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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you @longbarrowpress.bsky.social this book is beautiful.

Book cover of Truth, Justice and the Companionship of Owls by Peter Riley

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Mr Pecksniff's Diary @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social · 13h

Change of attitude…

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 14h

For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.

Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”

The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.

Starmer and Streeting break silence on Brexit’s damage

We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 13h

@greenparty.org.uk Go Green.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 22h

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 16h

Off to Bristol tomorrow for a day with the family. Busy cooking so that life will be a bit easier once we are there and I can leave them with something tasty to stick in the oven later.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 17h

Ethnic cleansing is happening in the #WestBank.

In #MasaferYatta, 85% of homes have been demolished.

More from Celine, Project Coordinator and Frederieke, Humanitarian Affairs Manager:

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 20h

"I chose not to attend this festival full of chauvinist and militaristic approaches."

Palestinian politician and activist Aida Touma Suleiman spoke to @krishgm.bsky.social about the peace deal which took place in Israel's Knesset.

Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...

Trump ‘proud of fact he fuelled’ war, says Palestinian member of Knesset

We spoke to Palestinian politician and activist Aida Touma Suleiman.

www.channel4.com

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 1d

fathers 🖤

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"

"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"

"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"

"And I get more scared every single day"

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 2d

'My sleep has been bad since Sunday, slow to come, then broken, and the day starts with something missing. Lorry, van, flatbed truck.'

'Unrecovered Time': an account of a day's walk from Leeds to Goole (lightly revised from the recent Bluesky thread)
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/unrecovere...

Fuel storage tanks at the depot on Fleet Lane near Woodlesford, West Yorkshire.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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Noemi Press @noemipress.bsky.social · 1d

Submissions are still open for the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize! Get your manuscript in by Wednesday October 15th!

Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · 2d

👀 3 DAYS LEFT! Deadline for entries: end of this Wednesday 15 October 👀

$2000
US publication with @noemipress.bsky.social
UK publication with Out-Spoken Press

Full info & entries >> noemipress.submittable.com

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poemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 1d

The Red Poppy
Louise Glück (in memoriam)

Did you
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never
open again? Because in truth
I am speaking now
the way you do. I speak
because I am shattered

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 4d

On #worldmentalhealthday a thank you to whatever poetry is and what it has done to heal my mental health, hoping poetry heals yours

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 1d

📖BOOK EVENT📖

Book your ticket today to hear @thelrm.bsky.social speak at Juno Books

🗓️ Sat, Oct 18
⏰ 10:30 am
📍 Juno Books
www.outsavvy.com/event/30015/...

Feminist Act of Walking with Morag Rose Tickets - Sheffield - OutSavvy

Join Morag Rose on a walking tour of Sheffield exploring the feminist history we don't normally get to experience…The allure of the city is powerful, but not universally accessible. For many women,…

www.outsavvy.com

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 2d

Reporting Peace

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 2d

Most pleasantly surprised and more than chuffed to receive this commendation of my 2022 collection: "As Folktaleteller". Thank you, Carolyn.
bsky.app/profile/caro...

Carolyn Thomas @carolynthomas.bsky.social · 2d

A #LifttotheSky for this amazing collection of sonnets by the brilliant Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social who contributes so much to the #poetrycommunity. Published in 2022, but new to me, it explores myth and legend with grace and wit
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Carolyn Thomas @carolynthomas.bsky.social · 2d

A #LifttotheSky for this powerful new collection by the splendid Merril D Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social
#poetrycommunity
Characteristically beautiful and evocative writing, honest and deeply moving, it also includes many of her wonderful photographs @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 2d

We love you and appreciate you. Take the time to heal, poetry will wait for you and will help you on the way

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 2d

Meet the Stormers of Issue V

@merrildsmith.bsky.social is a poet in New Jersey. Her collection, River Ghosts was Black Bough Poetry’s December 2022 Book of the Month. Her new collection is, Held Inside the Folds of Time.

The Storms is supported by @fingal.ie @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 2d

Making plans for January in Canada. 🇨🇦 Lovely chat with Canadian son tonight. Next weekend he has his first training weekend for mountain rescue

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Café Writers @cafewriters.bsky.social · 2d

This is tomorrow night in Norwich!

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 2d

So often, I create images that complement what I write. In this #poeticlibretto, the opposite happened. The words came after I created the #mixedmedia #art. I hope you enjoy this free #flipbook. #PoetsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyArtists #LewisCaroll #Jabberwocky anyflip.com/sdmnd/qwqe/

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 2d

A poem by...

• Denise Levertov •

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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