Am I gonna be cold forever cos it’s nearly May and only so much I can blame my anaemia on

I’m going to be in Ireland at
Cúirt Festival talking about memoirs and damp and moving and accumulating a load of stuff thanks to capitalism but also my inability to throw things away
so if you’re around come!!!

I wrote a bit about this in my book but poor housing costs the NHS 1.4 billion a year (!) and rather than deal with that or an ageing population you fix your mouth to blame ppl for…being ill THIS IS SO EVIL

lol as someone who has used the PIP system let me tell you 1. it is not friendly 2. the language of being 'awarded' is like being in a toxic relationship 3. already SO difficult to manage aka they issued me £0 on grounds of immobility and I was like...I can't walk sir

An interview with Hanif Abdurraqib about basketball, what drags him to the page, and the communal act of fasting. hazlitt.net/feature/grief-…

South Asian communities did - + continue to- fight back cos the world is scary. I spoke about how we rallied around to create resistance + my mum fought the far right by…putting onions in the freezer cos we all have our place in revolutionary struggle 😭 anyway watch defiance

Very appropriate to have a packed house to discuss packed housing @foylesforbooks

With Michael Walker kieranyates Nick Bano

so be a landlord is the answer? no x

tonight at we are talking about edward’s new work, housing activism + mould + damp tapes so come if u want! Ed was someone I interviewed for my book as an artist using video to archive + holding local councils to account so I’m v excited to be chatting with him :)

'Labour's opportunistic sanctimony is difficult to stomach. This is the definition of instrumentalisation. Racism is not a game. When a party exploits it for its own political advantage, it cheapens the accusation and deepens the cynicism.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This book manages to be both warm and galvanising and I learned so much from it, also Kieran is one of the smartest people I know! Pre-order!!!

Just finished this book yesterday! So informative, eye opening and nostalgic! Are you even South Asian if you didn’t have a tacky decorative tissue box in your house growing up! kieranyates is a brilliant writer 🙌🏽

this is…mad