Kathleen Jones

The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly A book for Now!

The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly
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poets | wave 24 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Auditions are over, poets have been informed of which wave they'll appear in throughout 2026/27, and Christmas is just around the corner.

Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social.

iambapoet.com/wave/24

A bowl of light for a dark winter's night.

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

The Great Book Club heist The darker side of AI

I'm having a rant over on Substack (my substack is free) about the new way of AI scams involving book clubs. #writing
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Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim and South Asian to lead America’s largest city, after winning NYC’s mayoral race aje.io/vrh1g8

Western media is in desperate need of an overhaul. It should have no political affiliation whatsoever and remain neutral as a founding principle.

But then we're not in charge. Who holds the mic gets the say. And rn fascists are holding the mic.

Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.

“A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots,” Peter Wehner argues:

Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

This Bylines Network crowdfunder is just 6 supporters away from 1,000 supporters!

Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃

You may not realise that during the coalition government, an attempt was made to codify the British Constitution.

www.parliament.uk/globalassets...

UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business

This is so exciting - and follows the example of many other countries that already have recognition of nature rights in their constitutions. It’s time to give Nature a voice in law! @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year

“police intelligence concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club.”

“West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year”

Ella Baron on the fragile ceasefire in Gaza – cartoon The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he is committed to disarming Hamas and demilitarising the Gaza Strip

Ella Baron on the fragile ceasefire in Gaza – cartoon

We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi I am not celebrating the end of the ‘war’ because this was not a war – and it’s not over, either

We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi

Would love to!

Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood Europe’s most senior human rights official has called on Shabana Mahmood to review UK protest laws after mass arrests over the ban on Palestine Action. Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, said that the current legal framework allows UK authorities to “impose excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression, and risk overpolicing” in a letter sent to the home secretary. Continue reading...

Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Ben Jennings on Trump the peacemaker – cartoon The US president receives a standing ovation in the Knesset as 20 hostages come home and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are released

Ben Jennings on Trump the peacemaker – cartoon

Carcanet Press One of the outstanding literary publishers of our time, Carcanet Press has a special emphasis on poetry from around the world.

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'If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.'

woodcut, a battle scene in an urban environment.

John Buckland Wright

So here’s my question… What two or three existing books would give people the atmosphere of YOUR work in progress?

Let’s make different political choices.

For decades now British people have been told to simply swallow austerity. They’ve been told that the NHS needs cuts, that libraries need closing and that child poverty can’t be tackled.

Greens say: Bullshit!
Join the Green Party today.

I'm framing up three new small square paintings today- all of which will be included in this early bird deal!!

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Starmer seems to go out of his way to piss me off

In other news, Robbie Gibb, former spin doctor for a Tory PM, former editorial adviser to GB News, & leader of the consortium that bought the Jewish Chronicle in 2020, is still responsible for "upholding the editorial independence of the BBC".

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 235:
Stop equating wealth and fame with your value as a writer. Some of the writers we now admire were unknown in their lifetimes; just as many once-bestselling writers are now forgotten and unread. Making good art is not the same as making good money.

Poetry at the Parsonage Day | The Brontë Parsonage Museum Join us for a day of poetry in Haworth, inspired by Yorkshire people, places and landscape. We’ll hear from both established and new poets from across the

On Saturday 11th October join Carcanet's Managing Director Michael Schmidt and two Carcanet poets at the Brontë Parsonage Museum for a day of poetry!

For more information, and to purchase tickets, see here:
www.bronte.org.uk/events/poetr...