Heather Wastie
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Poet, singer songwriter, keyboard & accordion player, actor, Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2015/16 https://wastiesspace.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/heatherwastie
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The 2026 Christopher Bland Prize is now open for entry 🏆
Closing 5pm on Friday 5 December 2025: https://rsliterature.org/rsl-christopher-bland-prize/
Closing 5pm on Friday 5 December 2025: https://rsliterature.org/rsl-christopher-bland-prize/
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Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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· Sep 21
British artists reclaim St George’s flag with a message of inclusivity
In Manchester and beyond creative responses to the unwelcome message of ‘raise the colours’ are appearing
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‘Scary’ and ‘I loved it’: the ‘unite the kingdom’ march
Artists in Britain have customised St George’s flags with messages celebrating diversity, in response to a campaign in which national banners have been flown from lamp-posts, outside homes and painted on roundabouts.
While for many, flying the flag is a genuine expression of national pride, some flags have been graffitied on businesses and places of worship belonging to minority ethnic Britons, in some cases with slurs, after the launch of the operation “raise the colours”. Continue reading...
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