Clare Simpson
@claremsimpson.bsky.social
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Reading, writing, theatre (including theatre reviews for @FringeReview) Finding out there’s life after work. Trustee @opfs
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Do you know the Madhur Jeffrey’s cabbage and curry one?
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Looks like an early work by Louise Bougeois😊
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I’m reading Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, and Flashlight by Susan Choi
Picture of the book, Empire of Pain
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ayoub.bsky.social
Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...
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satwatr.bsky.social
Please help Mohammed and family.
mother-raver.bsky.social
Mohammed helps his father support the family.
They need 350 more to get back to Gaza

Support Mohammed here:
shorturl.at/xngGz
#Gaza 💕💸🍉
#mutualaid #maboost
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satwatr.bsky.social
Please help if you can by donating and/or sharing
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Yacoub needs 250 more to get back to Gaza

Support Yacoub here:
chuffed.org/project/151532
#Gaza 💕💸🍉
#mutualaid #maboost
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
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writeforwellbeing.bsky.social
‘The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.’
— Anne Enright
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Anne Enright
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faberbooks.bsky.social
Sarah Hall's acclaimed new novel Helm is BBC Radio 4's current Book at Bedtime – you can catch up on previous episodes and follow along now 🌬️

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Helm by Sarah Hall, That Brief, Busy Interlude
An elemental story about climate, discovery and the time we have left.
www.bbc.co.uk
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markfaulkner24.bsky.social
Recommended viewing: Storyville: The Librarians, BBC4, Tuesday, 7 October. Explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians
Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Very much enjoyed hearing @damianbarr.bsky.social talk about his new book The Two Roberts at the @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading it and hopeful that the exhibition of their work makes it to Scotland.
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The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
A copy of The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
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I’ve never seen a James Bond movie
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That’s great. Primary or secondary?
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It did. The waiter took it outside.
Doing fine, hope you are too
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🤣 No, but enjoyed watching it crawl round the table after we’d pulled it out
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Tonight I got something I’d never had before - a ladybird in my drink
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I did find a rather beautiful Hermes silk scarf in a charity shop
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Congratulations. Such important aware raising work.
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Some good news - huge congratulations to @rorycj.bsky.social and the other Movers and Shakers for this well-deserved award
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We won! #Movers&Shakers won the Gold award for Impact at the #BritishPodcastAwards