Nasim Marie Jafry
@nmjk.bsky.social
The State of Me, HarperCollins, 2008 | Shortlisted Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2012 & 2023 | Love jazz, tulips, birds, French films | Second novel in progress | Had ME since 1983 https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/nasim-marie-jafry/
‘I had a really crippling break’: how author Michael Thomas lost 20 years to mania, depression and more www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
‘I had a really crippling break’: how author Michael Thomas lost 20 years to mania, depression and more
In 2006 the novel Man Gone Down made Thomas famous and won him a €100,000 prize. He expected to produce a follow-up within a year – but life had other plans
theguardian.com
A Bradford gallery saw a 58% surge in visitors after the opening of the (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia exhibition — proving that British South Asians are looking to engage with art that includes them. hyphenonline.com/2026/07/29/s...
UK South Asian artists are enjoying a surge in ticket sales - Hyphen
Galleries and theatres encouraged by visitor numbers, as British South Asians flock to see art that engages them
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Full of despair today. Massive lay offs in social sciences and humanities across the country, Burnham puts out a video saying 'AI can write an essay', and my university is busy integrating co-pilot into all staff and student computers. We are being told we're defunct and there's no resistance.
“Oxford academic Prof George Garnett counted 93 penises in 2018 – with 88 belonging to horses and another five to men. But Dr Christopher Monk said he had counted one more on another man.” bbc.com/news/article...
Penis count debate rages over Bayeux Tapestry
A podcast has again investigated the penises on the embroidery, which has a replica in Reading.
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The desk behind translations of Jean Giono, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Louis Aragon, Antoine Volodine, Éric Chevillard… Alyson Waters has translated over twenty five books from French, including seven with Archipelago. She and her desk live in Brooklyn, New York.
#NYRBWomen26 ‘I shall always love you,’ James went on, hardly making things better, for ‘always’ had such a final sound about it; it might just as well have been ‘never’.
Would love to read a memoir where someone tries to walk a path or tame a wild animal and it all goes to shit and they do not learn anything at all about life but it is well written
Who said moths are dull and eat clothes? Royal Mail stamps issue, release date 9th July
Fifa issues statement after Egypt coach waves Palestinian flag to celebrate victory www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Fifa issues statement after Egypt coach waves Palestinian flag to celebrate victory
A video went viral of Hassan walking across the field, flag in hand, as crowds chanted ‘Free, free Palestine!’
independent.co.uk
ULLOZHUKKU. Means undercurrent. Gorgeous Malayalam film on #Netflix www.netflix.com/gb/title/826...
Watch Ullozhukku | Netflix
Grief, illness and buried secrets converge as a pregnant widow and her mother-in-law grapple with the death of a patriarch amidst a relentless flood.
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These beautifully crafted balls, dating to around 1500 BC (18th Dynasty), were made from linen and decorated with vibrant red, blue, and green reed strips. They were likely used not only for play but also in rituals and acrobatic performances. On display at Museum August Kestner 📷 me
“Now I have taken a closer look at my desk and realized that nothing good can be done on it.”—Franz Kafka, born OTD in 1883 (from his Diaries, tr. Ross Benjamin)
Sorting out the asylum system is not just about processing people more quickly or safe routes to stop the boats - it also means putting integration not ill will at the heart of their future in this country.
A motionless man in a red suit. 90 minutes. Since 2013. At the World Cup, covers his mouth and raises a silent gun to his head. Why? To honor Patrice Lumumba’s assassination in 1961 — backed by the CIA — #LumumbaVea #DRCongo #PatriceLumumba #WorldCup2026 #Lumumba #pinks
I’m Officially Obsessed With the DR Congo Fan Known as Lumumba Vea | Friday Things
News outlets call DR Congo supporter Michel Kuka Mboladinga the ‘living statue’ and a superfan, but I’d argue he’s actually the best example of the World Cup’s inherent politicism.
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Iran hit out at ‘lies and mistreatment’ following US official’s joy at team’s exit www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Iran hit out at ‘lies and mistreatment’ following US official’s joy at team’s exit
Iran’s football federation has accused the co-hosts of pedalling ‘lies’, saying they are ‘used to mistreatment’
theguardian.com