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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Our history. We keep marching on 💚 #CableStreet90 #TheyShallNotPass

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

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"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

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OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The new YouTube channel from the English and Creative Writing department at The OU is now live! www.youtube.com/@OULiterature It hosts videos from 're: reading – The OU Literature Podcast'. We post a new podcast episode on the first of the month - videos go on YouTube mid-month. Please share!

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OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

'Red Mona', a poem by our colleague Prof Siobhan Campbell has won first prize at Kenmare Arts Festival's Poets meet Painters comp!! The poem responds to John McNulty's work, 'Circus Tractor'. Tickets for the launch event on 8 Aug at Carnegie Arts Centre: www.kenmareartsfestival.com/poets-meet-p...

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Debbie Parker Kinch @debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention, a vital international agreement protecting the rights of refugees. Lord Dubs’s story is an inspiring and salutary one. www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/support-us/c...

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Britain Saved My Life - Refugee Council

For 75 years, the Refugee Convention has protected people fleeing war and persecution. Explore lives transformed by safety in Britain.

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The EA, the Institute of English Studies, & University English are holding an online #emergency summit for all English colleagues to address the proliferation of redundancies, restructurings, other significant challenges to our & cognate disciplines across the sector. 👇🏼 mailchi.mp/1b1ef2d5a8a3...

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Emergency Action On… the Situation for English (10:00 - 12:00, 16 July 2026)

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

'Amid this noise, one party stands apart: the Greens. “Our philosophical position is that education is a public good,” Natalie Bennett, former leader of the party, told Times Higher Education.' 1/3

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Marketised model ‘clearly coming to an end’, says ex-Greens leader

Natalie Bennett insists resurgent environmental party remains committed to free tuition, and building a system where universities are no longer ‘places of fear’

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is cultural suicide and intellectual vandalism. In an era where humanities-illiterate tech bros have unearned god-like powers, we need historians, philosophers, ethicists, classicists more than ever.

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University English @univeng.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This week, Andy Burnham – an English graduate with a love of poetry – stepped closer to becoming Prime Minister. Andy’s remarkable journey embodies the central message of the #EnglishCreates campaign: this subject has the potential to enrich lives, open up opportunities, and shape the future.

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Debbie Parker Kinch @debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Please sign - the threat to HE, and the Humanities in particular, is a national scandal. c.org/B5pxP2qL6V

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

To our trans communities: we see you and we value you. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Curious from the Guardian. I didn't "warn the party" - it wasn't a party meeting! I said progressives needed to separate those thinking about voting Reform from the Reform leadership. I didn't say we "need to seek to understand" - pretty clear it's about inequality. Other than that - perfect!

Green leaders warn party it must listen to reform voters concerns to confront inequality.

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University English @univeng.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#EnglishCreates: Futures We’re delighted to welcome Dr Richard Jones (Open University) as this month’s curator. His first post explores the topic of ‘lifelong learning’ in English - how reading enriches our sense of time and self. Read more: universityenglish.ac.uk/lifelong-lea...

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Debbie Parker Kinch @debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Everone who teaches Arts and Humanities in HE is horrified by these cuts. It is vital that students across the country can access this kind of education. Please sign. c.org/PNWstBPzP8

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

BREAKING: Labour has lost Lewisham council to the Green Party after holding it for 55 years

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 08/05/2026

BREAKING: Second Ever Green Mayor Win 🎉 Liam Shrivastava has been elected Mayor of Lewisham – huge congratulations!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Absolutely phenomenal result! Liam has run a powerhouse, community driven campaign. And he's going to be a brilliant Mayor for Lewisham. Lets go! 💚🥳

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sir David Attenborough inspired generations of wildlife researchers and presenters, but who inspired him? Step forward diminutive, dismissed but indomitable Evelyn Cheesman, whose books about the natural world inspired the young David Attenborough. But not for her well-resourced expeditions.../1

Portrait of Evelyn Cheesman, 1924, before her first expedition to the south Pacific, in her role as curator of insects at London Zoo

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Debbie Parker Kinch @debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I’m delighted to be running a virtual writing retreat for @srhe.bsky.social this Friday, 1 May 2026, 10:00-12:45 BST. Details at srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ.... Places still available and free to SRHE members!

