Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard

The majority of earth's scientists now believe we are headed for at least 2.5°C of warming. We're in a climate emergency. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re

"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership". Professor @mikebernerslee.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster. Has your MP joined the Parliamentary Call for Gov to make a televised emergency briefing to the nation? Check here: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025

Yes. This is a really strong first novel.

Faith & love, friendship, community, environmental questions, nature & the post-&-foreshadowing of war, fisticuffs, fairgrounds, beer & a good deal of saltiness, brilliant protagonists, someone make this into a film please!

Defend Our Juries Co-Founder Tim Crosland explains what the High Court ruling showing over the Palestine Action ban means in real terms. He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.

Well done to @patrioticmillionaires.org for getting out and about and taking the time to visit York University. Students fully engaged and significant majority agreed with the motion 'This house supports a wealth tax.' Great work. @stephenstroud.bsky.social

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/

Very excited that 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social is on this list. Thanks @walterscottprize.bsky.social and many congratulations to all the other amazing novelists who have been longlisted.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

🚨🧵The 2024 UCU General Secretary was so corrupt that @vickyblake.bsky.social + I are fighting a Certification Officer case to re-run it, 10 Feb. Grady won by 182 votes from 114,310 members, turnout 15%. In secret, Grady ordered UCU managers to "Re-elect GS" +said she'd "destroy" her opponents...

The current lack of interest in V.S. Pritchett is odd - but I am sure his time will come again. #shortstories

I will be speaking about 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social with Rosie Goldsmith at The Austrian Cultural Forum (London SW7) at 7.00 on 17 March. Would love to see you there. www.acflondon.org/events/the-m...

“four-fifths of farmers are concerned about not being able to make a living as extreme weather conditions reduce productivity every year” Climate impacts are hitting harder than expected. UK plans are inadequate. We aren’t ready. It’s time to brief the nation. www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...

Reading Stu Hennigan's KESHED and feel like I've been beaten up outside a flat-roofed pub, which is a GOOD THING in a literary landscape dominated by tastefully buttoned-up bougie fretting. Looking forward to the online launch on Thursday with @stuhennigan.bsky.social & @regretteruane.bsky.social

If your organisation send out newsletters, would you consider including a request for people to ask their MP to sign this Parliamentary Call for Government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis please? www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... More below 🧵 1/8

Tamsin Allen, Bindmans LLP, will chair a panel at our upcoming conference on 18th March. The conference will have a focus on policing. Through frontline perspectives and in-depth discussions on corruption and reform. Tickets: zurl.co/MK99P #OffTheRecord #PJNow #BindmansLLP #MediaLaw

You've heard about the "loneliness epidemic." But what's really driving today's profound alienation problem? How do we rebuild connection? On Feb 2nd, Byline Times cracks open THE LURE OF LONELINESS at the Cockpit Theatre. Tickets: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/the_lur...

Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops

Who wants to #GetKeshed with me and @judecook.bsky.social at Bard Books in London on 12th March? Cos tix are onsale as of this afternoon 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

Whether you're writing or reading #memoir, @lilydunn.bsky.social's #IntoBeing is a must. Here is Lily's recent interview on @davidnaimon.bsky.social's podcast. To ask Lily your own questions, come and join us for our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social interview of 22 Jan at 6 pm!

Thanks @marinabenjamin.bsky.social

Dear All, Just a reminder that I will be @bookhaus.bsky.social on Wednesday next week 14 January 18.00 - 20.00 talking with @lilydunn.bsky.social about memoir in the age of AI. Very excited about this. Hope to see you there! www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e143...

Post-winter break, I'm still working through the contents of my inbox and finding some great things to read. I enjoyed this piece by @judecook.bsky.social, which asks if 'politics and fiction make for uneasy bedfellows? Does one, as it were, fatally undermine the other?'

The queue for the National Emergency Briefing went around the block. Over 1,200 influential people gathered to hear from experts about the climate & nature crisis. Now it’s time to take it to the people, please support our #crowdfunder 🔥 #neb crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-peoples-…

I may not have been too polite here about the current realities of the writing life ........

I loved this book! You should plug it for all you are worth!

Government proposals erode the right to be judged by our own peers - @thelawsociety.bsky.social www.lawsociety.org.uk/contact-or-v...

Q: Who said this? “The right to trial by jury is an important factor in the delicate balance between the power of the state and the freedom of the individual. The further it is restricted, the greater the imbalance.” A: Keir Starmer before he had power www.criminalbar.com/resources/ne...

Please ask your MP to watch the 9 expert briefings on the climate & nature crisis, and then add their name to the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing. More info: www.nebriefing.org/take-action Full talks: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing Clips of all nine talks below 🧵1/10👇 #NEB2025

In 2026 we will be celebrating our 20th year of publishing books and writers the mainstream thought too risky. Love publishing books that inspire and entertain. From Hebden Bridge to Nuuk, New Delhi, Buenos Aries, Paris, Canberra, New York, Istanbul, Wetwang. Brilliant.

Absolutely agreed with this. I think that we need to be bolder about pointing out that much adult 'culture' seems actually to be written for children. Plus this article introduced me to many great small press titles which I now want to read ......

Wonderful to see new novel by @alicejolly.bsky.social featured in the Hotlist for this excellent publication.

Will be speaking with @lilydunn.bsky.social at Bookhaus in Bristol on 14 January 18.00 - 20.00. Talking about memoir in the age of AI. See details below. Hope to see you there. www.bookhausbristol.com/events/

I would love to be part of this!

Thank you!

Great cover. Looking forward to this.

Re-posting with alt text because the post accompanying this is obviously wrong, it's clearly a picture of a woman on a Crosscountry train having found a place to sit on the floor and read, her coffee cup beside her, folks queuing for the loo behind her

Wrote this for #BBCCountryfile Mag. Rural home-to-school transport (& public transport generally) massively disadvantages & isolates our rural youth. Higher education often not possible & buses to work/ volunteering/ events reg cancelled (35 x in under 24 months) www.countryfile.com/people/opini...

Yet more praise for latest @alicejolly.bsky.social novel whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/12/05/m...

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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts. If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split

All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles JUST WON best audiobook fiction at The Speakies! This is delightful! So pleased for @markabowles.bsky.social , @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social , wonderful reader Paul Hilton. And for us! www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...

Just come off Times Radio interview with @alexisconran.com about wealth taxes and fleeing moguls (which was confusing, as the previous item was about skiing!). Always enjoy it when the interviewer is genuinely interested in getting answers.

Writers need a Class Action to compensate for work which has already been taken? Who will lead this? I am very worried that there is a passive 'what can you do?' approach to this. Meta is guilty of the greatest heist ever seen - are we really just going to sit by and let this happen?

Very excited that my new novel 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social has been picked by Dua Lipa as best new fiction. Service 95 recommends. www.service95.com/books/the-ma...

Authors in America ...... go for it! We are relying on you!

What’s going on at @ox.ac.uk ? Last year we funded a successful challenge to their exploitative employment of teaching staff. This year we’re funding a case involving rape and sexual harassment. The similarities? Oxford’s “culture” of denial. poetsandquants.com/2025/11/18/h...

Totally mature technology that should totally be involved in the provision of vital services.

Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.