Live from Crossed Wires Festival, Sheffield, today - @helenmort.bsky.social on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. From the fairytale ‘wicked queen’ to the put-upon parent of the modern blended family. Helen talks to Anita Rani about writing her new collection, Stepmother. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A piece I wrote for the @isrfoundation.bsky.social blog series on the current state of HE. In it I reflect on ableism and a sector running on exhaustion. Based on research with @alisonallam.bsky.social and @equihealthfutures.bsky.social Illustrations by @stacybias.bsky.social

Looking forward to this!

From our friends at @solveme.bsky.social! Take action today by submitting a comment and contacting Congress. Thanks to Solve M.E. for organizing this response on this critical issue.

"Creativity and chronic illness" from Chronic Living Therapy @chronicliving123.bsky.social chroniclivingtherapy.com/creativity-c... Screenshot from AMMES May 2026 Newsletter #chronicillness #MEcfs #LongCovid @anilvanderzee.bsky.social @drjogreer.bsky.social @jeremy-jeffs.bsky.social

David Cooper, has a new book out this autumn! Reading Place Writing: Geography, Form, Immersion, 2010–2020 will be published on 11th September. English Association Monographs: English at the Interface. #BookSky @livunipress.bsky.social www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

These works are being developed through Creative and Heartfelt Tactics, a residency programme exploring art practice as activism, led by myself and Caroline Cardus.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Join us for a joyful, subversive evening of performance by disabled artists.⁠ whatson.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk/events/chise...

This week I wrote about illness, art, the Romney Marshes and Fay Godwin. Part of my PhD research - beachcombing the rising tide. On how ongoing illness can influence and impact on creative practice. #NatureWriting

Beautiful piece: "I am curious about how illness can affect writers and artists, beyond the immediacy of our bodies and levels of functioning. I’m wondering about how it impacts on creative process and practice."

Terrifying. And who will be subpoenaed when this goes wrong and someone dies from a medical error made by AI? These executives are going to find themselves on the pointed end of some mega lawsuits in the future.

This week I wrote about illness, art, the Romney Marshes and Fay Godwin. Part of my PhD research - beachcombing the rising tide. On how ongoing illness can influence and impact on creative practice. #NatureWriting

I bring together my experience of the menopause with ME in this piece for @the-polyphony.bsky.social. Many thanks to @alyfixit.bsky.social for supporting this work. #pwME #menopause #cyanotype #writing thepolyphony.org/2026/05/29/c...

I have a new essay up at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Arts of Place site. 'Art of the Marsh' considers how creative practice changes through illness. Here I visit the beach at Pett and sit on the bench dedicated to Fay Godwin. #FayGodwin more.bham.ac.uk/artsofplace/...

'One of society’s great collective denials is of disability and chronic illness. It is the one marginalised group we are all likely to join at one time or another during our lives.'

I have a new essay up at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Arts of Place site. 'Art of the Marsh' considers how creative practice changes through illness. Here I visit the beach at Pett and sit on the bench dedicated to Fay Godwin. #FayGodwin more.bham.ac.uk/artsofplace/...

🗓️ TOMORROW at 7pm we will be livestreaming with feminist cultural historian Dr Elinor Cleghorn!! 💙📚 In convo about her acclaimed book 'Unwell Women', medical misogyny & more... 🎙️Recording & transcript will be available. All our previous podcasts are on Spotify, Apple & YouTube.

Another year has passed and another ME Awareness Day/Week/Month is needed - revisiting a past series of events Moving Mountains ran with @meactionuk.bsky.social - short readings from some of the contributors will be linked below: #BookSky #MillionsMissing www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiBN...

A link with all 8 videos - featuring Louisa Adjoa Parker, @nicwilson.bsky.social @jaxxi.bsky.social @felinecharpentier.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social and me #MEAwarenessDay In celebration of the brilliant writers & creatives who live with ME/CFS, Long Covid & many other poorly treated illness.

Government announces £4.75 million funding for Sequence ME research project Building on the findings from DecodeME, the new SequenceME study should provide a deeper understanding of the underlying disease process.    Find out more: https://meassociation.org.uk/xa0z   #pwME #MEAwareness #MECFS

M.E. Kills Wow, this work is incredible!! I haven't been able to read everything yet, but it's already an emotional roller-coaster. Make sure to check out the beautiful, emotional & intimate art works!! www.aquietstorm.me/myalgic-ence... #pwme #myalgicE #millionsmissing #severeME #art2cureME

The The Neurological Alliance of Scotland has asked us to share a survey being undertaken by The Migraine Trust to find out about people's experience of accessing migraine treatments. The survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

𝗡𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗻𝗼 𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗘 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼. #MillionsMissing 2026 read our article & our templates to contact your MP shorturl.at/uSfz6#MillionsMissing #VerySevereME

We are supporting @longcovidadvoc.com on #MEAwarenessDay on behalf of the #MillionsMissing & have signed their letter to @rcpsych.bsky.social You can add your signature using the link in the post below.

