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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

"A brilliant press." - Ian McMillan "You'll never see a dud from Longbarrow." - Charlie Connelly Current publications longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Having the most magical time in & around Italy, that Ryanair thought it was only fair to cancel my weekend flight 😂 I guess I live here now?

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Found this on Substack this AM. Knowing why we survive… yes! 🤘🏼

They'll tell you that the arts and humanities aren't practical and then read poetry at funerals and weddings, cry over films and search for meaning in ancient philosophy.
Surviving is one type of practicality, knowing why we bother is another.
— ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS & HUMANITIES
THE CAREER ARCHETYPES
BY JOEL UILI

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Today would have been Peter’s 60th birthday. He was a friend, a mentor, and a fierce believer in doing things differently. This post is for him. And for anyone navigating the strange, sharp edges of loss, friendship, and living on. 🖇️ smizz.substack.com/p/hows-life-...

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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Good piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social . Reversing the winter fuel allowance cut is pure politics but scrapping the two child benefit cap is actually about the merits of the policy on.ft.com/4kz4GJN

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Britain’s two-child benefit cap must go

The government should recognise that it has a stake in its people having enough children

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Completely agree with this but I still question the value of fiscal rules at all in the world where markets will punish fiscal indiscipline anyway.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Got to use my Japanese paints - that I’ve not been able to use since getting back from Japan - 2 months+ plus ago! - & it was such a joy! Celebrating spring today!

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Because my Wordpress is down, I’ve shared my reflective post on my Substack 👇 I’ve been thinking about the odds, of survivorship, & reminding myself the importance of trying to stay & be in the present. smizz.substack.com/p/the-long-t...

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

As Alice Wong says in the Introduction to Disability Visibility: "Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society."

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Was a custard cream haha! Top tier biscuit for energy 🙌

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Thanks so much Tamar! 🙏🙏 how are you doing atm??? It’s been ages since we last crossed paths! 🙌

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This remains one of the best things I’ve written about what it *feels* like living with chronic fatigue. Luckily I don’t have it as bad as when I wrote that. But I do have relapses & I don’t have the same energy I used to have, that I’m always grieving for. smizz.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/d...

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Discussion: What it feels like to have significant “fatigue” rather than just being “tired”

The medical term for tiredness is “Fatigue”. It covers basically any word that could be used to describe tiredness – from exhaustion, lethargy, and listlessness, ect. It covers bo…

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I like that my 100th post on here was acknowledging the weight of carrying significant pain/fatigue/movement/other symptoms of long term conditions / disability. & there’s a blog post in me about this, that needs to be written. Esp at the moment.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I can tell you tho, that there is a HUGE difference between being alive & FEELING alive. & if you don’t know what that means, then you have the greatest privilege of all. Decent health & access.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It is not laziness. It is not a lack of willpower. It is not something that can be "fixed" with a better attitude, or sheer determination. It is work—hard, unrelenting work to exist in a world that was not built with you in mind. And often in a body that can feel quite hostile.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It is grief & resilience intertwined, an endless balancing act between pushing through & self-preservation. And I never get the balance right.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It is an experience that reshapes everything—your body, your future, the way you move through the world. It is waking up every day knowing that pain, fatigue, or symptoms beyond your control will dictate what you can and cannot do. And a lot of people around you will not understand this.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I’ve been quite quiet over the past couple of weeks. I’ve been in & out of hospital, having gnarly issues with my blood. With everything being talked about on social media atm about disability, I just wanted to try & explain what it’s like living with a chronic illness / disability.

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Harry Harrison @hharrisonjourno.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I continued working on this interview even after starting the new job - it is that important Perhaps one of the most intense and hard-hitting interviews I have and will ever do www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/d...

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Horror of domestic abuse revealed as survivor thanks refuge for offering a safe haven

A survivor of domestic violence who has sought refuge in Rotherham has shared the heartbreaking abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-partner - after the council announced the service is set to co...

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I’ve written about it here on my Substack: smizz.substack.com/p/the-echo-o...

