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Jess Gulliver
@jessgulliver.bsky.social
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Freelance cat fiend - London/Newcastle
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 3h
One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books
A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 1d
Can’t wait to read!!!
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Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social · 2d
What an absolutely brilliant article 🙏

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Low Culture 3: The ‘Curse’ Of Echo & The Bunnymen | The Quietus
Before you read on, we have a favour to ask of you. If you enjoy this feature and are currently OK for money, can you consider sparing us the price of a pint or a couple of cups of fancy coffee. A ris...
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 2d
My teenage bible
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 3d
My form room at school overlooked Wallsend cranes. There was a pink one I liked especially.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 4d
Different world
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 4d
lol, Why Don’t You was loathed chez moi. The poshest kids ever. Set me up well for a career in publishing I guess.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 4d
East end of Newcastle compared to Blue Peter world in 1980s. It felt a bit alien.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 4d
Awww.

I loved Caron. I didn’t love Blue Peter though. Felt a million miles away from where I grew up. A different world.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 4d
She texted me after to thank me to tell me I was nothing like she’d expected me to be.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 4d
Cos she grew up on tv so knew it better than both corporate & book PR.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 4d
She was surprisingly canny, both senses of word. I liked her, unexpectedly.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 5d
For sure the weirdest afternoon of my career was having to ‘media train’ this man with help of Anthea Turner & his corporate pr chap. Basically repeatedly telling him to not say cunt on bbc breakfast (I was his book’s pr) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Richard Desmond legal action over National Lottery award to begin at high court
Billionaire suing Gambling Commission for up to £1.3bn over licence award, with payout potentially funded by the taxpayer
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 5d
Balance! Not a clue btw

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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 5d
So much love to you, Mark. In my thoughts x
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 5d
Bark
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 6d
Ghouls befitting of Dickens with their desperate rush to make more and more moolah.

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They claim to save London pubs. So why have they shut so many down?
Linea Homes has been called the “grim reaper” of pubs. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.
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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 8d
Don’t it make you feel good
(One for my true Stefan Dennisheads)
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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 8d
Watching my fave Aussie soap Neighbours and OMG isn’t that @regretteruane.bsky.social’s amazing novel Birding?!! 🍦
Screenshot of Birding in tv show Neighbours
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 8d
He’s getting there
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 8d
You’re very kind. I’m in the depths of some autoimmune nightmare but have some v clever doctors working on me …. Hope you’re both well.
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 8d
They look such happy kids - brava, her
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 8d
Gosh, great photo. Is that her at the end?
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 8d
Michelle Mone is the polar opposite of the values that should govern public life.

She should repay what she owes immediately & get her sorry, dishonourable form as far away from the House of Lords as possible.

She, & all those other govt grifters who tried to monetise a pandemic, sicken me. Ends/
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 8d
I have a poem earworm which must bode recovery is near:

“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face…”
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Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social · 9d
Luminous
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