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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Half a million strong. Together. The biggest march against the far-right in British history.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Half a million people standing against the far right. Half a million people who care about each other and our communities. Half a million people ready to make hope normal again.

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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Join us: 28 March, Park Lane, 12pm togetheralliance.org.uk

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The background shows a concrete wall under a bridge or overpass, covered in graffiti and a row of black and white posters that mirror the message in the text box. The posters say "AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT" and include the date, time, and location: "28 MARCH 12PM PARK LANE, LONDON." A traffic cone is visible in the lower-left corner.

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OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

This Monday novelist Kit de Waal will be talking to our colleague Dan Taylor about working class writers and the class ceiling, part of our series, Borders in Literature, with @mklitfest.bsky.social 16 Mar, 7pm, Zoom. Tickets (free): bit.ly/mklfdewaal #classceiling #workingclasswriters #literature

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Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Female Agency is here in paperback! Agency is relational, so why not relate to a lighter and less expensive set of chapters about it: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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Dan @fraternalwriter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

VC B'ham Uni fails to spot over half a century of open access at @openuniversity.bsky.social. Claims students without A levels 'are not really capable of graduating'. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels

Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It’s time to believe in the power of people. Join @amnestyuk.bsky.social and our coalition representing 7 million people to march against the far right on 28 March. All are welcome. #together #28march

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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Unity is stronger than division. That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right. #Together we show where this country really stands. Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk

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Tony Frobisher @ateafilledpoet.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Ah well. Gay Jewish Green Party leader spearheads campaign championing working people of all backgrounds, enabling a working class female plumber to become MP for an ethnically diverse constituency, with a large Muslim population. Sectarianism eh? I suppose the Greens covered almost every sector. 💚

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social, I have enjoyed our exchange of letters about which of our parties is best placed to stop Reform. Hannah Spencer MP and I trust that you agree that this question has now been resolved once and for all. Thanks, Zack Polanski

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/02/2026

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

INTRODUCING!

Hannah Spencer

The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON

Green Party

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I'm honoured to be shortlisted for a Scope Award, alongside some amazing disability advocates and changemakers! 🎉 I'm very lucky to have worked with some amazing people at @openuniversity.bsky.social who have been open to new ways of teaching and learning. 💖 www.scope.org.uk/awards/scope...

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024. Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...

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Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation

We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.

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‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

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Debbie Parker Kinch @debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is a very useful thread. The government is touting this training as ‘the most ambitious training scheme since the launch of the Open University in 1971’. Which is insulting to the OU, quite frankly.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity @smitfcharity.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

People experiencing homelessness were given £2,000 with no conditions through the Personal Grants Project. Early findings show the money went on rent deposits, furniture, courses and childcare. We’re proud to be funding this UK-first trial with CHI. Read more: loom.ly/ufqFIqg

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Homeless people were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened

A new trial gave homeless people £2,000 to spend however they choose. What they spent the money on may surprise you.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.” Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me. So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society

Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground. Wonderful!

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Anna Aslanyan @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

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Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line

On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...

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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our statement on the government’s abhorrent plans for people seeking safety. Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.

Politicians are tearing Britain apart. Instead of fixing our NHS, making housing affordable and reducing wealth inequality they are rolling out the red carpet for the far right.
This racist package of hostility against people seeking safety will further divide our communities and create a two-tier society divided into people who are told they belong, and those who are told they don’t.
Survivors of war, persecution and torture can’t properly rebuild their lives and feel settled in our communities with the constant threat of deportation looming over them.
Deterrence policies like these may be a great distraction for a government worried about next week’s budget and wracked by political infighting, but they won’t stop Channel crossings nor build inclusive, thriving communities.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk

Mahmood furious over asylum seeker taxi bills.

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Mike Collins - Chair British Association for American Studies @baaschair.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign. c.org/26qjPmffNy

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SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

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