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Jess Green

5 months

So excited to have written an episode of this and to have unlocked the life goal of getting a mention in Deadline 😱 @LydiaJoyYeoman

Paramount+ Greenlights UK Thriller Series Set In World Where Men Live Under Strict Nightly Curfew

Paramount+ has greenlit 'Curfew' starring Sarah Parish, Alexandra Burke, Mandip Gill

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

I’ve had period pain so severe it makes me pass out + throw up since I was 16. EVERYONE told me this was normal. At 33 I’ve found out it’s not normal, it’s probably endometriosis. The absolute state of menstrual education in this country, we know shit all about our own bodies.

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Jess Green

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7 months

As a kid I was obsessed with writing to my favourite writers. Only a few of them wrote back. #benjaminzephaniah

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4 years

My husband won’t go shopping with me any more because I sing ‘put your nose in your mask you’re a dickhead’ to the tune of ‘give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning’ too loudly at men round Tesco.

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7 months

@SheaChristie3 @BramleyTweets I fan-girled him when we were both performing at Latitude one year and gave him a copy of my first book.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

7 months

Russell T Davies knew killing off David Tennant would bring back too much childhood trauma for the millennials.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

When this dog first arrived from Romania he hid under a bush in the garden for a week, I thought I’d taken on the world’s most traumatised dog. Two years on, he could do with having a little less confidence. #sophiefromromania @ruskin147

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

Imagine if they invested this much police time in to investigating reports of actual sexual assault.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

When I went off to university I said that all I wanted to do was to write for EastEnders (although I'm not sure I admitted that during the lectures on Chekhov). I wrote tonight's episode and am super proud of it.

BBC EastEnders

@bbceastenders

3 years

Secrets revealed. #EastEnders . Tonight. 8:35pm

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

I think script writing courses should start with ‘telly’s about images, theatre’s about talking’ because it would save a lot of time.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

7 months

@Mitchell_Nat I really love it, I have it above my desk

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

GCSE history in 2060 is going to be impossible.

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

6 years

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has resigned saying he "cannot in good conscience support" draft Brexit agreement

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Jess Green

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2 years

Is this an advert for a general strike?

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Jess Green

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3 years

Are you fucking joking, Adriene?

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

This country’s doing a terrible job of hiding its racism with its obsession over Christmas when it’s point blank ignored any other religious festival for the past 6 months.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

All this ‘Boris you’re next’, we had that chance less than a year ago and voted in a far right facist government with the largest majority the Tories have had in a decade.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

I’m in the bloody Guardian 😱 I can probably stop being so candid about why I’m moving to London for 4 months now.

BBC looks to new female TV writers to fight Netflix challenge

Seven of the eight places in corporation’s new Writers’ Academy won by women

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

Reader,

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

So, here's the thing. The dog shelter matched us with a dog. And we are mad keen on adopting her when lockdown ends. She can be rehomed on her own. But she does have a best friend in the shelter called Wilbur. Do we get two dogs?

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

I let my husband use my Zoom account for DnD. A week later, half an hour in to a work meeting with the BBC, I notice my screen name is DazzleManIncredibo.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

My husband has set up a stall on his university campus, on his own, to try to get people to register to vote because yesterday when his lecturer brought it up everyone in the room groaned. Be kind to him students of ⁦ @dmuleicester ⁩. He is the love of my life.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

7 years

You know how we could improve child poverty and continue to support #ChildrenInNeed ? Stop voting the Tories in.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

It was a business meeting 🧀 🍷

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

@annalisadinn It’s madness isn’t it. I think about all those shit Year 8 sex education lessons with a PE teacher who skipped over any slide that had the word vagina on.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

Oh my goodness.

BBC EdFringe Slam

@bbcedfringeslam

6 years

And the 2018 BBC Slam Champion is JESS GREEN!!!!

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

11 months

Ok but we’re still now calling it Football and Men’s Football.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

Have I been refreshing the BBC website several times a day for a week? Looooooooook 👀 👇 @bbceastenders

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

Have I just watched the episode of EastEnders I wrote? Does Danny Dyer say a joke that came from my brain? Is this the most excited I've ever been about anything in my life? Oh boy.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

I’m a big fan of this man with his jumpers, board games and home made lasagne #marriedatfirstsightuk

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

My 30-year-old husband has a group of friends on his degree who are all 19-year-old boys and when one of them is struggling with the work they send each other messages like ‘don’t worry mate, we’ll help’ and then they have a group Zoom to reassure each other they’re doing ok.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

I got a place on BBC Writers Academy in 2019 and it was the hardest work I’ve ever done but completely brilliant. I’ve since written 7 episodes of telly, got original ideas in development and signed with a great new agent as well as gaining a lovely bunch of screen writer mates.

