#TheWildEscape is Art Fund's UK-wide project which explores wildlife through the power of art. Museums and schools, plus organisations and artists including @shonibarestudio have taken part. A collective work of art celebrating nature, will be made public on #EarthDay

Lyndon Watkinson @lyndonwatkinson on Instagram su4ip.cargo.site at the great States of Independence event in Leicester. For those creative who struggle with PR Lyndon is your person multi talented artist , publisher and website designer

Leicester writer and community writing practitioner Fiona Linday Fiona Linday- Author/ Creative Writing Facilitator States of Independence ‘’I write about overcoming and engaging with empathy’’

Matthew Pegg from Mantle Press independent book publishers based in Leicester States of Independence Also book design and layout mpegg.co.uk

Abi Willock Paulo Esteves Nunes ⚡️.paper.story on Instagram reading House Home Adventures which Abi written and published for De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) creative writing module #leicester read out at renowned States of Independence event #leicester ‘’About coming of age in Leicester’’

Noe Aarca reading Fruit worms which Noe written and published for dmuleicester Leicester (DMU) creative writing module #leicester read out at renowned States of Independence States of Independence event #leicester ‘’Mixing Portuguese culture with living in Leicester’’

Renowned literary event hits #leicester States of Independence dmuleicester Emma Astra

Relationship between DX: Diagnosis and Writing talk about project by Eva Aldea for dxandwriting.com States of Independence dmuleicester call for varied submissions

Fantastic Rosie Georgiou she/her giving a talk States of Independence reading her The Body is a Political Resistence and how online archives dmuleicester helped her writing research

Did you know university archives are free to access for the public not just students and staff. An archive can have a wealth of knowledge on a variety of interests. Brilliant talk dmuleicester raising awareness of archives States of Independence anne Dr Joanne Dixon #leicester

'There is nothing “bold” or “ambitious” about the Conservative or Labour election promises nor any mention of measures to address the worst social issue of our time: economic inequality.' Dr Huw Macartney outlines what's needed to address economic inequality: blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciences…

U.K. workforce over retirement age drastically increasing @bbc Emma Astra #disability

Atos: "...we will continue providing high-quality services to the UK public sector as we have for over 30 years." I'll just leave this here... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"As disinformation and propaganda spread freely online, genuine research and scholarship remains gated and prohibitively expensive" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My vote was a plea for Labour to tackle child poverty. Its response? To suspend me theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Being denied the right care because your illness/symptoms are wrongly seen as psychological is devastating and happens all the time in healthcare. For Maeve, someone with very severe #MEcfs, which is structurally neglected and misunderstood, it led to her death. #MaeveInquest

So grateful that disabled activists have launched a crowdfunder to send a copy of my new book, The Department, to every #Labour MP. They need to know the harm #DWP has caused because Labour reforms are coming. Please contribute (only if you can afford to) crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-us-tell…

What occupations do higher functioning narcissists/psychopaths seek? A role where they: - have control. - are seen as an expert so can’t be challenged. - can get away with sadistic ‘toying’ of others emotions & minds. - can lead a double life. - can make extra $$ nefariously.

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