BREAKING: Award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested after wearing a T-shirt reading 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action' Police arrested the I, Daniel Blake writer in Edinburgh this morning

90 minutes to go! If you’d like to support my Kickstarter, do it now! 😁❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf...

Wow! We’ve already hit 76% of my Laurence Made Me Cry ‘Strange Apple EP’ Kickstarter! Thank you so much! Just £146 to go! 🙌 Support the EP here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf...

Really looking forward to working with Alfie on their new EP!! Please share and chip in if you can!

Thank you so much!! 🙌💖

IT’S KICKSTARTER LAUNCH DAY! It’s the first new music release from Laurence Made Me Cry in 7 years! The demos are now ready for the second stage of recording and I need your help! I’d love to share my new music with you as I hear it in my head. 🩷 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf...

This one is... BRILLIANT! The first trailer for the new Thirteenth Doctor era is here! 🐔 Click bgfn.sh/13vwe to find out more and to pre-order Vampire Weekend, due for release in July.

Unsolicited writing advice: no.2167 That thing you always wanted to do. That novel, that poem, that piece of art. Start it now. Don't wait. Make time. Give yourself permission to start. It will never be easier than it is now: maybe harder, but never easier.

For example, the Supreme Court is saying that a trans woman gets protection as a woman if she 'passes'. Whether that's right or wrong ethically it's totally at odds with the Supreme Court's blithe assertion that its decision 'is neither disadvantageous to nor removes protections from trans people'.

As a survivor of several attempts and having lost good friends to suicide, I’ve decided to take on the challenge of walking 5K everyday in May to raise funds for CALM, a charity that gives vital suicide prevention support. I’d love to raise £125. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

I am unintentionally in fashion at the moment as my hair is entering mullet mode because I keep forgetting to book a haircut 😂

One of the coolest things you can do right now is commission a real artist.

I’ve just created a membership tier on my ko-fi page for £1 a month. Every fortnight I’ll share a sketched portrait like these. Members can send in requests for my next sketches. It’s an easy and low cost way to regularly support my art. ❤️ ko-fi.com/alfiewhitby/...

We need to fix renting. Shelter activist Michelle explains why rent stabilisation can help keep renters in their homes by limiting sky-high rent hikes. Add your name to our petition, tell Angela Rayner the #RentersRightsBill must change renting for good: shltr.org.uk/gfb5w

Made the mistake of reading the comments on a recent clickbait video about Jodie Whittaker saying something seemingly “woke” about Doctor Who. Truly, the vitriol that still continues against the actor is vile. For a show that has brought so many joy, why do we pull others down? What’s the point?

Utterly devastating situation in the UK TV production industry

I'm grateful to Fen for being the first to speak about it publicly. Liminal 11, the publisher for my tarot deck, hasn't paid me or any other creator for over a year.

So cuts to benefits and cuts to support that helps us work (and be less reliant on benefits)? Disabled people don't disappear when government withdraws support... we just suffer.

Just a snippet of @racheltaylorbeales.bsky.social and me - really looking forward to tonight’s gig in Swansea then I hope we’ll get the chance to create things again when I’m in Laugharne in March

If you ordered my daft doodle book from me, I’ve issued a refund to everyone. I didn’t get enough preorders to make it and I’d be making a loss. It’s also not completely finished yet and my hearts not in it. Rather refund. If I finish the book eventually, folks can order again.

@mrewanmorrison.bsky.social Am I able to preorder your new book directly from you? Am I trying to get a sneaky signed copy? Maybe. Hahah! Happy to follow the links via your publisher.

A reminder and as Mind charity explain: "Blue Monday is a myth and it trivialises the experiences of the 1 in 6 people who struggle with depression."

one of the biggest and simplest ways to both do something, and FEEL like you’re doing something, is to find a small nonprofit with a cause you care about. donate, volunteer, join a board. offer pro bono skills if you have them (tech support, accounting, legal). help them fundraise. they need you

I quit things when my mental illness tells me I’m useless. I quit things I’ve taken years building. I quit making music as Laurence Made Me Cry. A project that earned me award nominations, took me on tours and enabled me to work with so many amazing people. Laurence is coming out of retirement.

Count Duckula might be a delicious snack but the vampire carrot? Fang-tastic. I’ll get my coat. Haven’t drawn my favourite vegetarian vampire duck for a while. Feeling nostalgic.

