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@katielallen.bsky.social
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She/ her 🦔 Illustrator and arts facilitator for all 🌷 Bedford, UK
https://linktr.ee/katielallen
Kitty’s first snow
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Garry
about 2 months ago
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Dr Alex Cruikshanks
about 2 months ago
The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!
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@memelessmischa.bsky.social
sending you big smoochy hugs my wonderful friend. What a terrible day. But you made dinner and posted a pretty selfie and you made me laugh with stupid sexy Flanders. Thank you for being so fucking tenacious
2 months ago
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Bedford Independent
4 months ago
This month's Great Bedfordian is Daniel Churchill, co-founder of Bedford Repair Cafe and all-round good egg. Read all about his fave spots in Bedford, incl the Polhill Arms, folk nights and a restorative fry up at the Wendover Caffe...
#Bedford
#BedfordNews
#GreatBedfordian
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Great Bedfordian: Daniel Churchill - Bedford Independent
This month’s Great Bedfordian is co-founder of the Bedford Repair Cafe and general good egg, Daniel Churchill.Daniel and his wife...
https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/great-bedfordian-daniel-churchill/
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Lee Hurley
5 months ago
Contact your MP. It matters. It makes a difference. (I know some of you have MPs it's not worth contacting. Contact them anyway, perhaps even more than you would an ally. Hound them)
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Bedford Independent
5 months ago
The new artwork measures 5m x 7m and is inspired by Laxton's Orchard, which originally stood on the school's Polhill Avenue site...
#Bedford
#BedfordNews
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New Goldington Academy artwork inspires for the future while recognising the past - Bedford Independent
Students at Goldington Academy received an extra boost when they returned to school for the new term this week - a huge new...
https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/new-goldington-academy-artwork-inspires-for-the-future-while-recognising-the-past/
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New print available 💚💚💚
6 months ago
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗
6 months ago
I feel genuine disgust and rage that Kier Starmer's team has created a propaganda video saying people are freer to be who they are because of him. How fucking dare they. This is like some 1984 bs
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The Circus of Illustration
8 months ago
Drink and Draw! This month we celebrate our favourite summer celebrations, designing party posters and invites! 📍The Park Pub, Bedford 📆 24th June 7.30 pm onwards ⭐️ Free to attend drawing event for adults ✏️ Materials provided
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New print being exhibited at Journeys exhibition at Basement at Bunyan this week! Heading to the Etsy shop soon… slowly 🐌
8 months ago
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Beyond Detention
8 months ago
It's
#RefugeeWeek
2025! This year's theme is "Community as a Superpower". celebrating the incredible everyday. Ordinary and extraordinary. Simple acts of shared generosity and how kindness multiplied can become an unstoppable force! Keep your eyes peeled for more information through the week!
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Oh no. More Etsy shop updates
katielouiseallen.etsy.com/listing/4308...
8 months ago
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Updating the Etsy shop 🌷
katielouiseallen.etsy.com
8 months ago
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Jolyon Maugham KC
9 months ago
“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.”
goodlaw.social/5mgp
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UK plummets down rankings for LGBTQ+ rights
Last month’s Supreme Court ruling has seen the UK fall six places to 22nd. It’s time to fight back
https://goodlaw.social/5mgp
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New print 🌻
9 months ago
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I adored making this illustration for
#thebookofbedford
The children of Bedford wrote about what their dream street would be like, and I was allowed to draw their vision 🥹 Read about the project here
bedfordcreativearts.org.uk/projects/the...
9 months ago
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Nancy Kelley
9 months ago
Want to contact your MP about the Supreme Court ruling?
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
has created an MP letter template to help get you started
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I made this map for
#TheBookOfBedford
, full of places the children of Bedford think are important. Including the best place to hide a tiger (Mowsbury Park)
9 months ago
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A super fun illustration I made for Green Earth Vegan Lounge in Bedford 🧡💚
10 months ago
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Flipping loved making the illustrations for The Book of Bedford! Artists Andy & Beckie let me do my thing and I had a ball creating images from the words of 250 school children. Photo by Andy Willsher
10 months ago
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Little sparkly map illustration for a recent event by Bedford Creative Arts in Kempston ✨
10 months ago
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Loved making this poster for Slide Record Shop for
#recordstoreday
You can’t go wrong with some pasta, a cheeky glass and a record 😌 I wanted to nod to Bedford’s Italian community with this one 🍝
#rsd2025
11 months ago
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Carved a bunch of little linos for an upcoming workshop at The Higgins
11 months ago
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The Circus of Illustration
11 months ago
The open call for the Lost Portfolio exhibition is LIVE. We're looking for Bedfordshire illustrators to be part of an exciting new exhibition at Bedford College. Apply now! Tell your friends!
www.circusofillustration.com/thelostportf...
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From now on I will only participate in pickle-related tourism
11 months ago
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Free will means I can add little hats and faces into the drawings I’m paid to make
11 months ago
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This lad. 😭😍
11 months ago
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Steve upping the difficulty of Zelda this morning
12 months ago
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Bedford Repair Cafe
12 months ago
Repair Cafe is back on Sat 22nd Feb 2025, any time between 10am & 3pm. Get one item per household repaired for free, no need to book. We can fix small electricals, textiles and bikes. Venue: Project 229 on Bedford Road, Kempston MK42 8DA Please allow time to wait and queue, and enjoy the cafe!
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Trans Florida Resources
12 months ago
In Sam's own words: 'Hello I am a homeless person. Displaced from Hurricane Helene and Milton. Been through a lot. Telling my whole life story would take too long. I am trying my best to keep my family afloat....' (cont'd)
#mutualaid
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#transgender
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Got an upcoming holiday to the US 😳 any LGBTQ+ orgs / causes to support in Miami? I fear blogs/articles I’ve read might have out of date info in this -changing climate- 🥺
#queer
#trans
#miami
#florida
(does Bluesky use hashtags?)
12 months ago
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Wanna keep your teens and tweens busy this half term? Book in with me at The Higgins Bedford on Tuesday 18 February. The session is 11 – 1pm and for just £5.50 your kiddos will get to make their very own drypoint print inspired by fossils. Book here
www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/Book_Online/...
12 months ago
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Drawing to music with the artists at Living It Up 💛
12 months ago
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12 months ago
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New work mug 🥰
12 months ago
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@memelessmischa.bsky.social
hugs for you sweetness, your day looks fuckin awful. Love you lots, friend (ps here’s cats)
12 months ago
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Beyond Detention
12 months ago
Join us for our Information Session on February 7th, 10:00-11:00 AM & learn more about what we do and how you can get involved as a volunteer! Scan the QR code or follow the link below to register👇
beyonddetentioninformationsessions.eventbrite.co.uk
See you there!
#VolunteerWithUs
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Sophie Molly
12 months ago
This is huge. My petition got approved. It challenges the UK government to the lift the Puberty Blocker ban on the grounds that it contradicts article 8 of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child. Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️⚧️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
We want the Government to reverse the restrictions it has introduced relating to the prescription of puberty blockers to children. The Government introduced legislation banning them from being prescri...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702538
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I don’t wanna be a grown up. I’ve decided to do hoovering instead of *going for a run*. Why can’t crisps or computer games be in the options
12 months ago
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Prints from my workshop inspired by Vanessa Bell exhibition at MK Gallery
12 months ago
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Well trained lifeguards looking after me in the bath
12 months ago
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Snippets of an illustration project I’m currently working on
about 1 year ago
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Recent life drawing Thinking about clarity of shape and line
about 1 year ago
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