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Clare Simpson

@claremsimpson.bsky.social

Reading, writing, theatre (including theatre reviews for @FringeReview) Finding out there’s life after work. Trustee @opfs

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The Secret Barrister@barristersecret.bsky.social · yesterday

As I emphasise in the post, not the most important point in this case by any stretch, but something brief on an issue that has cropped up a few times now in media reports of criminal sentencing: How can Russell Brand’s barrister say that a victim of sexual assault is “not particularly vulnerable”?

How can Russell Brand’s barrister suggest that a victim of sexual assault is “not particularly vulnerable”?

How can Russell Brand’s barrister suggest that a victim of sexual assault is “not particularly vulnerable”?

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Clare Simpson@claremsimpson.bsky.social · 2d ago

The scene in Gwendoline Riley’s The Palm House where a young girl visits the home of a comedian who has been grooming her is so remarkably like what has just been published about David Walliams

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 award * Guardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on M John Harrison’s win: A visionary writer gets the recognition he deserves Eighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker prize for The End of Everything, a postapocalyptic novel set on a near-future Kent coast, becoming the oldest winner in the award’s history. Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, said that while plenty of previous winners had dabbled in science fiction, Harrison’s was “the first Booker winner to have emerged from the bona fide SF world”. She called it “a historic win, for a writer whose decades of work are lightly worn on every page”. The End of Everything by M. John Harrison (Profile, £16.99). To support the Guardian, order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply. Continue reading...

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Kat Brown@katbrownwrites.com · 3d ago

Listening to the judge delivering his statement in such a calm, undramatic fashion makes Brand’s actions all the more hideous. And oh, how essential to hear the judge say as he did that no matter what a woman wears or drinks etc, she is not to blame for sexual assault.

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · 5d ago

On Thursday I wrote about the 2014 injunction Russell Brand obtained against a woman who accused him of assault. I've now obtained the final order. It's breathtaking. She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police. 🧵:

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Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · 6d ago

China Mieville donating his £10,000 winnings from the Goldsmiths Prize to Goldsmiths UCU’s strike fund should be in every media outlet, it is a big deal and demonstrates the strength of support for our action. The fact that the media isn’t reporting it tell you all you need to know about the media.

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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

'In 1860, an enslaved man named Sheppard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek, a white man in Crawfordville. His value was placed at $1,400. More than a century and a half later, Sheppard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, was elected governor of Georgia.'

Keisha Lance Bottoms and the long road from Crawfordville to Governor’s Mansion

More than 160 years after her ancestors were enslaved in Georgia, the former Atlanta mayor has made history as the first Black woman elected governor.

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን@alisonphipps.bsky.social · last wk.

There is not a shred of evidence that treating people like dirt who are living and working for the country or who have asked for protection will lead to anything other than profound trouble and a further tearing at the integral and moral fabric of society. Not a shred.