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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 13h

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Amidst rising dark forces, shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social offers a haven for honest chats, activism, and critical thought. Join Shami Chakrabarti in this refuge of ideas and community.

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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 16h

The Baroness Hale Speakeasy Zine is now on the website! Headthere now...while you're there, why not subscribe so you receive the Zines as soon as they're released? It's free to join our community of Barflies! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 22h

Have you subscribed to the Speakeasy Zine? Sign up on our website to receive early access to our beautiful Zines, inspired by our guests and created by @JoshMoirArt.bsky.social - Asma Khan edition coming to subscribers soon! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk #WomensLabour

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 1d

'So I'm just empting Solpadeine Max tablets into a glass and pouring water in it, and everyone just thinks i'm taking paracetamol. Because that's what I want them to think' Darren on the night he won the Orwell Prize, while in his own private hell. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 1d

Darren.McGarvey in the Speakeasy 'you spend enough time on social media and you literally are just living anxiety'. Listen to the full episode and help us grow - follow, share, subscribe! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 2d

On Far Right mentality: 'It's like guys that used to be bodybuilders and then they're 80....you can either keep charging about like you're a 20 year old in your prime and get knocked out or you can just accept nature's run its course.' Full Darren McGarvey episode here! podfollow.com/shamis-speak...

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 2d

'It's the sort of shock of who is this working class guy with this attitude that he's just taking out there to all these middle class people? I mean, this guy doesn't give a f***.Then when you start doing well..caution creeps in' Listen to Darren McGarvey's full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 2d

'There's a part of me that's like, go for it, Nigel. Go for it. I'll vote for you. Because he's done what brought down every other government. He's made a cast iron electoral pledge. No way can he live up to that.' Darren McGarvey gets stuck in! Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 3d

'... my experience of the reality of becoming publicly identified with very specific time in your life that you disclosed before you had even made real sense or meaning of that' Darren McGarvey is this week's guest - and it's a cracker! listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 4d

The Speakeasy Zine: Baroness Hale edition will be on the website this week! Our subscribers received it last week, so sign up now to be the first to receive the Speakeasy Zines as they're released. Created by the talented @joshmoirart.bsky.social Sign up for early access www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

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👻Joshferatu Moir👻 @joshmoirart.bsky.social · 7d

Want to see what I’ve been up to for the speakeasy? Go and have a look over at their website! And if it’s intriguing enough check out our full episodes for more from our amazing guests.

And if you’re really enamoured you can subscribe and get zines in your inbox before anyone else!

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 7d

The Speakeasy Zines are now on our website! There's a version for printing and folding (in real life!) and a Zine viewer that allows you to spin it around (not as good as in real life, but pretty good), all created by @joshmoirart.bsky.social Sign up for early access www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 7d

The Speakeasy Zines are now on our website! There's a version for printing and folding (in real life!) and a Zine viewer that allows you to spin it around (not as good as in real life, but pretty good), all created by @joshmoirart.bsky.social Sign up for early access www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 8d

'That is your food..there's a land that you come from, which you will never see, maybe, but your food is telling you who you are.' Food is politics, history, identity and love - beautiful words from chef and campaigner Asma Kahn, this week's guest in the Speakeasy - listen now short-url.org/1hzoZ

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 8d

'you will always struggle to find that perfect balance between what you want to do and what you feel you're being forced to do...I tell women this, go sow a harvest you will not reap.' Words of wisdom from Asma Khan in the Speakeasy this week - listen now short-url.org/1hzoZ

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 9d

'It's a very selfish industry...everyone is pulling the ladder away...and I have to say women who have got Michelin Stars or powerful female head chefs do interpret success in male terms.' Asma Khan calls out misogyny in the restaurant industry - listen now! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 9d

'...the men and the boys ate first. No one checked whether there was enough food left for the women.' @asmakhanlondon

Asma talks feminism and the politics of food on the new episode of the Speakeasy - and all of it with PASSION. www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 9d

'There is this attempt by a lot of the male chefs to separate themselves from their memories of the feminine energy of food' NEW EPISODE KLAXON!! Asma Khan chef, campaigner and all-round powerhouse visits the Speakeasy www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 10d

...another teaser of what you could be getting in your inbox THIS THURSDAY! Sign up now to be the first to receive the Speakeasy Zines as they're released. Not a subscriber? Then there's time for you to sign up! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Check out artist-in-residence @joshmoirart.bsky.social

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 10d

NEW ZINE INCOMING FOR SUBSCRIBERS! The Speakeasy Zine: Baroness Brenda Hale edition will be with subscribers on Thursday. Not a subscriber? Then there's time for you to sign up! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Check out artist-in-residence @joshmoirart.bsky.social

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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 11d

Subscribers received the #SpeakeasyZines at the weekend! Inspired by our first episodes, they'll be on the website for everyone else soon. If you'd like early access to Zines & more, subscribe www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk Have your Zine but not sure what to do now? Watch our handy Speakeasy guide!

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you so much @siobhanwalsh.bsky.social!

siobhanwalsh.bsky.social @siobhanwalsh.bsky.social · 16d

Excellent new podcast series folks, I thought the Nicola Sturgeon one was excellent and now going to settle in to listen to the always fabulous Baroness Hale 🕷️

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 16d

'I think it was just a lovely example of somebody who did think that the justice system could work for her... I think we need a bit more of that' New Shami's Speakeasy out! 'Spiderwoman' Baroness Hale talks all things law & justice (and Yorkshire) listen here pod.fo/e/338e28

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 15d

'I wanted to try and get over to the general interested public how important the justice system is, how it's not just a nice to have. It's an essential in any civilized society'

Baroness Hale on her newest book, With the Law on Our Side. Listen to the full episode pod.fo/e/338e28

Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 16d

'I did sign a letter to the government about the supply of arms to Israel because of the use to which they were being put in Gaza..on the basis of having read the opinions of international lawyers & the opinion of the International Court of Justice.' Baroness Hale
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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 16d

'I think it was just a lovely example of somebody who did think that the justice system could work for her... I think we need a bit more of that' New Shami's Speakeasy out! 'Spiderwoman' Baroness Hale talks all things law & justice (and Yorkshire) listen here pod.fo/e/338e28

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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 17d

'Even before we were a democracy, we had a justice system....you can take a lot of things for granted until they're chipped away 'Do you think that the law is for you? 'Spiderwoman' Baroness Hale does! Listen in for all things justice and law in this week's Speakeasy pod.fo/e/338e28