergency #Support #Banana #SkinInTheGame

Mat Riches@matriches· Apr 25

The phantom yogurt thief has been identified. #ItsMargot

A black cat licking yogurt from a metal bowl. The black cat has yogurt on her nose. She is called Margot. She is a thief.

Mat Riches@matriches· Apr 20

Many thanks to @robinhoughton.bsky.social for including my gibbering alongside so many other actual useful insights. Get your copy at Robinhoughtonpoetry.com. Maybe get two.

Mat Riches@matriches· Apr 20

Then we’ll see where we’re at

Blue sign with the words New Map Coming Soon in yellow writing.

Mat Riches@matriches· Apr 14

Gmail's AI Spellchecker playing a blinder

Mat Riches@matriches· Apr 12

Shit, now they can take selfies

Two black cats (knobheads) sitting on a butchers block. One cat is reaching out towards the camera because he is a knobhead that’s also very clever sausage

Mat Riches@matriches· Apr 9

Don’t let me go

Mat Riches@matriches· Mar 30

Is it me or is Thurston Moore turning into Olive from off of On The Buses #YouthAgainstBlakeyism #OliveThing

Mat Riches@matriches· Mar 9

A box of Margot

Mat Riches@matriches· Mar 6

Bon chance for tonight. My copy landed here this morning.

Mat Riches@matriches· Mar 2

It's not too late to change your plans & come to this tonight, or change your plans to come & not come (as long as you change your mind back again). Six great poets, all for free in a pub (It's not Club Tropicana, so the drinks need paying for, sorry). All done by about 8.30..what more do you want

Mat Riches@matriches· Feb 24

Dusty (Dustus) and Margot (Mongoose)

Mat Riches@matriches· Feb 24

Everyone’s got a plan until…

Mat Riches@matriches· Feb 18

Dogging???

Mat Riches@matriches· Feb 2

This is the return… of the space cardboard #IFuckingHateJamiroquai

Mat Riches@matriches· Jan 25

#ScrollingForSoup

Mat Riches@matriches· Jan 22

Let me guess, they've sold out of my book?

Picture of an email. Sender is London Review Bookshop. Headline is An embarrassment of Riches.

It's all shits and giggles - they don't stock my book

Mat Riches@matriches· Jan 22

Hello, hello..what's this? Oh, this...it's an ace line up of poets reading at The Devereux on 2nd March. Yeah, good isn't it? Christopher Reid, George Szirtes, Jemma Borg, Katharine Towers, @roguestrands.bsky.social and me.. See you there.

An evening of poetry with Christopher Reid, George Szirtes Jemma Borg, Katharine Towers, Matthew Stewart and Mat Riches at The Devereux Pub in London. It starts at 18.45. Finishes about 20.45. It will be fucking ace.

Mat Riches@matriches· Jan 20

Macron

Mat Riches@matriches· Jan 16

Will throw this into the pot for Donald if it means he just fucks off.

Small silver trophy on a black plastic plinth. The words Worstead CC Runner up player of the year 1999 are engraved on it.

Mat Riches@matriches· Jan 16