League One! llongyfarchiadau!

Are you a member of academic teaching staff at a university where arts/culture courses are being cut? Would like to hear from you. Drop me an email summarising what's being cut, impact & a contact number & will try to get back to you. Drop me a line at: [email protected]
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Those shocked by the poor quality of the Cass Report, I urge you to look at the Shawcross review of PREVENT, the Sewell a report on race, or the Bloom review on religion. All politically motivated, culture war propaganda designed to make it easier to pass restrictive legislation.

Today’s Saturday poem chosen by our poetry editor ⁦Ralph Dartford⁩ is by Sylvia Plath.

I’ve been talking a lot about the 'faith schools cap' this week - following reports the Govt may remove the 50% admissions cap on all new state-funded faith schools.

Here’s a breakdown of what a faith schools cap is & why Humanists UK is concerned 👇 humanists.uk/2024/04/09/wha…

/5 The bill of goods is pretty much always the same theme—that there's a quick, simle, inexpensive magic bullet to treat depression

No, there isn't

For most people who seek psychotherapy, the problems that give rise to depression are woven into the fabric of their personalities

Out in paperback today! Thanks to everyone Picador Books and to the lovely booksellers who are getting it out into the world

The Friday Poem Victoria Moul I don't believe that was her aim, rather she is upset that her efforts are being misinterpreted and the fact this is seen by some as a scam hits particularly hard on a day linked to her heritage, which obviously has a lot of prejudice against it. Twitter is not known for nuance.

As commissioning editor for this fascinating book, I'm proud to have helped see it into print!

Blessed are the weird people:
poets, misfits, writers
mystics, painters, troubadours
for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.
Jacob Nordby

#weird #people #difference

Leaving this here.

It was International Romani Day on Monday. As a Gypsy Managing Editor, it was insulting and saddening to have the monetary decision-making of the non-profit press that I've put so much free labour and heartwork into questioned and called a 'money spinner'.

We’re listening to and in conversation with Prof Alana Vincent SST. Themes of Jewish tradition as one of continual adaptation in engagement with society, of the complex plurality of Jewish communities, not least in what they do with prayer… 1/ #SST24

Hello Opodo ~ you emailed me to notify me of a change to our flight LUX-CAI tom which would mean we miss our connection to LHR. You asked me to confirm by replying to the email, but the email is a non-reply email. What should I do?! I can’t see any note of this change on my acc.

Reality denied comes back to haunt.

Philip K Dick

#reality #denial

Without exaggeration, I could get a little weepy about how the poetry community on here took me in, with such warmth and encouragement at absolutely the most critical moment in my personal life. 5/

'If we really believed addiction was a chronic disorder on par with cancer, we would provide every person seeking assistance with a menu of options before making a final decision on the course of treatment.' William White

Swifts careening around at sunset. I don’t think they have screaming parties in #Egypt but perhaps Hannah Bourne-Taylor could confirm? They fling their sickles across the sky with such power & joy. Also some sedate herons passing by. Video is a poor substitute for being here, ducking!

Sad not have made the final cut, but thrilled to have had a poem long-listed for the Non-Binary Review ZoeticPress || SUBMISSIONS OPEN