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New DEBORAH LEVY — preparing for press — Cover by Chris Bentham. Photograph by Agnès Varda. Originally published in France by @ed_sous_sol Coming this November —

Spent a chunk of my birthday yesterday at an emergency dental appointment (lol, my age literally doing its thing there) so am making up for it today 😎🌞🏊 happy!

"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall." Oscar Wilde

My dad is on a mission to combat climate change through bee farming. With his expert craftsmanship,he's building bee hives that provide a nurturing environment for these important pollinators. His efforts are helping to protect bee populations & sustainability of the environment.

Big day.

If you’re around Preston and want a fun evening with my editor interviewing me, tickets are available until Sunday - here’s the link waterstones.com/events/in-conv…

See I like Kylie Minogue alot because she's actually giving joyous kunt everlasting and her music hits. She is... The effervescent puss. Nothing about her is shady, condescending, or forced. She is a Big Purr.

Important October Dates. 1 Coffee Day 1 Vegetarian Day 4 Vodka Day 5 Smile Day 6 Badger Day 9 Post Day 11 Egg Day 13 Skeptics Day 13 Yorkshire Pudding Day 16 Dictionary Day 17 Pasta Day 20 Sloth Day 29 Hermit Day 31 The Clocks Go Back

this guy is using tik tok right 🇦🇲

1124 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. It is the only country in the world with such restrictions on girls’ access to secondary school and women’s access to university. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

Another day of less than £100 sales...if you are in town and buying coffee, please consider us instead of the big chains. Our coffee is delicious and we use local suppliers, roasted here in Liverpool.

Even more devastating is this: a few minutes ago, the Israeli tanks fired a shell at the oxygen station at the Kamal Odwan Hospital and many injured children got killed. It’s essential to know that this hospital is mainly a children’s hospital.

The Taliban has banned women from speaking to one another. Khalid Hanafi, Taliban’s minister for virtue and vice, declared it forbidden for adult women to let their voices be heard by other women, further restricting existing bans on speaking and showing their faces in public.

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Today is equal pay day - the day when women effectively stop getting paid because of the gender pay gap. At current rates it will take 16 years to close this gap. The employee rights bill is vital for women’s pay and equality: ✅ Day 1 rights against unfair dismissal, sick

Ethnic cleansing is unfolding in northern Gaza. We are witnessing an intensification and acceleration of military tactics previously used by the Israeli military throughout the Strip, this time aimed at enforcing large-scale displacement from the north. Analysis of Israeli ground

A bleak reminder of the dire situation for Afghan women and girls. The latest Taliban crackdown? Reportedly suspending women from midwife and nurse training. This would effectively cut off a woman’s last route to further education in the country. It is a vital role as male medics

Dear friends, I fear this will be the final letter that I write to you from the Global Sumud Flotilla — now just 120 NM from the shores of Gaza. Last night, several Israeli naval ships menaced our convoy. They attacked our vessels, intimidated our crew, and disabled our