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julia kelly

@juliakellywriter.bsky.social

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Writer and dawdler The Fisherman's Gift 2025 A Different Life 2027 UK Harvill Books, Penguin Vintage; US Simon and Schuster

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julia kelly @juliakellywriter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Read it and weep. So many children let down. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

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When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong

The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Feeling old & tired & I think maybe it’s time to move to a cul-de-sac & get into busybodying: some low stakes peering & meddling, a bit of light stickybeaking & curtain twitching. In my Mrs Mangelmaxing & Martin Brycecore era - moridund petty little cheese & wine affairs, knitwear & fussbudgetry

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julia kelly @juliakellywriter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Erasures from Institutionalism and Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study of Three Mental Hospitals 1960-1968, G. W. Brown J. K Wing

A book page with most text obscured by Tippex, what remains forms a poem which reads
mute or almost mute
Said a few words,
was usually silent
Never WasNormal
Showed no interest in anything.
very little interest, but could be persuaded
for a while
(once a day or more often)
some person, destroyed
at night, or
during the day,
at least once

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julia kelly @juliakellywriter.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Cast member displays Palestinian flag at end of Royal Opera House performance

Flag held up during curtain call for Il Trovatore, with attempts to remove it allegedly resisted

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julia kelly @juliakellywriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🤣🤣

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

As a child, when I first heard about the Speaking Clock I assumed it was a person with a really good internal chronometer who was just shut in a room with a telephone and had to estimate the time whenever someone rang

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julia kelly @juliakellywriter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

This is my kind of news🍯 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Bears eat week’s worth of honey after escape from Devon enclosure

Five-year-old Mish and Lucy get their paws on some snacks before being safely contained at Wildwood Devon

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julia kelly @juliakellywriter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

How to be a writer: First, plant the tree on which the leaves of your book will be printed. Next, hatch the bird from whose quill your ink will flow. Water the tree. Feed the bird. Learn the patience of things that grow and the joy of things that sing. Make tea: you've got time.

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🧵TW: PIP & Mental Health My new FOI further exposes the 4+ rule’s cruel impact on mental health. 1 in 3 MH claimants will be cut off, including those with the most severe disability. It shows a system built to erase cumulative + fluctuating need. #TakingThePip #WelfareNotWarfare

Official DWP Freedom of Information response letter dated May 15, 2025, to Jay Watts regarding PIP claimants with mental health conditions. The document reveals that as of January 2025, there were 357,570 people receiving standard rate PIP daily living component and 878,800 receiving enhanced rate, all with primary mental health conditions.

Key findings include detailed tables showing the percentage of claimants scoring below 4 points in each of 10 daily living activities. For standard rate claimants, 95-100% scored below 4 points in most activities, with 81% (291,390 people) failing to meet a proposed 4-point minimum threshold across all activities. For enhanced rate claimants, percentages varied more widely (21-99% depending on activity), with only 9% (75,230 people) failing the proposed threshold.
The response includes a breakdown by specific mental health subcategories for enhanced rate claimants, showing mixed anxiety and depressive disorders had the highest numbers (36,760 people) not meeting the threshold. The document includes standard government disclaimers about data rounding, methodology, and appeal rights under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Who will rid me of this -

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages... 8. Little walnut (Bulgarian) 7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese) 6. Thumbling (Finnish) 5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish) 4. Fence-master (Hebrew) 3. Druid bird (Irish) 2. Mouse-brother (Faroese) 1. Little king of winter (Dutch)

Photo of a tubby little wren (what I like to call a "little dumpling birb") perched on an icy branch, taken by Jeff Cohen

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Gabrielle Griffiths @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Brat summer is over, time for bog spring

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julia kelly @juliakellywriter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

🤣🤣

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