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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast

June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is a really smart way to update a news/investigative podcast: with more news and investigation! (Do start with Episode 1, though.) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...

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UPDATE - The woman on the balcony | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.6

Podcast Episode · Posh George: The criminal behind Farage | Times Investigates · S13, E6 Bonus · 31min

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I joined three other amazing writers and scholars responding to Rachel Karp's book The Lesbian Bar Chronicles in Signs' "Short Takes" series: signsjournal.org/rachel-karps... (I swear I don't hate bars!)

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Rachel Karp’s The Lesbian Bar Chronicles

Krista Burton, Ashley Green, Mairead Sullivan, and June Thomas discuss Rachel Karp’s book The Lesbian Bar Chonicles, plus a response from Karp herself.

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I wrote about Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, a Big Bang Theory spin-off that manages to maintain close ties to the progenitor show while going in a VERY different direction: slate.com/culture/2026...

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One of the Most Popular Sitcoms of All Time Has a Bizarre New Spin-Off. It’s Surprisingly Great.

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe really is something else (complimentary).

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A dream pairing of topic and author! This is all I know and all I shall know on this topic.

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I love living in a city where you have to get in a ticket queue the second they go onsale for the book festival. And now I know how the Swifties must feel--I got the last ticket for James Bailey's close read of The Driver's Seat. Now I've booked my tickets, everyone go buy some: www.edbookfest.co.uk

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Home | Edinburgh International Book Festival

2026 Book Festival: Sat 15 - Sun 30 AugustPublic on sale: 10am, Thu 25 June

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

a very special all-replacement edition Culture Gabfest, where @isaacbutler.bsky.social, @junethomas.bsky.social, and me talk the buzzy horror hit Obsession, the buzzy horror show Widow’s Bay, and a very silly controversy about a very important subject: children’s books.

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Is Obsession Too Mean or Not Mean Enough?

The indie phenom Obsession makes for a cruel rom-com sandwich on horror bread.

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Really looking forward to chatting with Lighthouse's Mairi tonight and celebrating Jane Cholmeley's amazing book--and the history of Silver Moon Bookshop. lighthousebookshop.com/events/queer...

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Lighthouse | Queer Women / Queer Spaces: An evening with JUNE THOMAS & JANE CHOLMELEY

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

New newsletter, on how the experience of publishing a book was different from my expectations! buttondown.com/WhereAre/arc...

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

If you're in Edinburgh on the evening of Wednesday, June 4, this event with Silver Moon's Jane Cholmeley and me, in the @Lighthousebks garden, will be a BLAST! lighthousebookshop.com/events/queer...

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Lighthouse | Queer Women / Queer Spaces: An evening with JUNE THOMAS & JANE CHOLMELEY

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

You know you're still connected to your old place of work when you see a story on the ToC, and you think, "Ooh, who has a pilot boyfriend?"

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The paperback edition of my book A PLACE OF OUR OWN: SIX SPACES THAT SHAPED QUEER WOMEN'S CULTURE will be available in the UK, Australia, etc., on June 5. Order now and get 25% off at the Virago store. Good through 11:59 on June 4! store.virago.co.uk/discount/PLA...

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A Place of Our Own

A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun' SARAH WATERS'A cracking read, a...

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It's such an honor to be nominated for a Publishing Triangle award, especially this one, since Judy Grahn is a hero of mine! Thank you, @publishingtriangle.bsky.social!

The list of nominees for the Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction.

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

For @glasgowbell.bsky.social, I wrote about Glasgow's @playpiepint.bsky.social, which produces more new plays than anywhere in Europe or North America--and serves a hell of a Scotch pie: www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-most...

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The most prolific theatre company in Europe? It’s on Byres Road

A play (and a pie, and a pint) is the thing

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I really enjoyed talking to Cassidy Hunt about my book, A PLACE OF OUR OWN. Check out the interview at Sinister Wisdom: sinisterwisdom.org/node/909

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Cassidy Hunt Interviews June Thomas | Sinister Wisdom

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story. manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...

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Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?

This week’s controversy can be traced back to a vicious online campaign that has terrified politicians – but struggled to substantiate its claims

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Dawn ☀️ 🏳️‍🌈 @sunshine183.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Loved this book! “A Place of Our Own” by June Thomas is a must read! Really appreciated her effort to be inclusive and discuss trans and non binary issues along with the problems lesbians had finding our own places to exist in.

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I had a lovely time chatting with Steve Metcalf and Dan Kois about Blitz, Get Millie Black, and influencer wars on this week's Culture Gabfest: slate.com/podcasts/cul...

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In Steve McQueen’s Blitz, We’re Going Underground, Going Underground

Debating McQueen’s latest.

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Really lovely piece from @danigaravelli.bsky.social in the @glasgowbell.bsky.social about the tricky financial and emotional consequences of living on the edges of Glasgow's city limits: www.glasgowbell.co.uk/should-glasg...

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Should Glasgow's suburbs subsidise the city?

Play in Pollok Park, work in town; pay tax in East Ren.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 29/11/2024

With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.

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June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I swear, a product that seems to be exactly like this one is heavily advertised on UK television, and every viewing takes me one step closely to vegetarianism.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A book lover’s paradise opens in Edinburgh, this Thursday, and you’re invited! The Radical Book Fair transforms Assembly Roxy into a flea market of ideas both on stage & off: book stalls share the space with community groups, cosy nooks to read & sofas for conversations with pals.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Matt Gaetz was recently investigated by the Department of Justice for the sex trafficking of a minor. Now Trump has nominated him to lead the agency, transforming it into a weapon of vengeance against his opponents. However bad you think this is—it's worse. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Matt Gaetz Would Destroy the Justice Department as Attorney General. That’s Just the Beginning.

The congressman’s main experience with the DOJ comes from being investigated for the sex trafficking of a minor.

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