My energy levels are slowly improving, so I spent today baking a homity pie and decorating the Christmas tree. Coloured lights because I recently watched Eyes Wide Shut and decided everything looked beautiful bathed in blue light. Homity pie because I saw it on TikTok. Festive, and easily influenced

From 2017: "hiding your face in public means the state cannot distinguish who is in charge — because no one is, because everyone is" freedomnews.org.uk/2017/03/04/w...

Why covering your face at a protest is the right thing to do - Freedom News

Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) co-ordinator Kevin Blowe explains why the organisation encourages activists to mask up.

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Voices of Resistance gives four beautifully written firsthand accounts from women living, and surviving the ongoing genocide, in Gaza. A difficult read, equal parts heartbreaking and rage-inducing at the horrors inflicted by Israel and the inaction of the West.

Reflecting on my November, which on the surface has been defined by a jarringly bad ME relapse, but also by lots of productive and joyous things. I’ve designed and delivered workshops for a trade union, read several excellent books, and thoroughly enjoyed playing The Outer Worlds 2 last month.

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AUE members, there’s still time to sign up for our self-employed contracts workshop next Wednesday evening. Learn about your legal protections, the importance of having robust contracts, and what you can do if your contract gets broken! Sign up here: www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/book-now-for...

Artists' Union England@artistsunioneng.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Know Your Rights: artists and self-employment contracts. An online workshop for Artists' Union England members. Know your rights and feel empowered to negotiate with confidence. Divided we beg, united we bargain. Sign up at artistsunionengland.org.uk #artistsunionengland #contracts #solidarity

Join the counter demonstration this Saturday 9th August from 11am. Thank you to @CornwallResists whose graphic on grey bloc we have borrowed 🫶

I spent a delightful weekend in Manchester for a wedding. Highlights include a beautiful reception at Platt Fields Market Garden - complete with communist frog - and the breathtaking Santiago Yahuarcani exhibition at the Whitworth Gallery.

As the genocide reaches new and horrific extremes, our moral responsibility is clear: we must recommit to the established and effective strategy of BDS and take every opportunity to work to end the genocide from below.

At the AUE Annual General Meeting in June, our membership overwhelmingly voted for the union to continue to use its position at the Trades Union Congress, and as part of the broader labour movement, to continue to push for the freedom and dignity of the Palestinian people.

Can you help me spread the word? I’m hiring: FOUR part-time freelance roles Across TWO jobshares, 1 x sales & marketing, 1 x admin & operations All to support my disabled-majority intersectional UK-based social enterprise Deadline: 5pm Friday 1 August I’m excited to hear from you!

Reports today confirm 10 more people have been killed by Israel’s starvation campaign. We must act and if you’re looking for a direct way to help, please donate to the Sameer Project - a Palestinian-led, initiative working tirelessly to deliver food and urgent aid directly to the people in Gaza.

1/3 of people in Gaza haven’t eaten for several days in a row. Huge swathes of the population are facing famine conditions. But this isn’t a famine. It’s forced starvation at the hands of the Israeli death machine. It’s genocide. And our government is complicit.

Organising as artists is essential to push back against the 'art world' and ensure fair pay, good working conditions and sustainable futures for all. Read ‘From “Hand To Mouth” to Bread and Roses’, a new report on artists’ lives by Industria and AUE: www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/from-hand-to...

A quick reminder that we're currently accepting pitches for stories for publication. The time we're looking for stories - fiction or non-fiction - about what it means to be working class in 2025. Pitch us! Full details: thebeemagazine.com/open-call-fo...

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Send us your ideas for stories you’d like to write for the Bee.

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The Durham Miner’s Gala was, as always, wonderfully uplifting and a beautiful day. Especially pleased to see so much solidarity with Palestine and across union campaigns! The workers’ struggle is international and we are stronger together ✊🇵🇸

‘From “Hand To Mouth” to Bread and Roses’, a new report on artists’ lives by Industria, commissioned and published by Artists’ Union England. Read for free now: www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/from-hand-to...

🇵🇸 ACORN statement on the banning of Palestine Action

Getting a bit more vulnerable on my latest Substack as I reflect on cooking with chronic fatigue, the immense effort required before you’ve even stepped into the kitchen, and taking the small wins where they come. Plus a very low effort recipe for dan dan noodles! open.substack.com/pub/heatherm...

Bootleg Dan Dan

Written during a CFS flare-up, I reflect on cooking with fatigue and taking the small wins where they come. Plus a recipe for when you're low on energy but craving noodles.

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I’ve just launched a substack where I’ll be writing about cooking, eating, and North East food culture. My first piece is about Teesside speciality, the lemon top. open.substack.com/pub/heatherm...

Lemon Top Nostalgia

A day-trip to Redcar to spotlight the Pacitto's lemon top

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Thinking about renting a studio but not sure where to start? We’ve developed a free comprehensive artists’ studio checklist to help you find the space that’s right for you. Here's what you need to know: www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/artist-studi... #artistsunionengland #artstudio #rentalmarket

📢 National Demo Announced at Newcastle University UCU members from across the UK will descend on Newcastle on Wednesday 11 June for a national demonstration against job cuts. ✊ Join us and make your voice heard www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Newcastle University academics to strike for 30 more days

Industrial action among academics at Newcastle University has been extended again, alongside a national demonstration in Newcastle next week

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I’ve just launched a substack where I’ll be writing about cooking, eating, and North East food culture. My first piece is about Teesside speciality, the lemon top. open.substack.com/pub/heatherm...

Lemon Top Nostalgia

A day-trip to Redcar to spotlight the Pacitto's lemon top

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Support @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social's calls for a public inquiry into British involvement in the Gaza genocide 🇵🇸 ✍Write to your MP and ask them to support accountability for the crimes against humanity inflicted on the Palestinian people: thecorbynproject.com/gazainquiry

You can add your support to the thousands contesting the threat of compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University - www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

ChronicleLive - The Chronicle@chroniclelive.co.uk · last yr.

As strike action among academics continues, a petition calling for the end of job losses at Newcastle University amasses thousands of signatures

After THREE YEARS of complaints, property management at Granville Court in Jesmond pledge to repair a broken elevator and replace the damaged and draughty windows in all 80 flats! An amazing win for tenants, local councillors, and @acornunion.bsky.social Newcastle ✊❤️

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Was good to chat to MPs about redefining ‘affordable’ housing so that it is genuinely reflective of what people can afford to pay. Plus setting higher minimum quotas for social housing in new build developments. Check out ACORN’s five demands, and get in touch if you’d like to get involved locally!

ACORN the union@acornunion.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 We’re at Parliament today to support amendments that would stop letting developers off the hook when it comes to providing affordable and social housing, here are our top 5 demands:

Let’s give councils the power to refuse planning applications from developers who have failed to deliver affordable housing in the past.