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Gareth Davies

@coachingintheround.co.uk
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Therapeutic coach, counsellor, writer and generally queer at large in North East England

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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 06/09/2026
www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge... yup, still writing...
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People have a strange way of looking at stars | Write Out Loud
A blog entry called 'People have a strange way of looking at stars' by gareth davies
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 23/06/2026
#Lurch hated the walk to the lounge bar, the Shadows between each table, the Mixture of glasses and the fear his Outsize feet would catch a chairleg or a Handbag strap hanging down. There were no handbags to be seen in the Straightglass world of the public bar, Lurch could Stand tall there. #vss365
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Hannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I have a poem published today by Militant Thistles. Thanks so much to the editor, Alan Morrison for contacting me to request the poem: www.militantthistles.com/hannah-linden/
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Hannah Linden – Militant Thistles
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 25/03/2026
In the #tempest blowing from the right I picture Prospero adrift On the rotten carcass of democracy Swearing off the promise of soulless Psephology & trusting in the Future, in people who neither know nor Recognise me, who I trust will do their best And remake whichever island I alight upon. #vss365
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 12/01/2026
Love this wonderful article about a missing moment in art history www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent ...
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 10/01/2026
One of my many regrets is the lack of community newspapers in the area I live in - little glimpses of activity like this make me smile
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 10/01/2026
#vss365 #unmissable Through the windscreen her Smiling but fearful face, an Unintended rebuttal of the Unfathomable anger and Bitter politics that drove him to carry a gun and take a Salary to undermine the Lives and rights of others was #Unmissable when he squeezed the trigger #itsallpolitical
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 10/01/2026
#vss365 #delivery The spin doctor addressed the caucus of Client journalists supine in their Joyful submission and waved a wad of copy. "It's all about #delivery" and like the paperboy I used to be I wondered about unpainted impoverished doors that the delivery men walked past. #itsalwayspolitical
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 10/01/2026
I was lucky enough to be at the online launch of this terrific book last night & was struck by how much context is everything. In the week that a GSRD woman was killed by the new stormtroopers of the American regime a book that might otherwise have been a celebratio looks like part of the fightback.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 05/01/2026
Yup, its cold outside, it snowed more overnight but as ever the dawn brings promises of better to come...
A snowy field, with houses to the right and a dockyard in the distance, with the sun rising through leaden clouds.
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Karen (they/them) @karenpollock.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
counsellinginnorthumberland.com/2026/01/01/b... Happy New Year and Happy New book! #writing #books #queerbooks #queertheory
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Beyond the Shadows – Celebrating the launch of Gender, Sex and Relationship Diverse Therapy; Theory and Practice
I am thrilled to announce the publication of the new Routledge collection, Gender, Sex, and Relationship Diverse Therapy: Theory and Practice. edited by Dominic Davies, Silva Neves, and Antonio Pru…
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Karen (they/them) @karenpollock.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The book launch for Gender Sex Relationship diversity in theory and practice will be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and for allies to learn more about this groundbreaking book! Jan 9th and its free! #books #lgbtq #lgbttherapy #gsrdtherapy #therapistsconnect www.outsavvy.com/mysavvy/myti...
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Karen (they/them) @karenpollock.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
as therapists it is imperative we dont work with issues that are unresolved for us - for example if we are grieving a loved one we shouldn't be doing grief work. A family therapist who cant see that no contact is a valid choice cannot ethically do family therapy
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Bishop's Close Street, Spennymoor, County Durham, painting by Norman Cornish, 1919-2014 (Darlington Library).
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Tom Bombadil is a Devine manifestation of ADHD and his ability to forget the yellow boots he is currently wearing is the source of his freedom from the power of the ring, in this essay I will…
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Karen (they/them) @karenpollock.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
open.spotify.com/episode/75JW... a quick seasonal episode #Bilbo #lotr #tolkien #merrychristmas
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I sit beside the fire and think!
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Causeway Pride @causewaypride.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Are you lgbtqia+ and spending this Christmas alone or with unsupportive family?

