Judith Mackrell
@judithmackrell.bsky.social
Former dance writer, author of biographies, currently writing double profile of Gwen and Augustus John. Travel, food ,gardening, arts, jaunts and jokes
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Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
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A reminder that if you’ve found some spare cash down the back of the sofa cushions, now is the time to donate it to Wikipedia.
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia Competitor.' It is the antithesis of Wikipedia in every possible way, and it is not going to work:
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Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.
www.404media.co
October 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A reminder that if you’ve found some spare cash down the back of the sofa cushions, now is the time to donate it to Wikipedia.
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The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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FINALLY the BBC starts covering what we’ve all already seen.
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
The attacker is seen striking the 55-year-old woman with a large wooden stick during the assault in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayaa.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
FINALLY the BBC starts covering what we’ve all already seen.
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
Had a wonderful time talking about Gwen John earlier this summer for BBC Cymru Wales doc.
Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
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Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Had a wonderful time talking about Gwen John earlier this summer for BBC Cymru Wales doc.
Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
Thank you to Watts Gallery for giving me a tour ahead of my Guildford Book Festival talk last night on Gwen and Augustus John. G F.Watts such an interesting figure....
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thank you to Watts Gallery for giving me a tour ahead of my Guildford Book Festival talk last night on Gwen and Augustus John. G F.Watts such an interesting figure....
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V excited to be returning to the excellent Guildford Book Festival on October 15 - talking about the brilliant and contradictory siblings Gwen and Augustus John
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
V excited to be returning to the excellent Guildford Book Festival on October 15 - talking about the brilliant and contradictory siblings Gwen and Augustus John
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Picket Fire is a small literary press, but I have no idea how to use Blue Sky or how to find people on here. So if #writers #authors #readers and anyone related to the #writingcommunity or #books community could help by sharing this post, that would be excellent.
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Picket Fire is a small literary press, but I have no idea how to use Blue Sky or how to find people on here. So if #writers #authors #readers and anyone related to the #writingcommunity or #books community could help by sharing this post, that would be excellent.
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“There’s a baby!”
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
October 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“There’s a baby!”
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
House of Dynamite is a hard, haunting watch, but brilliantly done
October 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
House of Dynamite is a hard, haunting watch, but brilliantly done
hard agree
Like Mozart v Beethoven, or Picasso v Matisse, in the game of Chaplin v Keaton I am 🖤Keaton all the way
Happy birthday Buster Keaton! Born #onthisday in 1895. Watch his silent classic The General from 1926: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-general-1926
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
hard agree
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and at the fabulous Watts Gallery ! Have a great event.
[Lynne T (🐼) bought me the book for my Birthday which has to be the perfect present, unbelievably I hadn't got around to buying it]
[Lynne T (🐼) bought me the book for my Birthday which has to be the perfect present, unbelievably I hadn't got around to buying it]
October 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
and at the fabulous Watts Gallery ! Have a great event.
[Lynne T (🐼) bought me the book for my Birthday which has to be the perfect present, unbelievably I hadn't got around to buying it]
[Lynne T (🐼) bought me the book for my Birthday which has to be the perfect present, unbelievably I hadn't got around to buying it]
thrilling to see this comprehensive show of Lee Miller's work opening at The Tate - Lee was one of the magnificent six in my group bio of front line female journalists in WW2
@tate @picadorbooks #GoingWithTheBoys
@tate @picadorbooks #GoingWithTheBoys
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
thrilling to see this comprehensive show of Lee Miller's work opening at The Tate - Lee was one of the magnificent six in my group bio of front line female journalists in WW2
@tate @picadorbooks #GoingWithTheBoys
@tate @picadorbooks #GoingWithTheBoys
V excited to be returning to the excellent Guildford Book Festival on October 15 - talking about the brilliant and contradictory siblings Gwen and Augustus John
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
V excited to be returning to the excellent Guildford Book Festival on October 15 - talking about the brilliant and contradictory siblings Gwen and Augustus John
The mighty River Lot at Cahors, with views of ancient fortified bridge and a stupendous wine
September 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The mighty River Lot at Cahors, with views of ancient fortified bridge and a stupendous wine
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Some highlights from the anti-Trump demo
September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Some highlights from the anti-Trump demo
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Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
apples looking like something from a fairy tale in the early autumn sun, and the blues even more intense
September 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
apples looking like something from a fairy tale in the early autumn sun, and the blues even more intense
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Have they updated to the bit where these yobs theew bottles, flares and bricks at the police yet?
SkyNews reports from London and Tommy Robinson led rally:
“People carried crosses. When the crowd arrived at Whitehall, they were led from the stage in a chant of "Christ is King" and then a public recital of the Lord's Prayer shortly after that.”
news.sky.com/story/politi...
“People carried crosses. When the crowd arrived at Whitehall, they were led from the stage in a chant of "Christ is King" and then a public recital of the Lord's Prayer shortly after that.”
news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: Police say 110,000 at 'Unite the Kingdom' march in central London with counter-protesters nearby
Roughly 110,000 protesters are in London for a 'Unite the Kingdom' rally and 'March against Fascism' counter-protest. Meanwhile, local parties and trade unions can start choosing between Bridget Phill...
news.sky.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Have they updated to the bit where these yobs theew bottles, flares and bricks at the police yet?
Lovely audience at Burton Gallery for my Appledore book festival talk- also a great exhibition of British art in the gallery itself #gwenandaugustusjohn
September 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lovely audience at Burton Gallery for my Appledore book festival talk- also a great exhibition of British art in the gallery itself #gwenandaugustusjohn
The extra joy of being invited to a book festival when these are the views #appledorebookfestival #GwenandAugustusJohn
September 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The extra joy of being invited to a book festival when these are the views #appledorebookfestival #GwenandAugustusJohn