The Guardian will never take full responsibility for its role in this tragedy in the same way it has never acknowledged the huge part it played in undermining and denigrating trans rights in the U.K. - shameful.

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I think a public interest argument can potentially still be made but not in the terms that @theguardian.com is making it. I also think its involvement was a turning in the story and it’s failing to acknowledge that. 3/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There is little or no institutional duty of care for black people in England and everyone knows it.

Whenever journalists refer to other journalists as ‘irreverent’, ‘controversial’, or ‘provocative’, it doesn’t take longer to discover what they *really* mean…https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/03/sunday-times-and-sun-columnist-journalist-rod-liddle-dies-aged-66

Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle dies aged 66

Tributes paid across industry to provocative journalist who died after short illness

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Ceuta, Gronelândia e Açores são parte de uma mesma ideia de Europa e de soberania europeia. Ontem, pelo ódio que têm a Sánchez, as direitas europeias preferiram ficar ao lado dos autocratas que nos querem destruir. O que não percebem é que este não é apenas um ataque a Sánchez ou sequer a Espanha.

Alberto Alemanno@alemanno.wsocial.eu · 3mo ago

The European response to the #Ceuta crisis will go down in history as an own goal that emboldened Europe’s adversaries. Instead of showing solidarity, Italy & co sought to punish it. Now, with the vast majority of arrivals already returned, the failure wasn’t border control but European solidarity.

Next! The Elixir - 2nd of 5 in my creative writing teaching series - out October 26th. A gentle guide to craft. If you like, you can pre-order. www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-eli... or renardpress.com/books/the-el... My teaching platform - The Alchemy with Dr Anna Vaught - launches April, 2027

Back to my desk today and working up to getting back to my novel by sharing some news/weeding neighbour's garden/being avoidant. Events! Come and see me with the brilliant James Cahill @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-two-ro...

THE TWO ROBERTS: Damian Barr in Conversation with James Cahill

Award-winning writer Damian Barr visits Foyles to celebrate the paperback release of his newest book 'The Two Roberts' with James Cahill.

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Dois anos de espera e a má vontade do governo. Mas não vamos desistir de ter #AbrilNoSítioCerto. Assina a petição e partilha com 3 amigos! abrilnositiocerto.pt #25DeAbril

Texas tech now bans students from writing about LGBTQ issues in any form. Mentions of gender identity, orientation etc in textbooks must be skipped. Deafening silence so far from all the brave heterodox free speech absolutists www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech...

Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics

The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.

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Coming up on 29th April: An discussion that explores what happens when writers refuse the demand to ‘represent’ their cultures, histories, identities? What new poetics might emerge when writing steps out of legibility? Join us! #jhalakreview #jhalakprize

Prof Sunny Singh@profsunnysingh.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Book here www.waterstones.com/events/jhala...

O compromisso do LIVRE sempre será com a paz, a segurança das pessoas e a autodeterminação das nações. Por isto, reafirmamos a nossa solidariedade com o Líbano neste momento terrível.

“A profound experience of art is an experience of something like love, which is to say of singularity.” — Garth Greenwell

Garth Greenwell: "A Moral Education"

How Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theater can make us more generous readers.

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I really don't want folk to miss out on seeing the DELICIOUS and INSPIRING artwork done by the Two Roberts. The show I curated has just under two weeks to go at Charleston in Lewes--right across from the train station. SWOOP IF YOU CAN! More news about it soon ;) observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

The dark, wayward works of the Two Roberts | The Observer

The inseparable Scottish artists and lovers are celebrated in a landmark English show at Charleston

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Elizabeth, Lady Wilbraham (1632 – 1705) was a member of the English aristocracy and a major architectural patron. Unable to become an architect because she was a woman, she studied in Italy and tutored Christopher Wren, who may have been given credit for hundreds of her designs. #CelebratingWomen

UK trans people and friends - can you help us spread the word? Manchester patch decorating workshop this Wednesday - free, accessible, relaxed. Link to reserve your place below, and more about the project here - thank you! goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...

The Trans Unity Quilt | Good Law Project

Thank you everyone! Your enthusiasm for this project is more than we anticipated, and all of our patches have sold out! We will share more options to be involved soon on @transunityquilt, including in...

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Trans Unity Quilt Project@transunityquilt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Free patch decorating workshop THIS WEDNESDAY in Manchester - trans people and friends, help us spread the word and join us if you can! We'll provide all the materials in a chill, wheelchair-accessible space - all you need to bring is yourself. Reserve a space here: www.outsavvy.com/event/34591/...

🤮 If you’re using AI to ‘write’ your book, you’re not a writer. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’

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Nothing but love for the trans people in my family, in my life, and out there in the world. The future will look back on this era in horror, but unfortunately we don’t live in the future. I encourage every cis person I know to speak up, say “not in my name”, to fight for the lives of our loved ones

You love books. Your house is full of them and you would *never* shelve them in that back-to-front way that is periodically fashionable but never forgiveable. Allow me to direct you to the UK's *only* books TV show: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #booksky

BBC Scotland - The Big Scottish Book Club

Damian Barr interviews some of the biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

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The most consistently accurate frame to understand the appearance of articles like this is knowing that The Guardian and OpenAI have a partnership.

I asked AI to explain my mother to me. It translated her worldview

A chatbot won’t fix your family drama, but it might help you hear what someone’s really trying to say

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collective punishment is a war crime

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Just evil behavior from the US www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/a...

“It would seem grossly improbable that a billionaire—rich from birth and repeatedly bankrupt yet still a billionaire—could lead a movement of angry ‘populism.’ But here we are.” —Marilynne Robinson

Who Speaks for Us? | Marilynne Robinson

The representatives of our two-party system have made it into a weapon that works against the people.

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O LIVRE lamenta a morte de António Lobo Antunes, uma das vozes mais marcantes da literatura portuguesa. A sua escrita inquieta, exigente e humana continuará a desafiar e a acompanhar leitores por muito tempo. À família e aos amigos, endereçamos as nossas sentidas condolências.

A new independent LGBTQ+ publisher named PANSY has been launched by novelist Matt Cain and businessman Harry Glasstone 👇 #BookSky

New independent LGBTQ+ publisher launched to champion queer stories

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Americans! Rise up and overthrow your authoritarian, ethno-nationalist, theocratic Regime!!

You love books. You sometimes actually read them. You quite like writers too. This is the show for you. 📕 📺

Damian Barr@damianbarr.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Pals, a wee reminder that you can watch my big face and my big guests on the UK's *only* books TV show: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

‘Two Boys and a Tree’ (1962) - David Hockney.

‘Still Life With Cakes’ (c.1670) - Josefa de Óbidos

‘Still Life With Leaping Cat’ (1981) - Elizabeth Blackadder

‘Untitled’ (1992) - Joan Mitchell

Happy Arrest of the Andrew formerly known as Prince Randy to all who celebrate. And as always, thank you feminism.