Here's what next week is going to look like at Standard Issue.

This week's playlist is all about newness. spoti.fi/44kGc02

Want to get involved in our brand spanking new Patreon tiers, for access to exclusive ad-free content, as well as competitions and more? Check out our Patreon page, here. bit.ly/2vZ5zWc.

Had some new photos taken because I’ve gone grey and because the podcast is changing. In a good way.

#NewProfilePic - BUT WHY?

P.S. for those of you asking (no one), yes I DID make this top myself. I KNOW.

Not quite all change, but some change Standard Issue – find out more in this week's trailer for next week's new world order.
We'll still be championing women like no one else out there. OBVIOUSLY. And will you just look at our fit new photos. Yes please.
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A total joy chatting with the brilliant Kate Trefry, writer *on* #StrangerThings the series, and writer *of* Stranger Things On Stage (which is EPIC).

🥩 CHOPS! 🥩
Stranger Things is a TV phenomenon. So, Mick was chuffed to chat to Kate Trefry, staff writer & writer of Stranger Things On Stage – Stranger Things: The First Shadow – about the play, season 5, being an outsider, new motherhood, and the birth of evil. bit.ly/3OJWglr

In this week's #JOTB , Jen Offord introduces us to the new Invincibles, as well as sharing some good news about the upcoming #ParisOlympics24 . bit.ly/3wd1QGK

🧡 OUT NOW! 🧡

Today is the day! I really hope you love meeting the goddesses, now in paperback. As well as the regular paperback, this indie exclusive edition is available - you can support indies, hang out on Mount Olympus, and have gorgeous sprayed edges while you’re at it 😍

The amazing Diane Page and Kate Attwell are on this week’s Standard Issue Podcast talking all things #TestmatchOT

Listen from 39:30

Octagon Theatre ETT

Our new playlist has arrived. And this week, we're all about lights. spoti.fi/3xXSRd5

Will Hannah, Mick and Jen survive another year in an American high school? Find out, as in Rated or Dated, they watch 2004’s Mean Girls. bit.ly/3OJWglr

Blue Lights is back on our tellies, so in this week's podcast Hannah's chatting to Andi Osho about being back in the uniform, as well as her novels, her back catalogue and why she's embracing the grey. bit.ly/3OJWglr

In this week's podzine, Jen Offord chats to director Diane Page and writer Kate Atwell about the play #Testmatch , now showing at @orangetreethtr, as well as Britain's colonial past and what a US audience made of a play about cricket. bit.ly/3wd1QGK

NEW PODCAST INCOMING! This week we've:
* Andi Osho on novels, Northern Ireland and Blue Lights
* Diane Page and Kate Atwell on #Testmatch
* Mean Girls (2004) gets Rated or Dated
* Cher and a drunk dog in BT
Have at it! bit.ly/3OJWglr

Oh bless you, Fitbit. I was conducting, not swimming. Waving, not drowning.

Just off for a hearing in a rape case. Allegation reported in 2021, trial not before 2025, if we’re all lucky.

No podium speeches from the Prime Minister about this. No promises to magic up more judges, courts or lawyers.

Just silence, and the threat of further cuts to come.

Unless blocked, Sunak is going to send c.100 terrified refugees 4,000 miles away in a symbolic gesture that will neither 'stop the boats' nor save him electorally. The main result will be to cause intense pain to a group of people who have already suffered plenty.