Join us for an online Christmas day hangout from 2pm

Dm the page or contact joinus@causewaypride.co.uk
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 14/12/2025
#vss365 Never #monotonous The cycle of the year Set out in hymns, collects The prescribed readings Mapped to days defined by their Relationship to calendars Constructed of particular histories. Since my faith deserted me I miss the Certainties that lurked in the appendices of the prayer book.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 12/12/2025
#vss365 Walk the Quayside with me Stare through the entry barriers at the stairs Running up to the town Locked and barred against #illicit uses Leaving only the ghosts of smugglers, sailors Waterfront traders and a Younger version of me Who made their bargains there.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 10/12/2025
#vss365 #soliloquy From your Kindle cover I cannot tell if you are reading a #Soliloquy or a Shopping and fucking novel. Sad that others might not be comforted by the cover of Ragged Trousered Philanthropists or Rubyfruit Jungle on the morning train.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The only person to come out of the SPeggie/NHS tribunal vindicated and with a completely untarnished reputation is Dr Beth Upton. Not SPeggie, Not the NHS management, Not Four Women Scotland, Not the media, Just Dr Upton.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 05/12/2025
Go Not to The Elves for Counsel got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped. www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
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My Top Podcast of 2025
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Karen (they/them) @karenpollock.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-corys... This fabulous young poet is fundraising for top surgery - pls share/donate
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Donate to fund Cory’s top surgery, organized by hannah reid
Hi, I’m Reid and I’m raising funds for my boyfriend’s top surgery. “Hiya! I'm Cory, a 21-year… hannah reid needs your support for fund Cory’s top surgery
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 15/11/2025
#vss365 The promise of #transport to a Small town boy hoping a Furtive escape might end in delight Denies the reality that Wherever we are the Vehicle is a tool, not the Purpose, even as I settle on a winters day to Fettle the much loved hack for salt stained roads. #poetry
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 14/11/2025
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-j…
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 15/11/2025
"A necrophiliac politics arises. Society is no longer centred around collective life that involves the individual, but rather becomes a data problem. Moreover, the individual's experience of politics is shaped by their personal feeds..."
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 14/11/2025
There's a clear trail from Peter Mandelson, through Derek Draper and Damian Mcbride, to Damian Cummings and now Morgan McSweeney, of people who sought power and influence but instead became exemplars of malignant practice within or adjacent to government. We need to reconsider how government works.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 12/11/2025
Looking towards Twm Barlwm from the north facing windows of class U11 Was I the only one tempted to weave a #myth Connecting Bran the Blessed with something, Anything less ordinary than a Bored teacher, and some half understood history he decried in monotones? I tried, dear reader, I tried. #vss365
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 12/11/2025
Instead of following the tripe about whether #WesStreeting is on manouvres, read this important Guardian article about some of the people whose rights have been consistently ignored and over-ridden by the capture of the political establishment by #transphobia www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 10/11/2025
#vss365 Read the #literature of the time, she said The books that told the stories of the Mundane untruths, the Everyday corruption that Leached away the Values we lost between the Masquerades that replaced political debate. Then quietly she whispered Read and spread the word. I tried mam, I tried.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 01/11/2025
They were soaking fruit in a bowl Ready for a seasonal ceremony while in my head Plans were made to take Manhattan. Concrete towers oppose Hedgerows rich with berries and nature Demands stories that explain our lives. #poetry
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 01/11/2025
I wanted to know, aged eight, About what was busy about #business and how it Differed from work, why Business required suits but Work required overalls but Dad was too tired to explain and Already a little deaf from the noise in the Workshop. Noone ever went deaf in business. #poetry #vss365
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 28/10/2025
Why would a therapeutic coach be reviewing a film about Bruce Springsteen? Read my thoughts on Deliver Me From Nowhere here coachingintheround.co.uk/f/deliver-me...
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Deliver Me From Nowhere
Why would you want to listen to a therapeutic coach talking about a film about a record? Good question. The answer is that at heart, Deliver Me From Nowhere is a film about mental health. Men’s mental...
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 21/10/2025
An interesting poll, but could do with some context as in 'How much do the public understand about what goes on inside gambling establishments on the high street?' and 'Do you know what aa fobtee is and how much money it can take per hour from desperate gamblers?'
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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 14/10/2025
Read my two letters to the #UK: 1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly. 2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches 👇#HumanRights www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 11/10/2025
English democracy relies on local councillors. So why are so many facing the axe? Living as I do in a county that went through this process 18 years ago, I can only wonder why Polly didn't come out with these arguments then... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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English democracy relies on local councillors. So why are so many facing the axe? | Polly Toynbee
Government plans to merge councils may not save money, and do nothing to solve the very real problems they face, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 11/10/2025
One of the Corbinista's inner circle popped up in my feed last night criticizing this action because the issues are "complex". Or to put it another way, senior Corbinista's think their coalition will benefit more from appeasing transphobes than from defending human rights.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 11/10/2025
Autumn is the best season for dog walking in the urban woodlands around the reclaimed colliery site where I walk the dog 🐕 #Blyth
A view of golden sunlight through cramped and crowded trees
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2025
People claim London crime is rising because it suits them, Met commander says
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People claim London crime is rising because it suits them, Met commander says
Nigel Farage and right-wing commentators seek to portray capital as ‘lawless’ despite evidence to the contrary Claims that London is becoming more dangerous despite the crime figures indicating otherwise are being made because it suits some people, a senior police commander has said. The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, and right-wing commentators have increasingly sought to portray the capital as a “lawless” city from which high net-worth individuals are fleeing. Continue reading...
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 05/10/2025
This article rang a bell with me - I didn't tell my dad I'd left the Labour Party and even at his funeral I felt a deep sadness about the loss of that shared relationship and talked to the present and former MPs about the party as if I still had a stake in it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Some people have a choice about whether or not to vote Labour. I wish I did too | Polly Hudson
I’m disillusioned with Keir Starmer’s government. But my late father’s passion for his political career makes it difficult to imagine putting my cross in another box, writes Polly Hudson
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 04/10/2025
So excited to be gearing up to speak at #Euromoot2025 this afternoon signumuniversity.org/event/euromo...
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2025.10.03-05 Euro Moot, 3-5 October, 2025 - Signum University
Land of Dragons: How Myth Shapes Our Reality Signum University invites you to join us from 3-5 October for Euro Moot 2025. This hybrid event will occur at the Pafiliwn Grange Pavilion in Cardiff, Wale...
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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 29/09/2025
As US nuclear weapons return to Britain, we re-affirm the commitment to nuclear disarmament rooted in our faith. We join hundreds of groups in calling for measures to prevent nuclear war, and redirect military spending to peacekeeping, climate action, and meeting human needs.
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Quakers join global call for nuclear disarmament
On International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Quakers in Britain joined more than 275 organisations in urging governments to take bold action towards disarmament.
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 28/09/2025
I thought of my short denim jacket, One size too small teeshirts, Shrink fitted 501s as the #Escutcheon of the tribe I Wished to join, the Family that might Embrace me but instead, I felt less real, less Authentic as if Cosplaying some medieval Fantasy of masculinity. I wish I'd known. #vss365
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 27/09/2025
This #nightmare Was not a grey horse Calling at the door to Enforce and reinforce community But the absence of any Sense of belonging that helped me understand the #MariLwyd and my fear that we have lost our way #vss365
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Youth unemployment, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981, photo by Tish Murtha.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
English Roundabouts
 