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Wrote this about grief & processing it in Japan. It’ll be 4 years since my nan passed onto her next life (pancreatic cancer). & it happened during a covid lockdown. And it’s really annoyed me how after covid, we’ve just denied real time for collective grief.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

A random observation about young people and belonging is how much some pre-teens and teens really love and hang on to their primary school leavers' hoodies.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Hospital days make life feel sharp, urgent,& grateful for. Today, after leaving DRI, I rode my bike home through light so radiant it felt almost holy—gold spilling over rooftops, a soft diffusion of light across the land. The world, for a moment, was nothing but motion& glow, and I was in it, alive.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The light this early AM commute 😻 So grateful it’s light in the morning now. Teaching L5 fine art today. This year I’m wracking up so many different disciplines & year/level teaching. 🙌

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Happy March! 🌸🌱 Not long to go til Social Work Week. During the week I’m running two half-day workshops exploring why language matters in social work and social care. More info and bookings here ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gloriously...

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Gloriously Ordinary Language

Join Bryony Shannon, author of the popular Rewriting social care blog, to explore why language matters in social work and social care.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I see Threads has also gone to the dogs now. Urgh.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Can’t explain but this sunset at a shrine , hidden in the hills of Kyoto - off philosophers path way - made me feel all of the feels. Took a million photos to try and capture its beauty & didn’t even come close!

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Was so tired last night that I forgot to post about magical Onomichi, Hiroshima. There’s a post in me about the mountain alley town (?) full of temples & shrines, that feels like you’re in a real life studio ghibli movie.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Good morning from a snowy Kyoto!

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Hmmmm. 🤔 May have not packed the right footwear ??? 😆

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I did shrine hopping & filming. & then book shopping. The weirdest thing kept happening. Everytime I went to a shrine, the sun shone. Then when I stepped out, it became a bitterly cold wind & cloudy?? 😆🙈 Pulled out 2 “very good luck” and “slight good luck” fortunes. Lol. Let’s hope they’re true!

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Another day in the books. Got a literal massive bag of art supplies. Saw some super cool trees. Spent ages in Buddhist temples and shrines. Watched the sunset through moss & Cyprus & Pine trees. Had my fav curry ramen. Got my luggage back 😆 minus 5 confiscated expensive camera batteries 🙈

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Northern rail trains only have 2 settings: ‘As hot as the sun’ & ‘Baltic’- if they’re running at all. Usually the opposite of what you want. Today it’s Baltic on a ‘feels like -2C’ day. The 6th richest nation in the world &, in the North, we have to put up with this.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hi Simon! 👋 Would be ace to have a catch up! Drop me a message & let’s find a time to catch up 🌟

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Not everyday you wake up to people saying you’re on BBC Politics North 😆 (Our part is a positive story)

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thanks to @MayorRos commitment to planting one million trees & @MyDoncaster officers who help make it happen. A commitment to the future. Each tree is a promise of cleaner air, stronger communities, & a greener world for generations to come. We’re proud to play our part in making that.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Yday on a cold Feb Saturday, our weekend was anything but gloomy! We were filled with joy as we helped distribute over 1,000 free trees to local residents!! Each tree planted is a testament to hope, to care, to the belief that what we nurture today will shape the world tomorrow. 🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲

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neilmcrowther @neilmcrowther.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Love this 👇

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Not so humble brag 😝 but my students, who have gotten so stoked about our colour/light workshop, created an Instagram group to discuss their ideas etc & then invited me into it… But they don’t know that I can see all of their previous chat, ha!🥹😻 & I am so taken by it💛🥹

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Absolutely blown over by the incredible love & messages I’ve received since I posted this video yday. Incredibly humbled. My American friends seem to have really needed it.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Made this video of thoughts that I had this week, inspired by Gomde in Doncaster Can’t attach the full 2 mins file here so you’ll have to watch it here, hopefully! 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DFk6Pyt...

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Oh my goshhhh. Just seen this. Hope you’re having/had an amazing time M! Looooove CDMX!

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 30/01/2025

I’m going tomorrow. Giving blood in the uk is great 1) you collect points for pints and I’m never going to get airline status but dammit I’m getting silver on blood 2) they have club biscuits? 3) Greatest Hits Radio on full volume 4) You get a google map of where your blood goes 5) helping people??

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I know that this stuff works but to actually hear it from people witnessing this. I AM MADE UP. I've asked the resident to write it down for me LOL. But this is what it's all about! if we can just make our young people know they can do stuff & dream.

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Sarah [smith] Smizz @smizz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Tonight, think i had the best feedback that has literally made my year! a resident said my street art classes from last yr have stopped 4 10 yr old boys from messing around on the streets & now focus & do loads of drawing in the sketchbooks I gave them. Absolutely MADE UP.

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