Doyenne. Chief Rebel @LittleRebelAward 2019 @IBBYUK 2020 honour list author. Knits and watches too much TV. Rep'd by @CBTheatreFilmTV & @rcwlitagency

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Coming up on the 5th November: The Rise of Far-Right Politics in India as a Reflection of the Steady Militarization of Indian Society eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-… A scholar who connects a lot of dots from India to Palestine to Brazil and more (PS full disclosure: she’s my sister 😁)
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WILLIAM CUFFAY - one of our first Black political leaders! Son of an enslaved man; born with disabilities; became a key figure in Chartism. Join us to celebrate him at the William Cuffay festival on SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER
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A bloke tending to his motor, 1988 Cuba Street, Isle of Dogs London 📷 Tim Brown
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Potters Fields with a view across the river towards the Tower of London, 1987 From a brilliant book of London photographs 1980 - 1990 by Tim Brown. What I'd give to walk those streets again. All shiny glass buildings across London these days but with zero character.
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MaineJumbo🌲🦞@MassJumboOct 23
The Republican candidate for Senate in Massachusetts has openly admitted to being a pedophile btw and no one cares
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Kohen Wiley's tiny coffin carried out by children at his funeral The 1 year old was shot by police at a Walmart The officer got away with it
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They called Jason Arday a fraud, a plagiarist They said his work was "high school level." They published it in The Times, The Telegraph, GB News. They made him the face of "DEI mediocrity." They hunted him for weeks. Taylor & Francis investigated twice and found no plagiarism.
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Taylor & Francis cleared one paper, but in 2024 its own journal corrected another paper for text overlap, and he admitted errors in his thesis. Ohio State, Glasgow, Durham, Coventry denied he held the visiting posts he claimed. Ohio State had no record of him at all retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/cam… varsity.co.uk/news/31918 thecollegefix.com/cambridge-dei-… en.ara.cat/international/… aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/6/… bylinetimes.com/2026/10/21/jas…
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Hotdogs are made of dog flesh. It's literally in the name of the food!
Elon Musk
@elonmuskOct 23
Hitler was a far left socialist. Literally in the name of his party!
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We need these Diverse Book Awards to help young people understand themselves and others. Thanks @BooksForKeeps
🗓️ The winners of the 2026 Diverse Book Awards will be revealed tomorrow evening, Thursday 22 October. Here's a reminder of the shortlists ahead of tomorrow's announcement - congratulations to all the authors and illustrators 💐 #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/seventh-…
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#ThreeBridesForTheDevil @Sally_Nicholls A brilliantly subversive, feminist retelling of the traditional ‘Bluebeard’ legend. Nicolls’ retelling flips the narrative & gives us intelligent and capable sisters who ultimately get the upper hand. @AndersenPress #JohnBroadley
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Authors, agents, publishers: Jhalak Prize is now open for submissions. Send in those amazing books
ANNOUNCEMENT: We start the second decade of the Jhalak Prize and open submissions today for our portfolio of three awards: the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize, the Jhalak Poetry Prize and the Jhalak Prose Prize. 1/3
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Fun fact: Despite what the $7k-per-post crowd would have you believe, NOT a single church was burnt down during the French student protests. Meanwhile, all of Gaza’s historic churches have been bombed by Israel, including St. Porphyrius (Greek Orthodox), Holy Family (Catholic) and Gaza Baptist (Protestant). People like Farage, Tommy Robinson and Lowe don't seem to care about those churches for some reason.
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Our 2026 Readers' Choice Award Winners 🎉 #thediversebookawards
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Catherine Johnson is our Malorie Blackman Impact Award 2026 Winner! #thediversebookawards
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Did you know we now have ten titles in our retellings range? These are timeless classics retold by award-winning authors to make them available to more readers. Key themes and scenes are accentuated in a more concise format with dyslexia-friendly layouts. collins.co.uk/collections/cl…
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This one's spectacular. In the 1960s, London's Mews were still being used to keep horses. This clip spoils us with a lovely glimpse of the people, pubs, and lifestyle among the cobbled backstreets that have since become expensive housing. They certainly had more personality then than nowadays. @Britains___Pubs
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Pedro L. Gonzalez
@emeriticusOct 21
JD is saying Amy Acton was not raped as a little girl. Even though there are court documents reviewed by *National Review* that confirm details of her story. Even though Acton’s brother backs her story. Vance has a daughter. But like Bernie Moreno, Vance is such a sycophant that he can’t even be a father first for two minutes. It’s always politics and always the most vile politics. Just an abject failure of a man and a father.
Vance defends Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother: "The media and Democrats are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial that calls it like it is"
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Researched published today shows immigrants are not using the NHS as much as they are paying into it News also showed NHS is not getting enough money because of reduced immigrant inflow into the UK Show this to any racist person who complain of immigrant @Oluomoofderby see
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If a Somali commits a crime in Minnesota he’s Somali but if he saves 20 kids on a runaway school bus he’s a Minnesota Man
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