Yesterday, Merseyside Police arrested four people taking part in the regular Liverpool Friends of Palestine march, for allegedly possessing material material in support of Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
If you're not writing your long book what are you even doing. It's the summer of writing your long book, not the summer of experiencing happiness
There was such a collective gasp of joy across the room when this was announced last night ❤️ every word from the readings felt, as Ruth Borthwick says, “jewel-like”
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Nothing like an accidental Power Nap at your desk in the middle of the office to really discombobulate your workday
Say hi to the books from me! (They all look so pretty today)
PM: Kneecap playing at Glastonbury is not appropriate.
BBC: Showing a documentary about medics in Gaza is not appropriate.
PUBLIC: arming a genocide is a thousand times worse than "not appropriate"
Last night, as news emerged about a possible ban of Palestine Action, Netpol was supporting a screening of new independent film, "To Kill A War Machine", which sympathetically documents PA's evolution and impact. This is a film everyone needs to watch. It's premiere is 18 July tokillawarmachine.com
Lorde needs to stop releasing songs that hit so hard about gender and hormones and the body before I literally MELT into the GROUND with EMOTION
Michael cera, sitting on the floor in a toasty-looking winter sweater and some tastefully rust coloured skinny trousers. He looks into the camera both despondently and expectantly.
waiting for the new John Darnielle book to go on literally any UK website other than Amz so I can pre-order
can someone take me on a tour of their garden? just point at the little vegetables or flowers you're growing and I'll say wow and you can look on proudly
waterproof sprayed the tent for glasto next week, still not convinced that isn’t a racket created by Big Tent to sell more tent spray
How To Be a Writer: #2651414:
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
"Hey trans people, could you voluntarily sort yourself into third-class citizenhood so we can more efficiently corral and execute you?"
Know your rights, they’re changing every effing week, but keep knowing them:
Reading Bone Horn was so much fun, putting my many thoughts about this book into a review, also fun!
Summer of Doom
Watching politicians and corporations bend and concede to a fascist so readily is a stark reminder of how steep and quick this slippery slope was and is.
Working on cutting down my time on social media but now I just spend the extra time reading the news and having stomach aches
Closeup of a Himalayan cat sniffing a hardcover edition of the book Ulysses by James Joyce
Little Frank wishes you a Happy Bloomsday!
#catsky #Bloomsday @darthbluesky.bsky.social
Incredible event, really amazing hearing from journalists on the front lines of human rights & reporting right now. As Fiona O’Brien of RSF emphasised, freedom of press underpins *everything*, and we all really have to care about this.
(Also a moment for the beautiful Institut Français)
🏳️⚧️ Trans anthologists/editors in the UK - would anyone be interested in working with us to curate an all-trans horror/dark fic collection to benefit UK-based trans nonprofits in 2026?
If so: drop us an email at info@nefariousbatpress.com and we can make a plan
BBC News headline: Home secretary calls damage to statues disgraceful. Below the headline is a photo of the statute of former South African prime minister Jan Smuts in Parliament Square, which the BBC says was "was targeted by vandals"
Chalk washes off but some things are immutable – every Home Secretary, Labour or Tory, cares more about feeding the rightwing press with the outrage it craves, than understanding why people feel the necessity to protest
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Petition: Overturn the UK's New Legal Definition of a Woman
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
In soho square thinking about how these trees watch us mourn on TDoR, be wild & passionate on trans pride, pass through on our way to clinics & recovery centres. When you don’t know where to go, go back to the centre, go back to your community and care for each other.
Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
“every border implies the violence of its maintenance” includes gender