Officially another year older. I hope you have a festive time. May your day involve cheese at some point.

We’re in the process of redecorating the bathroom so have stripped the wallpaper. Every time I go in the room I see this little wise mouse with a staff within the dirt patterns on the old plaster. Finally brought him to life on my iPad! 🐭 What do you see?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Check in on your retail worker friends. We are more than likely going through it and putting on a brave face. Especially in the coming days Remember - a little kindness to the person in that shop can be a huge help to their day. 💜

Hey Folks, Video launch. Here's the trailer for my new novel FOR EMMA. It's a techno-gothic thriller about love, loss & fighting back against the Big Tech overlords. It's published on 25 March 2025 with Leamington Books. Turn up the volume and enjoy. Love to hear your thoughts. Cheers.

This is an astonishing statement, a complete fantasy. Baseless Techbro PR babble. The arts is a huge industry in the UK, raking in billions despite a huge lack of central support. Our government now appear to want to crater this to facilitate thieves. Write to your MP.

There’s a habit in the creative industries at the moment to bundle a load of different jobs into the one role with exceptionally low pay for the amount of specific skills and experience they’re expecting. Misleading job titles in the ads too. Frustrating.

My uncle’s obituary in The Herald. A wonderfully in-depth look at a fascinating man. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obit...

Would love to connect with my Celtic pals again after I left “the bad place”. Starting to get back into doing art for fun again and definitely have some Celtic artwork planned. 🍀💚 I’m not a Celtic only account though so you’ll have to put up with me wittering on about random shite 😂

It’s the last ‘Read The Room’ Recommends of 2024! Whoop! Contributor Amber shares with us her highlights from the year (and one from 2023, shhhh) including our first video game recommendation! Nice one! readtheroommagazine.com/read-the-roo...

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...

I sketched this Celtic FC Christmas card idea a couple years back and didn’t get around to finishing it. Is 2025 the year I restart the tradition? 🤔🍀

I wrote an editorial! As achievements go, starting this magazine, getting to work with and write about some brilliant people has been amazing. The year has flown by. Here’s to many more.

Man the thing about Ko-Fi and Patreon and stuff is like, for the price of a gacha pull per month, you can be part of the reason why someone you believe in gets to pursue what they actually want to do. Through the power of many you can help ppl you like chase their dreams for a gacha pull per month.

There’s not much left of 2024 but still enough time for the year to continue to be a total arsehole with curveball after curveball. I am tired and wish to be surprise free for the next two and a bit weeks. Please be boring. Thank you.

I have a beloved cis het kid in my extended family who needed puberty blockers when she was 7 to stop her tipping into puberty way too early and it saved her. I am on hormones because I'm perimenopausal and it's saved me. Trans kids (and adults) should have the same rights and life-saving access.

👋 A little intro: Hey, I’m Alfie (they/them)! I’m a creative project manager based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. ✨ I’m a musician, illustrator & filmmaker. 🎸🎨🎬 ✨ Founder & co-editor of @readtheroommag.bsky.social ✨ Passionate about mental health awareness, football (Celtic 🍀) & the arts.

Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳

It’s been a little while since I sketched one of the Celtic bhoys. This one has been in my “to sketch” album as soon as I saw it. Daizen Maeda really putting in the effort this season. 💚🍀😇

It’s been a little while since I sketched one of the Celtic bhoys. This one has been in my “to sketch” album as soon as I saw it. Daizen Maeda really putting in the effort this season. 💚🍀😇

Me: my makeup should be fine. Not worn it since the wedding but… Wife: …that was nearly 7 years ago which means we probably bought it 8 years ago… Me: …yeah? Wife: Alfie. We’re going to buy me some new makeup. 😂

Spotify doesn’t pay folks like me so if you like supporting musicians, you can nab downloads and physical CDs of my music on Bandcamp! ❤️ laurencemademecry.bandcamp.com (for my extensive back cat) alfiearthur.bandcamp.com (a handful of single releases)

I wrote about South Korea's heroic coup resistance, which is basically a recap of all the incredible BlueSky reporting from today, and how I wish I were in the position to hoist my own representative's ass over a military baricade: www.laura-bassett.com/p/south-kore...