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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 16h

😂 Just wish the speeches had been snappier... the drums were so great! Anyway, Nelson's there now, that's the thing.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That rainstorm was crazy 😂😂

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I like her most tho cos she was a good hater. She really disliked Tony Benn & George Galloway 😅. She used to joke that her memoirs would be called "Shits I Have Known" and once teased Roy Hattersley: "There are two chapters on you." Class.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Janey's home in Partick was crammed with books, political pamphlets (some dating from the 17th century) & records. She loved music & helped musicians like Archie & Ray Fisher, Euan MacColl, Martin Carthy, Jeannie Robertson, Jimmy McBeath & Woody Guthrie's sidekick Cisco Houston.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A huge anti-apartheid campaigner, she gifted toys fashioned by Mandela to Nuremberg's international toy museum. Mandela had created similar toys from scrap during his 27-year incarceration on Robben Island & he made these with Soweto pupils' help after his release. Aww. /2

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The new statue of Nelson Mandela is going up today in Glasgow. I'm excited to see it. But let's also remember Mandela's great friend, Glasgow MEP Janey Buchan who campaigned for his release. Janey was a legend. She started out communist but switched to Labour in the 50s. /1

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Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet) @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

all the things I meant to do - falling leaves originally published in Issue 3:4 of Blithe Spirit, the journal of the British Haiku Society

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm excited for later this month - I'm attending this event about how to build a more Feminist Nation. Tix here if you'd like to join. All welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-acces...?

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Open Access Week Book Discussion: Building a Feminist Nation

A new chapter for 'Feminist Librarianship' as we welcome Scottish Universities Press to chat about their groundbreaking new title.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Otomi embroidery is a traditional Mexican embroidery style known as "Tenangos", featuring vibrant colors, and unique floral and animal designs #WomensArt

Colourful embroidery with birds, animaks and plants against a white background

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The kids using “Brexit” and “AI” as insults makes me think the kids are pretty great, actually

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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am going to hunt down this brewery and buy every can 😎

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fun and games at Wigtown Book Festival yesterday. 🎉

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John Breslin @cloud.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Arya Satheesh, an 18-year-old student from Letterkenny in County Donegal, Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/t...

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This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades

Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had fun last night at Central Library doing a sneaky wee pre-event for Edin Women's Fiction Fest. The fest programme is here: www.edwomensficfest.co.uk/our-panels & there's an ask. Pls make a wee donation cos they have match-funding & every fiver counts. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/recording-... Thanks!

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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The window for action is narrowing, and delayed or poorly designed restoration will increase long-term costs, exacerbate inequalities and risk locking landscapes into unsustainable trajectories." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests

Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Autumn book festival season kicked off yesterday in Irvine. www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...

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Gothiron @gothiron.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And this was this week's glorious read. Library hold notification in on Monday, finished last night - a gleaming bit of writing. And now it travels back to it's home library after a jaunt to me. @sarasheridan.bsky.social

A luxurious covered book of entwined leaves flowers and a crown. The Jewell Keepers

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Aww thank you - I'm so glad you enjoyed her. X

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tidelines bookfest here I come ...

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Rights Of The Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake. #books #reading #literacy #edchat #English #language

The Rights Of The Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
1. The right not to read.
2. The right to skip.
3. The right not to finish a book.
4. The right to read it again.
5. The right to read anything.
6. The right to mistake a book for real life.
7. The right to read anywhere.
8. The right to dip in.
9. The right to read out loud.
10. The right to be quiet.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

HISTORIANS CONFIRM GRAVITY. Seriously even NPR can’t be bothered to be educated about the now-decades state of knowledge never mind what historians can do v science.

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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My own small contribution to the Ed Sheeran controversy. This, from 2022:

BBC: Ed Sheeran Cardiff concert causes major delays on M4
Me: In which direction?

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Do this folks. It takes two minutes to put in a complaint about Farage on GB News to Ofcom

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Studio development for the ballet adaptation of my novel, The Ice Maiden. The skinny here: www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...

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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I 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...

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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes

I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.

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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 17/09/2026

@sarasheridan.bsky.social has actually been on my podcast! youtu.be/A8_UPplO-HI?... Oh, speaking of - I have an archaeology playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... (only three videos so far, but let me know if you or @prehistorian.bsky.social would like to help grow it by joining me for a chat!)

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Sara Sheridan on Maria Graham and creative memorialization

YouTube video by Infinite Women

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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Edinburgh Libraries @edinburghlibraries.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival taster sessions are coming to Central Library on Tues 29 Sept 3pm - writing workshop with Angela Jackson 4.45pm – author talk with Heather Darwent 6.15pm – author talk with @sarasheridan.bsky.social Don't miss out - book your place at zurl.co/72lkU

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Jennifer Findlay @jenniferfindlay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A webinar about the conservation and stabilisation of Anne Lister's ('Gentleman Jack') diaries, with all proceeds going to Lavender Menace Queer Books in Edinburgh to support their work preserving LGBTQ+ books? What a combination. Book up!! www.icon.org.uk/events/conse...

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Conserving LGBT+ History Webinar: Anne Lister’s Journals

Learn all about the conservation of the diaries of “the first modern lesbian”!

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The fabliss Kirstin MacQuarrie helped out taking pics of the evening. Tx K. XX

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Such a laugh launching Feminist Nation last night. Hooray for all the contributors. Now ... you can download the ebook free here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/... because we want everyone to be able to read it! Up for some radical ideas about a better world? Walk this way 👍

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Proud today for the launch of Building A Feminist Nation. I'm putting an amazon link here but you can find/order it in bookshops and libraries too. I was so happy when I was asked to write the foreword to this venerable publication. What an honour. www.amazon.co.uk/Building-fem...?

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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

As an antidote to the poison being thrown at the RNLI, I give you Bill Bryson:

“I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary
thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about
it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people — teachers,
plumbers, the guy who runs the pub — drop everything and put
to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling
their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more
brave and noble than that?”

—Bill Bryson

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 08/09/2026

Glasgow! Come celebrate Sapphic September with two boat lesbians talking about their lesbian boat book at Waterstones Argyle Street on Tuesday September 22nd! It's going to be chaired by Meg McDonald and she does the BEST questions! Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/spiri...

A social media graphic. Text reads: Glasgow Waterstones Argyle Street September 22nd BOOK LAUNCH! There is a picture of a book underneath (The Haunting of Avis Lovelock) and a picture of two gormless women by a really big ship.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 06/09/2026

I Love You, Mr Demille by @sarasheridan.bsky.social Currently on BBC Sounds: A silent movie writer finds her voice – inspired by the true story of Lorna Moon & her close friendship with darling of the silver screen, Mary Pickford #NationalCinemaWeekend #filmsky www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, I Love You, Mr Demille

Original short works for radio.

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Probably easier when it'll be fully open. x

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