Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026‘The Country Schoolmaster’ - Kate Grenville #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026‘The Fever of the World’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #borrowbox 020
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026‘The Calamity Club’ - Kathryn Stockett #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026‘All of a Winter’s Night’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #borrowbox 020
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026‘The Things We Never Say’ - Elizabeth Strout #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026‘The Extraordinary Florence Stoker’ - Karen Brooks #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026‘Friends of the Dusk’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #borrowbox 030
Reposted by Kate ConnollyDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18672083000
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026‘The Magus of Hay’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #borrowbox 031
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026‘The Secrets of Pain’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #audible 030
Reposted by Kate ConnollyNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...nicolakelly.substack.comThe RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroesI have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like. 341523492
Reposted by Kate ConnollyTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 17/09/2026These people are the worst people in Britain. They beat their wives and girlfriends, they have to have their children taken away from them, they divide communities and burn refuges, they're mass vandals, and now they shut-down first responders. Just utter scum. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comLifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right actionRNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel 17220
Reposted by Kate ConnollyDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The government can fix this “problem” by allowing mist asylum seekers to work and pay for housing and rapidly processing claims instead of kicking them into the long grass to abuse them 17012
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026‘To Dream of the Dead’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #borrowbox 020
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026‘Woodspring’ - Elizabeth Buchan #sharingmyreading2026 #applebooks 000
Reposted by Kate ConnollyJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Banned: Macklemore's powerful statement deserves reading. www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2H... 411227486
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026‘The Fabric of Sin’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmyreading2026 #audible 020
Reposted by Kate ConnollySarah Hilary @sarahhilary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you're not a scumbag and you'd like to show your support to the RNLI, here is the donation page: rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 032
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026‘Our Noble Selves’ - Kate Atkinson #sharingmyreading2026 010
Reposted by Kate ConnollyIlikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives 621934870
Reposted by Kate ConnollyMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026NEW | On a shocking interview… ANALYSING JUSTIN WEBB’S INTERVIEW WITH ED MILIBAND ABOUT SANCTIONS ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS On the absence of balance in an encounter where the Foreign Secretary’s Jewishness was called into question. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/analysing-...brokenbottleboy.substack.comAnalysing Justin Webb’s interview with Ed Miliband about sanctions on Israeli settlementsOn the absence of balance in an encounter where the Foreign Secretary’s Jewishness was called into question. 15238121
Reposted by Kate ConnollySunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 17657417
Reposted by Kate ConnollyLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us. 503670960
Reposted by Kate ConnollyHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵 17744463
Reposted by Kate ConnollyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026No, you can’t. The line on immigration is exactly what fuels the fascists. The line is ‘immigrants are bad’. That’s a fascist line. 161078211
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026‘The Remains of an Altar’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #borrowbox 030
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026‘Heaven, My Home’ - Attica Locke #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Reposted by Kate ConnollyAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Thank you @gilltav.bsky.social for reminding us all of the Police response in 2021 👇 when some 40 environmental activists of Insulate Britain blocked the Port of Dover: 39 arrests. Compare that to yesterday when 200-400 fascist paramilitaries intimidated Dover town and blocked the Port: 0 arrests.bbc.comPort of Dover: Arrests made as Insulate Britain blocks portQueues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25. 10370235
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026‘Bluebird Bluebird’ - Attica Locke #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Reposted by Kate ConnollyIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026As we know from the asylum seeker hotel riots, for many far-right men, hitting women is a vocation. 284
Reposted by Kate ConnollyDr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns 522038941
Reposted by Kate Connollyonlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25. 3729791280
Reposted by Kate ConnollySarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Gerard McCarthy's response to Maureen Lipman is so fucking good 281481530
Reposted by Kate ConnollyChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 46694613996
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026‘The Smile of a Ghost’ - Phil Rickman #sharingmylistening2026 #borrowbox 010
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026‘The Night Stairs’ - Erin Kelly #sharingmyreading2026 #applebooks 000
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026‘The Quiet Girls’ - Dorothy Koomson #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Reposted by Kate ConnollyNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 30/08/2026While I think any kind of pushback against the whole "Don't allow trans women to register as women in ParkRun" is good, I think it should be less "It's not even a competitive race" and more "No, fuck off, you mad bastards". Whether it's competitive or not isn't the point. 39116
Reposted by Kate ConnollyDanielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Really not enjoying how both left and right are coming up with “solutions” to problems caused by insufficient state funding that essentially involve bringing back indentured servitude. 1579
Reposted by Kate ConnollyAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Labour is boasting: "This week Sainsbury’s have launched a major new 'Modern Work Experience Programme' to create 10,000 new opportunities for young people" Meanwhile, Sainsbury's has announced it will cut over 3,000 jobs (around 2% of their current workforce) This isn't something to celebrate 55627
Reposted by Kate ConnollyProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sign our petition to Angela Rayner for a moratorium on AI data centres: protectthewild.org.uk/no-to-data-c...protectthewild.org.ukNo to data centres, yes to wildlife! - Protect the WildNo to AI data centres, yes to wildlife! 707 people have taken action so far. Help us reach 100000 First name Last name Email Phone Subject Letter Dear Secretary of State Angela Rayner, I am writing… 11110
Reposted by Kate ConnollyProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The hyperscale AI data centre that ILI Group wants to build in Auchertool, near Edinburgh, will be the second biggest in the world. Primarily built on farmland, the project will be devastating for wildlife as well as local communities. Locals have raised more than 1600 objections. 33625
Kate Connolly @bagathacat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026‘Silver Sparrow’ - Tayari Jones #sharingmyreading2026 #borrowbox 000
Reposted by Kate ConnollyAida @aidap.bsky.social · 28/08/20261/ Ok, let's talk about the 10,000 "work experience opportunities" Burnham announced at a Sainsbury's this week. Not because entry-level work is bad. I did retail. People take those jobs, learn things, earn money and move on. But that's precisely the point: jobs pay you. 🧵theguardian.comUK politics: Burnham announces plan for 10,000 work experience placements for young people – as it happenedPrime minister spoke to press while on visit to a Sainsbury’s supermarket in London this morning 15216
Reposted by Kate ConnollyTyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable. 51173706424
Reposted by Kate ConnollyLiz @stayathomecommie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RIP to two of the best to ever do it 1979083216
Reposted by Kate ConnollyMicah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026the famous line about how michael caine treated the muppets as fellow actors and tim curry treated himself as a fellow muppet keeps running through my head we have a lot of brilliant actors, but how many of them can really pull off 'unhinged muppet' the way curry could? what a tremendous lossstatic.klipy.comTim Curry Laughing as Pirate CaptainAlt: Tim Curry as Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island laughing 2465841441
Reposted by Kate ConnollyGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history. 50107322683
Reposted by Kate ConnollyBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026On the very day Sam published this, one of the most empathetic people of the last century died. And the response among every side of the political spectrum to her death suggests to me that empathy still has some miles left in it. 5630112
