Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Really pleased to see a heartfelt and articulate rebuttal of Uta Frith's views on autism by the impressive Mary Doherty. In my opinion, late diagnosis is still autism, and we are not over diagnosing, we are just learning more about a very complex condition. 000
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Barbara Hepworth's geometric drawings that actually didn't follow strict geometric lines but nonetheless we're an expression of three dimensions in two - her own geometry. The woman was a genius... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 13/07/2026When your Frenchie stages a sit-in protest because you have the audacity to try and work... 040
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 09/07/2026When a crotchety lady novelist finds her perfect address... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My mother sent me a WhatsApp this morning claiming that she'd "been woken at 2am by a bath flying around the bedroom". Can only hope that she means bat...🤔 020
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Left the Frenchie at home and went to the RA Summer Exhibition yesterday, so it must officially be summer! So much to see there... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Sometimes I think we all just need a montage of homegrown turnip photos to raise our spirits and start the weekend on the right note...Shabbat Shalom everyone! 110
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Spending my weekend alternating between writing and standing up to my middle in the North Sea. I wish I could say it was mostly writing, but... 100
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 20/05/2026May so far has been roses, irises, honeysuckle, and my Frenchie suffering for fashion in her raincoat because it is so wet outside... 020
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 15/05/2026This Jewish girl spent this morning watching footage of King Charles visiting Golders Green, showing solidarity against anti-Semitism and recieving an enormous challah! Love it, and if there was a Challah emoji I would be using it right now... 000
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 01/05/2026In the wake of so much prejudice and violence, we do what we have always done, observe the rituals that have seen us through, and carry on quietly, calmly and with dignity. Shabbat Shalom everyone. 120
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I seem to be growing a French Bulldog in my raised bed, and my felt gargoyle is helping me out with my seedlings. All normal here, then! 020
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 13/04/2026#yomhashoah Remembering and honouring those that were lost to us. 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 13/04/2026When your seedlings take over your life, your thoughts and your table... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Hope everyone had a wonderful Autism Awareness/Acceptance Day yesterday. So many lovely messages, people sharing their experiences...and the obligatory piece in a right wing newspaper bemoaning increasing diagnosis rates and suggesting that people are "incentivised" to label themselves autistic. 000
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This Passover, I shall be mostly honouring the start of my people's journey out of slavery in Ancient Times by eating matzos...and also complaining constantly about how much I hate eating matzos. 110
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 27/03/2026On holiday in a beautiful cottage, I decided that the laundry cupboard was my happy place. I did some editing in there, beside the spare pillows and Christmas decs. Welcome to life as an autistic writer! 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Doing a spot of Mama & Baby outfit matching to liven up my day... 100
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 02/03/2026It's Jewish Book Week, so I am taking a second to think about all the wonderful Jewish writers who shaped my life and writing, from Judith Kerr onwards. Currently in my Anita Brookner phase of life... 130
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 11/02/2026'Some of the happiest moments of my life have been spent writing. As a writer you lead a thousand lives. As a writer you can become a person of any age whenever you want. You can make it rain or snow. I know it's the only kind of life that has ultimately made sense to me.' Norma Klein. 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 07/02/2026When your Frenchie has finished her hamburger and chips, and wants to get down from the table... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 31/01/2026What was the highlight of my little Paris trip? Wandering around sleep/nightmare/death themed artwork at the Musee Marmottan's excellent exhibition. I am a closet goth - who knew? 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I spent the day trying to think about something almost unthinkable, and mourning family members I never knew. 110
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Listen now! I was lucky to be invited by Andreia on her fabulous Neurodiverse Voices Podcast. We discussed my own experience of Autism, Autism in literature, Autism and Judaism, Autism and the future...all things Autism, basically! linktr.ee/neurodiversevoicesproject 021
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 11/01/2026A human, A Frenchie, A cuddly gargoyle with specs. The perfect book club is born! We are reading and loving Elsa Morante... 030
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 20/12/2025A trio of festive looks from Loretta as the festive season continues... 020
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 14/12/2025My thoughts were with the Bondi Beach attack victims as I lit my first candle of Chanukah this year. 130
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Writing Jewish jokes to go into my crackers right now.... 120
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 02/12/2025My episode of Write Club Podcast is now live! Chatting about the impact of a late autism diagnosis on my work, misunderstood protagonists, and there's a book recommendation from me too! Listen here: writersonline.substack.com/p/writing-as... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 30/11/2025How are Loretta the Frenchie and I spending our Sunday evening? In the best way: chatting to online book club Bookscape Books about witchy things, autistic things...all things Evie. Join the club at www.bookscapebooks.org 110
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I had an amazing experience at Maggie Hambling's War Requiem at the Snape Maltings today...unsettling and powerful and beautiful all at the same time. 020
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 14/11/2025When your Frenchie loves coffee-shop life more than you ever could... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 02/11/2025There are worse ways to spend a Sunday afternoon... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 31/10/2025From an autistic point of view, so many of us struggle to find and keep a job. For any group who face discrimination and face hurdles to employment, diversity and inclusion is a chance, not a "woke agenda". 020
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Just an autistic girl house sitting, then realising that she left her earphones behind, because despite the silence indoors, it is a different type of silence to the one she is used to... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 11/10/2025If anybody asks me whether I had a good time in Paris, this is what flashes through my mind. I mean, there were walks and museums and shopping and a concert, but, this.... 120
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 04/10/2025A poem for Shabbat from my Great Great Aunt, Nina Salaman. 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 02/10/2025As an English Jewish woman, whose family have lived in England for generations and loved living here, I am spending Yom Kippur - our holiest day - watching the news of a terrorist attack in a Manchester Synagogue unfold with absolute horror. 011
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Lovely to see my article in the Sylvia Townsend Warner newsletter...from Lolly Willowes to Evie Edelman, talking about female outsiders. 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025All the problems in the world that the US administration could and should solve...yet they choose to spread misinformation about "cures" for a vulnerable group of people. I think that Autistic people deserve better. 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The electrics tripped in my kitchen and sitting room today. So I just took my shortbread-making operation upstairs to my bedroom. Nothing gets between me and biscuits! 000
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 08/09/2025My favourite birthday gifts: some novel cover art related jewellery! 000
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Couldn't agree more with The National Autistic Society on this. Fear mongering, false claims and blatant disrespect towards autistic people should not be tolerated. 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Lovely homemade mulberry jam, plus the weird "scum pot" full of random stuff skimmed off the top. For every jam batch, there is a scum pot. There's a metaphor in there somewhere....😂 000
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I am heading to FolkEast this Friday: find me on the sofa in the Lit Tent at 1pm, in conversation with Ruth Leigh and Abbie Clements! Signings after. 120
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Thanks for having me on The Northern Connection Podcast! Link to listen to my chat about my novel, northern literature and female autism. Link below: linktr.ee/thenorthernc... 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I had a great time on my panel at the Northern Literary Festival this weekend, discussing witchcraft, neurodivergence and feminine power. Thanks to all who came! 💝 010
Harriett de Mesquita @autieharriett.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I went secondhand-vintage-kitsch and light with my summer reading this holiday...except for the Sagan, which I am assuming will be deeply philosophical and pack an emotional punch despite it's tiny size... 000