Solidarity with the Bloody Sunday families forever. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha uaisle.

Respect to the Irish News for linking to Hansard on their live feed and confirming Soldier F's name can be read there despite the anonymity order

No justice. Utterly disgusted for the Bloody Sunday families. An obscene decision and a dark day.

I love this piece by @elidavies.bsky.social in today's @vittles.bsky.social (free to read) featuring @nigelslater.bsky.social beloved lentils and a well-travelled pot www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/this-pot-i...

Who woke up and thought - I know what will work - MORE Ofsted.

Latest newsletter! It’s sort of about watching The Wire for the first time but also about how good absorbing art can make you feel calm and at home open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...

This is no longer a case of outside influence. SexMatters have been handed a partnership, redefining the EHRC's operational function and guiding their involvement in this orchestrated "course correction" of erasure. This is a monumental scandal. Excellent work by @tacc.org.uk

Latest newsletter, on couples, capitalism and cultural discussions of ‘different types of love’ open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...

we need to bring back the feminist critique of marriage therewillbesinging.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/s...

Labour is upping the ante on anti-migrant politics just to learn that Farage & the Tories can always, always go further than them. It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness. How we treat people matters. #r4today

#ExamFactory schools - is it any wonder we have a #MentalHealth crisis? Young people are not machines www.bbc.com/news/article...

We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop. Please share our statement below widely.

This is lovely! (And includes an account of myself and Jo being rendered speechless by The Years at the Almeida)

The Irish saint and goddess entwined, Brigid is associated with blacksmiths, spring, and cattle, among others, and stories like blinding herself to repel men's unwanted attention. The three-armed cross here represents both the triple goddess and the trinity. Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh 🌸

"February-isn't-Spring" people, remove the coloniser from your mind

First event I did photo coverage of in 2024 was a Palestine protest and tonight at 6pm at Belfast City Hall we'll be closing out 2024 with a Palestine protest.

I read 27 books in 2024 with the final one being this jewel from Ocean Vuong and the others listed in the screenshots. A very energising and nourishing year for reading! (Watch out for hot new author Jill’s Cooper)

As families gather for Christmas, families in Gaza have no refuge from Israel’s genocide. Over the past few weeks, HRW, Amnesty & ECCHR have documented war crimes, ethnic cleansing & genocide — yet the UK government continues to sell arms, enabling this horror. We won’t forget.

“‘i’d a notion to sail by night, to enter into the dark, for the love of its textures and wild intimacy.’ … I find calm and companionship in Jamie’s reading of those dark days and her craving for the ‘wild intimacy’ of the outside world.” Happy Solstice! open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...

“‘i’d a notion to sail by night, to enter into the dark, for the love of its textures and wild intimacy.’ … I find calm and companionship in Jamie’s reading of those dark days and her craving for the ‘wild intimacy’ of the outside world.” Happy Solstice! open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...

I want to try and use Bluesky more regularly now but I also got massively out of the habit of posting on the other place the last few years and have sort of forgotten what to do!! Anyway here’s a pic of what I’m currently reading (so far heartbreaking and beautiful!)

It's striking how blasé politicians who nominally believe in climate change are about potentially building our societies around new forms of environmental harm

They’re back ☀️

Alright pals, here’s my latest newsletter - on Sally Rooney, Anne Enright and the symbolic weight of the house in Ireland and elsewhere. Also featuring words on @sineadgleeson.bsky.social Isabella Hammad, Holly Pester, Asako Yuzuki & a little Lindsay Lohan cameo open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...

Coventry University wants to sack nearly 10% of academic staff, and transfer c.20% more to a subsidiary with a rubbish pension. That's where Higher Education is going, I suppose. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"The house is often a repository of loss, trauma and general family psychodrama... it's never just bricks and mortar." Loved this @elidavies.bsky.social piece on the house/home in Sally Rooney's Intermezzo and much more Irish fiction besides elidavies.substack.com/p/haunted-ho...

Excited to have this piece into the world for my bsky debut ✨

Alright pals, here’s my latest newsletter - on Sally Rooney, Anne Enright and the symbolic weight of the house in Ireland and elsewhere. Also featuring words on @sineadgleeson.bsky.social Isabella Hammad, Holly Pester, Asako Yuzuki & a little Lindsay Lohan cameo open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...

Undisputed king and queen of menacing festive wishes

We'd love to see you to join us on t next Wednesday and Thursday (Dec 4 and 5) , any time of day, outside the Guardian (90 York Way, London N1 9GU) for chats, songs, speeches and, of course that striking essential ... cake.

New substack newsletter, on solstice and my struggles with Christmas, the M&S sequinned trouser suit, darkness & edges in Ireland, Strictly, women’s nature writing, etc. if you like it why not like and share and subscribe! Thanks! ✨ open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...

Hello bluesky! My first post here, plugging my substack and a little essay I wrote on Shane & the Pogues, the romance of diaspora and the way they have shaped who I am. It's hard to put this stuff into words but I gave it a go and I’d love it if you read it 💚🖤