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Simon Maddrell

@QueerManxPoet

Queer Manx Poet, Writer & Performer. Pamphlets: Throatbone; Queerfella (Joint-winner of The Rialto Pamphlet Competition, 2020); Isle of Sin; The Whole Island.

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Modron(@ModronMagazine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our submission window for issue 4 of Modron is now open! As ever, we welcome all poems that explore our relationship with the natural world in this time of ecological crisis. More details at the link below...
modronmagazine.com/2024/04/11/mod…

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Looks like Cameron has had teh same communications training as Israel -- Israel break the Vienna Convention by bombing an Iranian Consulate and its Iran who are the problem. Do you think we are as stupid as you plainly are David Cameron

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Today I made clear to Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian that Iran must not draw the Middle East into a wider conflict.

I am deeply concerned about the potential for miscalculation leading to further violence.

Iran should instead work to de-escalate and prevent further attacks.

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It’s not just the “younger” progressive voters ⁦The Labour Party⁩ have lost….
Labour may fail to grab target seats as young voters turn away over Gaza and climate | Labour | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

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1824: With rising numbers falling into poverty, the Vagrancy Act makes it a criminal offence to sleep rough or beg.

2024: The Criminal Justice Bill introduces powers to fine, move on or imprison those “intending” to sleep rough or having the “appearance” of having slept rough or…

1824: With rising numbers falling into poverty, the Vagrancy Act makes it a criminal offence to sleep rough or beg. 2024: The Criminal Justice Bill introduces powers to fine, move on or imprison those “intending” to sleep rough or having the “appearance” of having slept rough or…
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And not forgetting the second edition of ‘a finger in derek jarman’s mouth’ is also available from Polari Press and all good bookshops @ £9



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And not forgetting the second edition of ‘a finger in derek jarman’s mouth’ is also available from @polaripress and all good bookshops @ £9 #jarman #derekjarman polari.press/shop/books/pam…
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The irrepressible Neil Bartlett marking the 40th anniversary of the raid on Gay's The Word bookshop in a world that is both the same and different

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LGBT History

The irrepressible @NeilVBartlett marking the 40th anniversary of the raid on @gaystheword bookshop in a world that is both the same and different youtu.be/YGjLX1RsIUw?si… #LGBTQ @LGBTHistory #LGBTHM
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An important message from Gay's the Word

Today we remember the 40th anniversary of the raid on Gay’s the Word bookshop

....and how we fought back!

10th April 1984 - 10th April 2024

youtu.be/YGjLX1RsIUw

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Anti-Semitism is a real thing and fuelled the greatest crime of Genocide of the 20th century. Arising out of the killing of Jesus of Nazareth it spanned millennia and still exists today. That's why it's important to honour in the highest the Jewish fighters for justice in…

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🏳️‍🌈 launches today! 

Our new online exhibition explores the censorship of LGBTQ+ lit & the defiant campaign against 1984 raids on Gay's The Word.

Explore confiscated titles, the legal battle & queer reading cultures: london.ac.uk/seized-books

🏳️‍🌈#SeizedBooks launches today!  Our new online exhibition explores the censorship of LGBTQ+ lit & the defiant campaign against 1984 raids on @gaystheword. Explore confiscated titles, the legal battle & queer reading cultures: london.ac.uk/seized-books
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Left: Suella Braverman on 'I very strongly rebut the suggestion that Israel's in breach of international law. That there's a genocide. That there's a forced starvation'

Right: *warning* Graphic footage of emergency medical teams picking up human body parts in the grounds of…

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