BBC Studios

@bbcstudios

2 years

Applications open today for BBC Studios Writers’ Academy 2022! The paid course is open to all and has seen previous graduates contribute to nearly 5,000 episodes of TV and win major awards. #WritersAcademy22 Find out more here:

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

The woman next to me in airport departures has noticed the Labour Party badges on my bag. She’s told her husband twice that she thinks it’s disgusting. Every time I smile at her she tuts. I hope we’re sitting next to each other on the plane 🤞

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

8 years

I was doing fine this evening until I watched that leopard steal a piglet from its mother. I WAS DOING FINE. #PlanetEarth

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

Here’s a last ditch attempt: Hi @jeremycorbyn . Last night I won the BBC poetry slam with a poem about you. I’d love for you to come and see my show while you’re in Edinburgh! ❤️🤞

BBC EdFringe Slam

@bbcedfringeslam

6 years

Want to see this year's slam champion, @jessgreenpoet 's stunning show? Get down to @BourbonEdin at 2:45pm for "A Self Help Guide To Being In Love With Jeremy Corbyn". No show tomorrow (20th), but she's on 21-25th inclusive. Tell her we sent you! 😊

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

The bit before and after with Gary Lineker and his gang of middle-aged man friends is football’s Loose Women.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

I wrote tomorrow’s @BBCHolbyCity and am really glad to have been involved in the telling of the childhood sexual abuse story, particularly the impact it can have on survivors’ families. Big thanks to brilliant+patient script editor @rosacourse 💛

BBC One - Holby City, Series 23, Episode 27

Jac and Josh try to win Holby a place on a cutting-edge therapy study.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

I’m so frustrated that I work hard to ensure I have a constant, consistent freelance income yet 6 weeks out of last 12 I have had to rely on my credit card to survive because massive businesses and organisations haven’t paid me on time. Pay your sodding freelancers you twats.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

Man near us spent 10 minutes telling his wife what a man’s job putting up a tent is. He then couldn’t put up his tent. I smugly offered to do it for him. He accepted. The patriarchy’s being smashed in Cornwall, lads.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

Well, the next 12 months look set to be exciting 😬

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

Fuck off with your shit questions when the world is literally on fire #ITVDebate

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

Took my dog on a day out to the woods which involves me carrying a 12kg dog round in a rucksack for 5 hours, both of us pretending like it’s a hardship and we’re not absolutely living our best lives.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

I had to have my dog put down in a fucking car park last month because of lockdown and I want Cummings gone. I cannot imagine how it must feel if you weren’t allowed to attend your child’s funeral.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

We had to have our lovely old dog Charlie put to sleep this afternoon after two prolonged fits which left her confused and distressed. It really is the hardest part of owning a dog. She was my best pal and one of the best things in my life. The house will be lonelier without her

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5 years

Running late for flight, I lose husband in departures lounge and rediscover him in book shop because ‘sometimes @neilhimself signs his own books in airports’. Does he know that Neil Gaiman has been in Manchester airport recently? ‘No, but worth a shot’ 🙄

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

Folks if we can get @gracepetrie up at 6am, we can kick the bloody Tories out! #GE2109

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

Landlady: how did it go? Me: good thanks! Landlady: what’s it about? Me: The Labour Party Landlady: I used to be a member but can’t stand that Jeremy Corbyn. What’s your show called again? 😬 #brightonfringe

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

So here’s a big thing. I’m going on @BBCBreakfast on Thursday morning to talk about the UK tour of @burnbooksplay . 😬🔥📚

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

I think this is the most anxious in lockdown I’ve been because I don’t really understand if we’re in lockdown any more or not.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

Just a monthly reminder that if men had to deal with pain, sickness, fainting and reduced brain function 12 times a year there would have been a charity set up to research a cure funded by Piers Morgan by now.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

Is there a purer joy than hearing my husband say quietly to the dog in the next room ‘I’ve got a new shirt, do you like it?’

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

Can we make men do this in interviews for jobs? If you can carry on talking on live television with gold standard eloquence in your chosen field while a child plays havoc in the background, you get the promotion.

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Jess Green

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6 years

Day 20 of @edfringe : - 👌

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

Earlier this year I wrote a poem for @CurveLeicester which celebrated and promoted Leicester's cultural offer. When lockdown happened it took on new significance and became a rallying crying not just for the city but for the future of live art

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

Just heard that @jeremycorbyn has said he's coming to see my show on its tour. We're saving him the best seats in the house.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

Suddenly @BorisJohnson has views on being a responsible father

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

SO PROUD to have this poem immortalised in Leicester Museum as part of their beautiful Leicester Stories gallery. Huge thank you to @HudsonClare and @homeange for trusting me to write it 💛

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

People who are like ‘enjoy the weather while it’s here, it won’t last! 😎 ☀️’ It will last, Sharon. The world’s on fire and we could all be dead in 20 years.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

We’re in the bloody theatre! ❤️ @CurveLeicester

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

You know who would be making a better job of this? Jeremy Corbyn.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

My first episode of @bbceastenders would have been on today. I was midway through writing it with my lovely, patient(!) script editor @popplewell_ when lockdown happened and production halted. So instead, here’s me talking excitedly about BBC Writers Academy in The Vic.

