Denise Mina
@damedenisemina.bsky.social
Writer, cyclist, biscuit connoisseur. A bit much.
Latest book: ‘The Good Liar’, about junk forensic science and moral responsibility
Latest book: ‘The Good Liar’, about junk forensic science and moral responsibility
Glasgow born Kalu just won the Turner
Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize
Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize
Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’
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Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner
Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner prize for her colourful drawings and sculptures made from found fabric and VHS tape, becoming the first artist with a learning disability to take home the £25,000 prize.
Alex Farquharson, chair of the jury and director of Tate Britain, said the win by the British-Nigerian represented a watershed moment for the international art world. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Glasgow born Kalu just won the Turner
Tarantino is one of those arts guys you really hoped were interesting (David Lynch, David Byrne etc) but dismayingly, in the end, their ambitions were really just BMWB (Big Motor, Wee Blonde)
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Tarantino is one of those arts guys you really hoped were interesting (David Lynch, David Byrne etc) but dismayingly, in the end, their ambitions were really just BMWB (Big Motor, Wee Blonde)
The popular Feast of the Immaculate Conception is the reason abortion was banned by the Catholic Church in 1836 1/5 www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-r...
Rome marks Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Festa dell'Immacolata is a public holiday in Italy. Rome marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Monday 8 December - a Catholic holy day and a national public holiday in Italy - with a series ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The popular Feast of the Immaculate Conception is the reason abortion was banned by the Catholic Church in 1836 1/5 www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-r...
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I love the kind of unhinged that I saw a woman on TikTok do, some guy posted a hate comment on her video so she found out who he was and where he worked and drove 3 hours to his work and forced him to read an apology or she’d share the details of his grindr account with his wife.
December 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I love the kind of unhinged that I saw a woman on TikTok do, some guy posted a hate comment on her video so she found out who he was and where he worked and drove 3 hours to his work and forced him to read an apology or she’d share the details of his grindr account with his wife.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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(peasant dying in a ditch during the Thirty Years' War) at least I didn't have to watch Wayne Gretzky and Shaquille O'Neal take the stage during the 2026 World Cup draw, live from the Kennedy Center in beautiful Washington, DC
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
(peasant dying in a ditch during the Thirty Years' War) at least I didn't have to watch Wayne Gretzky and Shaquille O'Neal take the stage during the 2026 World Cup draw, live from the Kennedy Center in beautiful Washington, DC
But his glasses frames
🔴 Farage's Reform took in £10M in donations in last quarter - more than any other party.
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
The ‘black hole’ in Reform UK’s finances
Plus: We’ve spotted Liz Truss in Davos (again)
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
But his glasses frames
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Ilhan Omar: “His obsession with me is creepy, I'm not going anywhere — I'll be here longer than #Trump - He’s an old man losing his mind. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs—”
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ilhan Omar: “His obsession with me is creepy, I'm not going anywhere — I'll be here longer than #Trump - He’s an old man losing his mind. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs—”
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Byron would’ve been on every social media and dating app, but William Blake would only have been on Bluesky
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Byron would’ve been on every social media and dating app, but William Blake would only have been on Bluesky
Reasons to be cheerful 1 2 3
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reasons to be cheerful 1 2 3
Always ask the same question
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Always ask the same question
Saw The Dirty Three last night and Warren Ellis tearfully dedicated ‘Some Summers They Drop Like Fly’s’ to lovely Pam Hogg
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘No party on the planet was safe from Hoggy rocking up!’ Irvine Welsh on his friend Pam Hogg
‘Pam was one of our most groundbreaking artists, whose jam-packed life was characterised by independence, courage and kindness. We spent the 90s together – clubbing and partying in the way those times...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Saw The Dirty Three last night and Warren Ellis tearfully dedicated ‘Some Summers They Drop Like Fly’s’ to lovely Pam Hogg
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Is the OBR soft-launching a solo career or something
The good news - the OBR says the Budget didn't hurt growth. The bad news - the OBR says the Budget didn't improve growth:
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Is the OBR soft-launching a solo career or something
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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When a character in a movie or TV show gets a text, the text should appear separately on the screen in big legible type
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When a character in a movie or TV show gets a text, the text should appear separately on the screen in big legible type
Every time you see Elon remember what he stole from us
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Every time you see Elon remember what he stole from us
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Heyoo! ‘The Good Liar’, nestling happily among the golden wonders of 2025:
It’s here: Our list of 100 Notable Books of 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Heyoo! ‘The Good Liar’, nestling happily among the golden wonders of 2025:
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How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
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Bit of window hogging going on in the Studium book store in Venice right now. Can't imagine why...
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Bit of window hogging going on in the Studium book store in Venice right now. Can't imagine why...
Hating these ancestry DNA TC podcasts with 55 minutes of ‘was it the husband’ and 5 mins of some bland rando no one even mentioned before.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hating these ancestry DNA TC podcasts with 55 minutes of ‘was it the husband’ and 5 mins of some bland rando no one even mentioned before.
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I get why they’re Fast, I’m less clear on why they are Furious
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I get why they’re Fast, I’m less clear on why they are Furious
“Laidlaw is the melancholy heir to Marlowe. Reads like a breathless scalpel cut through the bloody heart of a city’ – @damedenisemina.bsky.social
William McIlvanney at Dundee Literary Festival 2013, in conversation with @russeldmclean.bsky.social
#CrimeFiction 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K879...
William McIlvanney at Dundee Literary Festival 2013, in conversation with @russeldmclean.bsky.social
#CrimeFiction 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K879...
William McIlvanney at Dundee Literary Festival 2013
YouTube video by literary dundee
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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM