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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Of the thousands of British slave traders identified in the register, some are household names: King James II, whose statue stands in Trafalgar Square; composer George Frideric Handel; philosopher John Locke; & architect Christopher Wren. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

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Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past

Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026

That time of year again. You close the curtains earlier each evening. You want something warm, nourishing. Wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk has got you. Make a nest on the sofa, pull the blankets around you, and settle down with 45 poems read by their authors. iamb.uk/index/wave/27

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wave twenty-seven | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear the poets of wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for autumn 2026 .

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Work w/ Sascha Akhtar this Autumn For over 2 decades, I've had people come up to me after a performance & ask me 'How did you do THAT?'i.e read in a way that emotes, expresses & connects. In this group we will enable you to get there too. Please join ASAP poetryschool.com/courses/sasc...

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Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar 2026/27 • Poetry School

Intimate monthly seminars with Sascha Akhtar on Zoom, diving into her specialist area of Decolonial, embodied performance Praxis.

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar 2026/27 • Poetry School

Intimate monthly seminars with Sascha Akhtar on Zoom, diving into her specialist area of Decolonial, embodied performance Praxis.

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Having Twitter nostalgia, where I first 'met' the good ship IAMB. Such an invaluable resource. So pleased to have been in Wave 3! www.iamb.uk/index/wave/3

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wave three | summer 2020 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear the poets of wave 3 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2020 .

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Andy Jackson @azjackson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think this is a very worthwhile poetry bursary, and if you know someone who might benefit from it, please do pass this on! @byleaveswelive.bsky.social www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/dymphna-burs...

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Dymphna Bursary (2026)

The Dymphna Bursary is awarded annually to a poet resident in Scotland who identifies as neurodivergent or has a learning disability

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Having Twitter nostalgia, where I first 'met' the good ship IAMB. Such an invaluable resource. So pleased to have been in Wave 3! www.iamb.uk/index/wave/3

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wave three | summer 2020 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear the poets of wave 3 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2020 .

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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sanctuary 🐈‍⬛🐈 🐄🐖🐓🐐🐄🐐 🐈 Robert Downey Jr. maintains an animal sanctuary on his Malibu property where he rescued and cares for alpacas, goats, pigs, chickens, cows, and cats. 🐈 Robert Downey Jr. Kindness to animals. #caturday #sanctuary

Robert Downey Jr. holding little kittens

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Ed Kwok @ed-kwok.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The size of the Boreal Forest in Canada.... it can't be raked....hot dry weather and changing winds from climate change have screwed everything up

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

‘“Why would you do that – visit cemeteries?” is a sentiment often expressed to me, voicing some kind of disgust at my fascination with cemeteries, as if I did something like, I don’t know, collect vomit.’ An interview with Mariana Enríquez: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-ma...

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Interview | Mariana Enríquez: Seven Questions - The London Magazine

Mariana Enríquez speaks to Konrad Muller about her fascination with cemeteries, necro-tourism, Buenos Aires as character and supernatural fiction.

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Latest writings of mine in Blackbox Manifold, U of Sheffield, Eds. Adam Piette "Ancient, sad, broken… disrupted. Fires. Fires, fires, everywhere! I have so many things in my head from the past, from the future; eschatology. Neuropathy." sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

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Blackbox Manifold - SaschaAkhtarBM34

Issue 34: Sascha Akhtar

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Sujeet Pillai @sujeetpillai.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In Cartesian France, oncology & burn units quietly refer patients to 'fire-tamers'—hand-healers—and 87% of believers report less pain. aeon.co/essays/who-a...

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Who are the ‘fire-taming’ healers of modern France? | Aeon Essays

From remote farmhouses to oncology clinics, a secret world of French healers works in parallel with conventional medicine

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Poet, author, mentor Sascha Aurora Akhtar interviewed by Seidr practitioner Andreas Kornevall on her WYRd connection to poetry #newpodcast #poets #Saschaauroraakhtar #seidr #londonpoet

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Leone Ross @leoneross.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b

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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project

Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Some info about the event I’m taking part in tomorrow evening for @walklistencreate.org and news on workshops - subscribe to find out more next week! lucyfurlong.substack.com/p/map-scramble

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Map Scramble

Let's Drift Again

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Aurore open.substack.com/pub/northern... Andreas Kornevall Seidr practitioner talks w/ Aurore about wyrd history with writing, channeling Latin, angelology, efficacy of 'creating language' as magixal praXis via Poetry. We also nerd out on Tolkein & creating portals

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Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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Issue 34: Sascha Akhtar

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Demonstrating my headstand reading stunt during a Q&A with @akhtarsascha.bsky.social about my book Fascist Yoga at the MayDay Rooms in London's Fleet Street last night.

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Demonstrating my headstand reading stunt during last night's Q&A with @akhtarsascha.bsky.social about my book Fascist Yoga at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social - similar upcoming events in Glasgow, Edinburgh & London listed here: www.stewarthome.co.uk/news.html

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I will be talking with @akhtarsascha.bsky.social at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social about my book Fascist Yoga & related matters this Saturday, July 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Tickets here: housmans.com/event/book-l...

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sky @iamspacegirl.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Be the scrabbling you want to hear in the walls

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