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@jessgreenpoet

2 years

For the sake of the nation’s over 30s, can we normalise gigs starting at 6pm? Headliner comes on at 8pm. Everyone gets to bed latest 11pm.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

The main thing I’ve got from #Collateral is a vague interest in being a London priest if I get to live in a house with a spiral staircase.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

Dawn Butler doing Keir Starmer’s job for him.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

These poor fellas, walking around, inventing stuff, having absolutely no idea about the existence of breasts.

BBC Business

@BBCBusiness

4 years

Would you wear a mobile, plastic shield like this?

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

Finally my 20 year hoarding habit has come in use, I thought I’d lost this response to a letter I wrote to @BZephaniah when I was 11!

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

1 year

Climbing centre was packed with half term kids today. A mum having a coffee watched me try and fail a tricky route 15+ times including falling off and hitting my knees on the way down. When I finally managed it, she jumped out of her seat and cheered me. I tried not to cry.

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Jess Green

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9 years

Part of Neil Kinnock's speech when Thatcher was re-elected. http://t.co/BPkovonmCO

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3 years

Why does he get seven pockets and I get four fake ones?

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Jess Green

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1 year

I couldn’t have predicted that my socialist hero of 2023 would be Carol Vorderman.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

8 months

Big day 😭

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

Was Theresa crying at the end there for all the families she’s made homeless? Or the teachers with stress related illnesses? Or the NHS she’s ripped to shreds? #TheresaMay

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

How do we storm parliament with burning pitch forks in a socially distant manner?

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

1 year

Nothing more ironic than a school wanting you to come talk to the kids about making a living as a writer but not wanting to pay you for it.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

How can you enjoy the bit between Christmas and new year when we’ve had 9 months of the bit between Christmas and new year?

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

I cannot find the words to express how deeply I do not give a shit.

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

4 years

Princess Beatrice "reviewing" her wedding plans over coronavirus pandemic

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

This is the best thing that that’s been said about it yet.

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Jess Green

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1 year

It’s me 🎉 I wrote this 💛 #Eurovision

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

None of us are winners if we go the whole match without a glimpse of leader of the Labour Party, Marcus Rashford.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

4 years

Glad the government have marked Mental Health Awareness Week by gaslighting us all.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

One week of BBC Writers Academy down: - learnt more about script writing in 5 days than in 10 years - the word overwhelmed has new meaning - had pinned hopes on 🍷and💺 on train home then remembered it was East Midlands Trains - cannot wait to see love of mine @drumsbydave ❤️

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

God love the man who took his border terrier to one side after it snapped at my dog and said ‘we will be having words about this when we get home’

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

It’s small, but in a world of Weinstein, Kavanaugh and countless others, I’m so glad we have Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor #doctorwho

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

HEY LABOUR, do you want to stop tearing yourself apart for one moment and actually put some of that energy in to fighting this nasty smug racist because that might be a better use of our time @UKLabour

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

I love that my middle-class mother-in-law, in her detached house, in a posh, Tory-led area of Leicestershire, has this on display in her front window.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

2 years

The Tories standing in the ruins of a country they’ve destroyed and asking for tolerance.

Paul Bristow

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2 years

The tolerant left. It would appear the season of goodwill stretches only so far for some people….

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@jessgreenpoet

3 years

I wrote this! And @CurveLeicester have done such a gorgeous job of bringing it to life ❤️

Leicester City Council

@Leicester_News

3 years

Here’s a trailer for the final video in our ERDF funded ‘We’ve Missed you’ campaign, which captures the joy of being able to go out and about again. The words are by local poet Jess Green. Full video here: More details here:

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

6 years

Sending SUPER HUGE GRATEFUL thanks to @ace_national who have said yes to funding a UK tour of my Corbs show this year. It'll be the biggest tour I've done working with a whole range of venues and some fantastically talented folks. Celebrations tonight and hard work starts Monday!

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Jess Green

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1 year

Got my dog, my car’s full of crap and I’m full of anxiety. Guess it’s time to move to Liverpool.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

Maybe you all should have just voted for Corbyn.

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@jessgreenpoet

4 years

Got in touch with @CurveLeicester this afternoon on the off chance they could help with a virtual event I’m hosting but fully thought it was a bit of a long shot. They replied within 10mins with a yes. There is light at the end of this tunnel ⭐️

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@jessgreenpoet

4 years

I’m having a properly shit time of it at the moment and we planned an escape up the west coast of Scotland in a camper van next week. Then the dog ruptured his cruciate ligament and needs 4-6 weeks of rest. Luckily, I live with the most optimistic man this world has to offer.

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

5 years

If you, like Corbs, have zero interest in the Queen’s speech, then at midday Christmas Day I’ll be posting up the post election poetry film me and @mattcawrey have made instead. Tell your friends?

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Jess Green

@jessgreenpoet

3 years

When we first got our rescue dog, he was so terrified he hid under a bush in the garden for a week. Now he lies around the house, wagging his tail to himself as reflects on his change in circumstances.