15th May at the Glad Cafe, Glasgow. Join our guests from Brazil to share film, songs & stories of resistance. I'll be sharing a wee poem from Skye.
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I've finished the eve by recording the first in the #FierceCuriosity Podcast series, hosted by me & Gary Robinson. Our guests took us across the uncomfortable bridge of recalling how normalised it once was for teachers to hit children in Scotland. #Grateful for their openness.

📅 What's on this month

How to Solve a Murdle: G. T. Karber
How They Broke Britain: James O'Brien
Queen Macbeth: Val McDermid
My Lady Parts: Doon MacKichan
Mania: Lionel Shriver

Find out who the authors are in conversation with and book your tickets at glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye-w…

⬇️⬇️⬇️ As Tabitha says, buy her book and vote! Preferably go to an indie bookshop or bookshop.org and buy her book and then vote for someone decent, truthful and competent. But that bit’s up to you 😀

For those who say this is an issue of the past. It absolutely isn’t @witchesofscotland

RIP Paul Auster. Zoë Comyns and I once went to his Brooklyn home for an interview, where he talked coincidences, his Joyce pilgrimage to Dublin, craft, abandoned novels, his love of film, Gerhard Richter, and living with another writer. Starts 5.40. soundcloud.com/thebookshow/th…

They're filming themselves rounding up your neighbours to get your vote. Does this make you feel proud or ashamed?

Law Boy margaret Samuel L Jackson’s origin story:

the only way that moderates can concede that protest works is to defang the memory of protest itself: to look back on radical political movements of the past, concede that their aims were actually correct and moral, but sanitise their tactics as non-violent and non-disruptive

Ex-Lord Advocate James Wolffe KC was ‘unaware of commitments given to Sheku Bayoh family’, he said he was not given a handover about the case when he took over the role in 2016- his evidence completes today #NoJusticeNoPeace

This write up is important to many hard working global advocates and survivors. The victims here are not just statistics. They are Mothers and daughters and sons, sisters, brothers and aunts. They are counting on us to speak up.

Remembering the past matters @witchesofscotland

Homework is not that important. In fact, homework is inequitable. The already struggling kids whose material circumstances make homework difficult end up penalized. Also, the stress created by homework, grades, points, and especially the policing of these is counter-pedagogical.

Please do join me to launch Birding at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street this Thursday evening, I would love to see you there💚🍦💕

Somebody on here called me selfish/attention seeking for mentioning my book. If wanting to earn a living is the above mentioned then isn’t that everyone? 🤔 anyone rich enough who doesn’t need to earn a coin here’s where you can buy this egotists book 🤨amzn.eu/d/99yYtrf

So excited to reveal the US cover of my new book, THE BOOK OF WITCHING, which is publishing simultaneously in the UK & US in October. Pre-order here: amazon.com/Book-Witching-…

Enjoyed meeting all our enthusiastic festival volunteers and soaking up the peaceful grandeur of #PaisleyTownHall last night before the chaos commences this weekend! PaisleyBookFest OneRen Culture

Malcolm Heggie Scottish Government Scottish Parliament Natalie Don MSP If you read the responses you’ll l see the campaign has 21st century significance to many folk, including those who work to save people from accusations in the present day. The bill highlights a history of misogyny which is sadly all too pressing & significant in 21c Scotland

This is why intersectionality matters because beyond gender and race it is the financial status of parents that matters so much in classical music.

Music is v expensive even with scholarships: instruments, lessons, masterclasses, courses, specialist training, etc. I know this…