Jackie Goode

@jackiegoode.bsky.social

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Visiting Fellow in Qualitative Research, ‘Clever Girls: autoethnographies of class, gender and ethnicity’; Crafting Autoethnography: Processes and Practices of Making Self and Culture'. Currently writing about being an older woman. .. more

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h

Gordon Brown by James Macintyre review – a very different kind of politician

A new biography reveals Brown to be a man of exceptional vision and probity – what a contrast with today’s politics

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 7d

Today is Candlemas - which is a beautiful name. A chance to celebrate 'the return of light'

Artist: Roger Hall

A sailing boat sales on a calm sea at dusk. The sunset reflects in the water with an orangey glow and mountains are dark in the background.

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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 7d

they bowed their delicate heads and quickened hope in every heart and every weary soul.
Lady Mary's Fair Maids, Grey Brock called them, here to herald the spring and fare ye well to Christmas for another season in this old and stormy world.

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · 14d

It’s traditional

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · 17d

Writing, writing… #WomenWriters
“Never didactic, she would begin sentences with ‘As you’ll know…’ before coming out with chunks of erudition which would act as a jumping off point for our discussions. And then I’d scurry home and follow up privately on all her leads because I usually didn’t know”.

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Jan 9

Oh, thanks! Fingers crossed I can somehow find an agent/publisher…

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Jan 9

Finishing first draft of a memoir about later life as a single woman: sadnesses, men, the wonders of art, adventures, accommodations… But who might publish such a thing…?

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Jan 4

Sorry to be repetitive, as I know I've mentioned this before, but Blackwell's do an AMAZING deal for people outside the UK, with free international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/sea...

Nothing iffy about it. And I'm told by people who've used them that there are no extra tariffs or taxes.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jan 3

Sometime ago I was on here looking for a probation officer who was working in 2010 in the UK and who also might have worked with prisoners pre release. I can’t remember who got in touch but if there is anyone who fits the bill, pls get in touch. It’s for a book,

Many thanks.

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a monkey is sitting on the ground with a banana in its mouth and looking at the camera .

ALT: a monkey is sitting on the ground with a banana in its mouth and looking at the camera .

media.tenor.com

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The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · Dec 29

The documentary photography of working-class people that gets published tends to show people looking pitiable and/or threatening.

We try to challenge that a bit, and Carmina Ripollés is one of the photographers who helps us. Here's her fabulous festive portfolio:
thebeemagazine.com/when-were-sm...

When We’re Smiling

Do photographs of working-class people have to be sombre, serious and vaguely threatening? Not if Carmina Ripollès is taking the pictures, they don’t. Here’s her show of smiles from the past year to c...

thebeemagazine.com

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · Dec 29

‘Live Fast or Die Trying.’
Bar Italia in Soho last week.
#StreetPhotography

Black and white photo of Bar Italia in Soho with motorbikes outside and a man wearing a jacket which says ‘Live Fast or Die Trying’

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Dec 21

“Grandpa, what does ‘awesome’ mean?”

“Well, back at one point, it was a word used to describe the planet’s great unfathomable wonders, although now it generally means ‘Thanks for emailing me that PDF’.”

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Dec 19

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · Dec 18

Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Dec 11

Free to enter retreat in Greece for emerging fiction writers.

Please share :)

Fiction Writers Program

Oxbelly is an international community of storytellers with a mission to champion, empower and support independent creators.

www.oxbelly.com

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Nov 26

I did. All my friends questioned why on earth I’d do such a thing. I told them it was because the Bench needed more people like me. If you think the same, do it too.

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Nov 23

Just watched Clive James’ ‘Postcard from Rome’ on BBC4. I miss him.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Nov 21

THREAD. A Deconstruction Of Ladybird's Well-Loved Tales Books, 1964-74.

You will find the analysis of these beloved books in the alt text below.

1. The Gingerbread Boy.

The Gingerbread Boy is perhaps not quite the most folk horror of all the Well-Loved Tales, but it surely has the most folk horror cover, with darkness springing from its every corner. For example:
1. At least one of those cottages in the background has to be seriously haunted
2. What has the nasty little syrup-based fucker just been up to?
3. Palpable aura of marital unrest.
4. Poisonous/possibly hallucinogenic weeds in the foreground.
5. Face in the tree in the background, and the fence post.
6. Looks bucolic but you just know it’s the fashion in which they’ve framed it and there’s some godawful executive new builds just out of shot, which some evil property developer bulldozed a few badger setts and hedgehog homes while constructing. Probably some torn-up porn mags in the woods behind that spooky tree, too.
7. What are the buttons on the Gingerbread Boy’s invisible shirt made of? They don’t quite seem to be chocolate or raisins. Could they in fact be THE EYES OF HIS VICTIMS?

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Nov 15

I saw this one in Siena in the summer. You can make out the words someone wrote on it at the bottom: ‘The British no longer sing’.

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Paul Scraton @paulscraton.bsky.social · Nov 15

My essay about the joy of the night train is up on The Winding Trail, a long read for a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning, dreaming about adventures past and journeys to come…

the-winding-trail.com/2025/07/25/t...

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Nov 13

It’s so kind of you to offer me such a warm welcome - thank you!

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Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · Nov 11

New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...

Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk

open.spotify.com

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · Oct 22

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Sep 29

Oh, thank you so much!

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Sep 27

Can’t find any information on this painting in Volterra museum by Cosimo Daddi, called ‘Madonna and Child between Saints Paul and Lucy’. Can any Arts folk out there explain the eyes in the dish?

Jackie Goode @jackiegoode.bsky.social · Sep 23

Maxine Peake and Samuel Barnett both absolutely superb in The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse at Nottingham Playhouse tonight. Catch it if you can.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings

Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

www.theguardian.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.

Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties

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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · Aug 25

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Armando Iannucci recommends
The Ballad of Wallis Island.
So do I!
Out to buy now and still in some independent cinemas. Really worth seeing on a big screen if you can.

Strong Message Here - Strong Recommend: The Ballad of Wallis Island - BBC Sounds

The first in a series of cultural recommendations from the hosts of Strong Message Here.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · Aug 14

Again: shock.

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