Ali Smith just gave the most wonderful, eloquent talk on #bbcradio4 about Charlotte’s Web, to celebrate the Year of Reading.

A brilliant day at Buckingham Palace judging #bbc500words. I think we’ve found a fantastic set of winners… www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Off to #BuckinghamPalace to judge #BBC500words with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @charliehigson.bsky.social @malorieblackman.bsky.social @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social and HM Queen Camilla @royaloperahouse.bsky.social Looking forward to a great day of sabres drawn and hurled teacups!

I'm a guest tonight on #bbcradio4 Front Row at 7:15 pm talking about writing Salka, my first book for adults and about the difference between writing for kids and for adults www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Minneapolis shows us how to resist

The @citylit.bsky.social run some fantastic writing courses, so do please check this out if you feel you'd benefit from one of the offered scholarships.

Don’t know who made this but….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Always enjoy the Brexit bonus of standing in a queue at a European airport for an hour as opposed to 5 minutes

The DJT regime has declared war on an American city. This isn't about protection. Or immigration. Or policy. Or crime control. It's about fear, violence, brutality, repression, and control. WE ARE ALL MINNEAPOLIS. Stand up and speak out.

goallin.org.uk Let’s make 2026 a great year for books and reading!

Message from my son in Minneapolis: “Pausing for lunch. Every store and restaurant has its doors locked due to fear of ICE. You have to knock to get in. It’s a lovely neighborhood and you can feel how tense and afraid everyone is thanks to Trump”.

Ive been turning up to Professor Freedman’s history talks now for 5 years. Well worth a listen to try and understand where we are and how we got here

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... “Taking Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.”

The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx… 1/…

Hey folks, Tomorrow on my live podcast, “History Matters:” Talkin’ About a Revolution: 1776 and Now Man, oh man. What a year to ponder resistance! The past is alive. Join us! Friday 10AM ET On my YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

Trump should go to Arlington cemetery and carve his name on all the tombstones.

I also identify rather strongly with both Tigger and Roo…

A festive start to the season on Monday 22 Dec on BBCRadio4 at 13:45! The inimitable Michael Morpurgo and I sing the praises of Piglet under the watchful eye of @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Just flagging up a wonderful, forthcoming BBC Radio 4 series for Christmas, in which Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social asks celebrated UK children's writers, including @francescasimon.bsky.social, which Winnie-the-Pooh character they identify with. Here's some notes from me.

Ever mindful of the visuals, he gathers a giant group of old white people to surround him and support him while he spews his vile racist rants.

Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.

'I didn't even realise I had an accent until other students laughed at it' Our Associate Composer Gavin Higgins writes in Gramophone on music and class.

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

This was a terrific evening and I loved talking with my fellow authors about their favourite childhood books

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

We are totally engrossed in a great French series ‘Un Village Français’ (or The Line) on @itvx.com about a village occupied in WW2. The moral dilemmas are heart-stopping and all types of collaboration and ‘crossing the line’ explored. Do you know it @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social ?

⏰ It's the final countdown! ⏰ Not long left to submit your entries for #BBC500Words, the UK's largest children's story writing competition 🎉✍️ Remember: spelling, punctuation and grammar don't count, it's all about the creativity! bbc.co.uk/500words.

The demolished East Wing is a monument to this regime's destruction of our system of checks and balances, and the process of democratic governance. It is a monument of rubble.

Priorities.

Such great news @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The East Wing Obscenity open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - WHO’S A CHILD RAPIST - IS GOING TO STEAL $230 MILLION FROM US B/C HE THINKS HE’S DUE REPARATIONS FOR HAVING BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMES HE COMMITTED. THIS IS WHILE HE SMASHES THE WHITE HOUSE & WEAPONIZES OUR MILITARY AGAINST US. Call. Your. Reps. 202-224-3121 ☎️🚨

The symbolism is heart-breaking

I've never seen and felt as much love for America as we're seeing across the country today.

Wow what a crowd

#NoKingsInAmerica rally at the US Embassy London. Dancing T-Rexs and frogs!

Metro in DC has stopped charging. Simply too many people!!!

The raw hatred is almost unbearable. But I’m withstanding it so I can report the truth back to y’all in the Homeland.

London #NoKings complete with dancing dinosaurs 🦕 and frogs

#NoKings #NoTyrants rally tomorrow in London at the US Embassy from 1pm to 3pm. Fuel the energy of resistance!

Tomorrow on my live podcast History Matters: Why Protests Matter. A LOT. This is for the naysayers claiming that they don’t matter. History, politics, and common sense say: they’re wrong. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

No kings equals democracy.

@jbf1755.bsky.social what about the history of the Insurrection act or government persecuting ‘enemies?’ for future #HMASDC?

I’m delighted to be speaking about my books and inventing a religion (Wodenism) in Jesus College Oxford during Evensong this Sunday. www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

My article defending 'rip-off' degree subjects www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thank you!

I love her

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO TYRANTS INDIVISIBLE LONDON UK” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...