They’re making the roundabouts great again 
by painting the flag of St George
to keep our circular road systems safe
from the dark, satanic hordes.

What do they want? Patriotic junctions!
When do they want them? Before it’s too late.
Good old-fashioned English roundabouts,
as decreed by Alfred the Great.

Behold the sacred intersection,
this blessed plot, this septic isle.
English roundabouts for English people,
draped in red and white and bile. 

St George is cross, as well he may be –
whipped-up hate, he’s seen before.
Give way to the right, the road signs rage,
and the far right most of all.

Brian Bilston
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 15/09/2025
This beautiful and elegaic memory of Ricky Hatton is a plangent reminder that the death toll of boxing is often heard a long way from the bright lights and the ring www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
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Unforgettable Ricky Hatton turned boxing into a spectacle for his vast army of fans
The ‘Hitman’ was extraordinary in his fleeting prime with his career bringing adoration and the demons of fame
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 13/09/2025
OK I confess - when I invoked Peter Mandelson's past in trying to understand Angela Rayners troubles I didn't expect Peter M to come back centre stage, demanding friends hold his beer as he shows Rayner how this kind of fuck up is really done
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two men wearing monkey masks are standing next to each other and one says hold my beer
Alt: two men wearing monkey masks are standing next to each other and one says hold my beer
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Gareth Davies @coachingintheround.co.uk · 13/09/2025
Look what the postman brought - a great book whose title I've pinched for my talk at #Euromoot in three weeks time when I try to mash up #Tolkien #Dragons and #Welshness
Close up pic of the cover of 'The Dragon Has Two Tongues' by Glyn Jones
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