Andy Jackson

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23 June 2026 18:22

#FIFA2026 kicks-off in [checks watch] just over 2 hours. It's a relief, therefore, that these have just arrived! They're selling fast, so if you'd like a copy, don't miss a sitter - order now for just £6! www.andyjacksonpoet.co.uk/purchase

Andy Jackson

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23 June 2026 18:22

An #Otwituary for artist #DavidHockney Maybe this is the art I seek: a simple canvas, clean lines and summer clothes, colours mixed from joy, the best of my days deep as a swimming pool from which I never resurface.

Andy Jackson

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23 June 2026 18:22

An #Otwituary for #Labour grandee #RoyHattersley To have principles is to believe that there is strength in doubt, that no single way is ever pure, that people are rarely deceived by promises of gold, or a cure. Speak softly; let the weak shout.

Andy Jackson

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23 June 2026 18:22

An #Otwituary for investigative journalist #RogerCook A rumpled poem doorstepped me at 6am. It dogged me from my car into my portakabin, brandishing a microphone like a stiletto, shouting Why are you conning your readers? Are you a crook? Are you a poet?

Andy Jackson

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23 June 2026 18:22

An #Otwituary for Teddie, the last of the original girl group The #BeverleySisters Lord help the mister who remembers you from those glimpses of green fields and song, who fell so heavily for such homespun glamour, the same in rain and sun.