✉️ Anyone is welcome to sign the open letter. The form is open for 2 weeks & then will be sent to President-Elect Prof Subodh Dave on May 26th. With collective effort we hope for change from the Royal College that will benefit all people with ME & Long Covid. forms.gle/UCNpAs2d43yd...

🩵On #MEAwarenessDay we are sending an open letter to @rcpsych.bsky.social calling for alignment with current evidence. Supported by 20 organisations. +35 advocates, clinicians & academics! In democratic spirit we are offering a public sign-on opportunity 🔗👇️ #RCPsychIC #Garner

A link with all 8 videos - featuring Louisa Adjoa Parker, @nicwilson.bsky.social @jaxxi.bsky.social @felinecharpentier.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social and me #MEAwarenessDay In celebration of the brilliant writers & creatives who live with ME/CFS, Long Covid & many other poorly treated illness.

Another year has passed and another ME Awareness Day/Week/Month is needed - revisiting a past series of events Moving Mountains ran with @meactionuk.bsky.social - short readings from some of the contributors will be linked below: #BookSky #MillionsMissing www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiBN...

‘Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published last year showed that the proportion of the population living in deep poverty has increased from 33 per cent in the mid-1990s to 47 per cent in the early 2020s.’ @richardhywelking.bsky.social on Labour in Wales. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Wes Streeting wants new laws to force your GP to share your medical records. The bill was not in Labour's Manifesto and Palantir has explicitly said, under a new Government, it would be happy to use medical data for other purposes. Be afraid.

youtu.be/ohHdYWngR-g The 2026 trailer is here for Blue Sunday - The Online Concert for M.E. #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

Huge congratulations to our WIMEL group on the publication of their incredible book. What is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Like? Patient & Caregiver Perspectives The book is now available to purchase via Amazon.

Dancing Shadows: connecting with nature through chronic illness, published last month in @tgomagazine.bsky.social, can now be read online if you didn't catch the print version (backdated editions can also be ordered): #NatureWriting #MovingMountains www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/long-reads/c...

Dancing Shadows: connecting with nature through chronic illness, published last month in @tgomagazine.bsky.social, can now be read online if you didn't catch the print version (backdated editions can also be ordered): #NatureWriting #MovingMountains www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/long-reads/c...

walk through the underworld

Portrait of a PhD student who has just passed the second formal review of her PhD @centreplacewriting.bsky.social @dcahf-met.bsky.social - (big coat & boots are back out) with a celebratory coffee #phdstudent

London folks... Come to this! London walking festival conference day, 15th May, with me, @thelrm.bsky.social Saira Niazi and many more www.ticketsource.com/active-trave... 🚶‍♀️🏙️👨‍🦽

Today is the last day of #LongCovidAwarenessMonth. Four years ago, after a mild infection, I became one of the 400 million people worldwide who live with Long COVID. #LongCOVID is NOT RARE and there is NO CURE for it. Until there is, everyone remains at risk of developing it. Why does no one care?

The new Writing School Summer Festival has been announced! Open to all (& free for current English/creative writing students at MMU) 4 days of writing events 15–19 June from @manmetuni.bsky.social School of English, 2 days online & 2 days in person. mmu.estore.flywire.com/products/202...

here's the "module 2" report of the inquiry

This week over 100,000 ALCS members will receive their share of £34m. Let's celebrate the value of human creativity, something that isn't going anywhere 💡📖🌳

ICYMI: Around 10,000 authors have come together to publish Don’t Steal This Book, an empty book protesting the government’s proposed "commercial research exception" to copyright law 👇 #BookSky

Almost 10,000 of us have co-authored this book, launched at London book fair today, in protest at copyright theft by tech companies to train AI. All pages are blank except for our names. “DON’T STEAL THIS BOOK” also protests government failure to act. www.dontstealthisbook.com #DontStealThisBook

#Chronicillness #invisibleillness #mecfs #ME/CFS #writing #Chronicpain

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

Morolake Dairo & Sharon Nunoo feature in Dressing Through Pandemics: a special issue launch for Intellect @intellectbooks.bsky.social - how clothing & dress became central technologies of care, identity, politics & resilience during a period of global disruption. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dressing-t...

Speakers include Christopher Armstrong, Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social , Oystein Fluge, David Putrino @putrinolab.bsky.social , Carmen Scheibenbogen @scheibenbogen.bsky.social , and many other ME/CFS experts. #MEcfs #LongCovid

First time I've seen the paperback of #MovingMountains in the wild! 😁 @louisekenward.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/p/books/movi...

Online poetry workshops with Helen Mort? Yes please! Poems that make things happen. One off or book the whole series - 1 hour sessions of creativity. @helenmort.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poems-that...

Last call for entries @anthonyburgess.bsky.social Prize for Arts Journalism. www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...