St George's Hall, Liverpool, Renshaw Street and St Luke's church, by Anita Smith.

Thirty years after Hamad Butt’s death, contemporaries are remembering his influence as a Young British Artist, and call for his work to be recognised as part of a larger canon in queer South Asian art. Read more on his legacy. ✍🏽 MZ Adnan 📷 Damian Griffiths

The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

Really intriguing (and frustrating) that Ben Weatherill, the actual playwright of Frank & Percy, isn’t mentioned at all. Playwrights deserve far more respect than being treated with such disregard 🚮

Laugh all you want, but the information on those floppies can’t be hacked from half a world away.

BBC: “We had to let him go.” Public: “We’ll take it from here, you spineless twats” Gary Lineker wins Best Presenter at the NTAs, ending Ant & Dec’s 23-year reign. #NTAs #ntaawards

Oxford’s Old Fire Station will premiere Before the Millennium, a nostalgic and gently surreal festive production written by Karim Khan and directed by Adam Karim theatreweekly.com/before-the-mil…

Some good points about atomisation of society but feels like we’re jumping through hoops to justify why a friend is at a far right march. A person can feel part of something bigger by volunteering at a charity. They certainly don’t need to go fangirling Tommy Robinson.

Our 2022 drama, Love Across The Ages, is back. A drama about gay love through the ages inspired by poet Abu Nuwas. ⭐️ Raad Rawi, Esh Alladi, Darren Kuppan, Nadia Emam. ✒️ Shahid Iqbal Khan, dir: Nickie Miles-Wildin, prod: Polly Thomas 🎧 BBC Radio 4 📅 25th Sept ⏲️ 14:15

I grew up and attended a synagogue in north Manchester. So many of us are feeling the horrific scenes today that all come at a time of rising Antisemitism. The Green Party stands with the Jewish community and everyone affected. And thanks the emergency responders for their work.

Thank you to everyone who voted for me. For those discovering me now. Follow my next bunch of posts. I'm gonna tell you a bit more about who I am. A little snippet now. I'm a poet and I love to write. Among other things.

Spent a month eating at all of the Afghan restaurants in Manchester, and then I wrote this:

Why would Israel refuse to release a respected surgeon? There have been reports from his lawyer than Dr. Abu Safiya has been severely tortured & presumably the Israelis now fear detailed accounts emerging about their war crimes against Palestinian doctors. But the truth will out

We have returned, like we’ll always do. 📍Gaza City

Meet Mariam Mahmood, Wrexham AFC’s first female Muslim player. ⚽ Two months into her new season in Wales, Mariam opens up about her football journey so far. Story by Zahra ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2025/10/17/mar…

Playwright Ishy Din and sacred teacher and writer @johnsiddique.bsky.social discuss their experience of directing and producing the new series, #MosaicMonologues, starting on 22 October and featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic bit.ly/4qkPp3g

Smile! It’s recording week… My adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans will go out on Radio 4 over the Christmas period. I loved working with this cast and crew. ❤️

No Other Land is (finally) available in the US. All profits from tickets will go to the Masafer Yatta community. You can rent it on Apple, Google, Amazon, YouTube, Gathr. If you already watched it and want to donate to the community, visit NoOtherLand.com

"Second screen content"

Praying for Sudan