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Moira Garland
@moiragauthor.bsky.social
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Short fiction writer & poet. Feminist. Socialist. Northern England.
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I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too NOW? action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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robinhoughton.bsky.social
I'll be updating the poetry magazines spreadsheet this coming week, so if you're not on my mailing list, join now (it's free) and you'll never be short of places to send your poems... robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magaz...
Poetry Magazines Submissions Spreadsheet
Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines What poetry magazines are there? What are their web addresses? How many poems can I send? Are they open for submissions now? You&#821…
robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Proud to be both autumnal and a snowflake garland all in the same season @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
(autumnal goods sold in Skipton Oxfam shop)
Text: snowflake garland Wavy, red and white mantelpiece snowflake garland Bobbly multicoloured autumnal garland wound round two sets of felted bowls in autumn colours Metallic notice with text on top: AUTUMNAL GARLAND £16
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
Shoutout if you’re up for submitting in the new year for our Christmas & winter anthology! This year’s anthology is out very soon!!! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
a christmas tree is lit up in the snow with the caption " it 's beginning to look like christmas "
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November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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regulariseuk.bsky.social
📢 Migrant Workers' Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre

Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.

Pass it on.

Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.

secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Worth reading.Whitby and Hebden Bridge as models? Not sure, without more detail of their economies.
bylinesnetwork.co.uk Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15d
The cost of chasing capital: how our cities are forgetting their own

Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward

By Mike Chitty

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@mikechitty.bsky.social
The cost of chasing capital: how our cities are forgetting their own
Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Share, like, boost in whatever way if you would like another Christmas and winter anthology next year - 2026 (and therefore a submission period in the new year) 🎅 🖊️ 📑 💻 ❄️ 🦌 ⛄️ 🎄 🪵 🔥 🎁 💝
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November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Just so's you know it CAN happen: 3 medical appointments this week have all had relatively positive outcomes.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The las train' by Vidyan Ravinthiran @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poems-not-opinions.bsky.social

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Poem Of The Week: <i>The Last Train</i> By Vidyan Ravinthiran
The last train to arrive in Jaffna during the war 30 years ago rusts on the tracks the unimaginable touch of time has turned it the colour, exactly of this land’s ferrous soil -of blood that is fo...
yorkshiretimes.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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weownit.org.uk
💩Thames Water wants Ofwat to let them carry on pouring sewage into our rivers beyond the next general election.

😡And the one after that.

😡😡And the one after that.

✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!

vist.ly/4a9yj
Thames Water logo in front of a photo of a pipe spilling sewage into a river. The text below the logo reads "Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO".
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Solo trip to York Gate Garden, north Leeds today. A small selection of photos. Mild October day. Finished off with cream cheese & chutney & cheese scone. And lovely coffee.
Robin redbreast on a blue-green conifer branch A curved row of three stone chairs surrounded by greenery and soil Floating brown leaves on blue water, reflecting sky and branches Dead thistle spiky flower seeds
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Ctoss posting from my Threads feed. Enjoy.
A visit to a friend's garden showing an acer with autumn tones, and West Yorkshire hilly backdrop.
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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⚠️The writing's on the wall for Thames Water.
Government is stepping up plans for temporary nationalisation. It's starting to look inevitable.

MPs need to pledge that they will 'Make Thames Water Public' & fight against any discounted sell-off back to the private profiteers.
Email your MP today 👇
Thames Water MP pledge, which says "Make Thames Water public. I pledge that if and when Thames Water comes into Special Administration, I will back permanent public ownership. I will say no to re-privatisation."
August 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Postbox - Scotland's International Short Story Magazine - have published my story 'The Tarn' in issue 11, Spring 2025. A cornucopia of short fiction to read, in a lovely, professionally produced, magazine.
www.redsquirrelpress.com
Large blue Faroe Islands postbox with human figure next to it Text showing the beginning of 'The Tarn' short story.
August 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Walking in Skipton. Rain from Floris has passed; wind remains this afternoon. #northyorkshire
August 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
For Leeds history lovers. Thanks to the Leeds libraries' newsletter for alerting me to this.
open.substack.com/pub/burythel...
Bury the Leeds | Thomas | Substack
Rediscovering forgotten, weird and important stories about Leeds that have been buried in old local newspapers. Click to read Bury the Leeds, by Thomas, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscri...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
False economist. Please sign.
weownit.org.uk We Own It @weownit.org.uk · Jul 23
2/9 On 5 February 2018, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) released a report which put the cost of nationalising the water industry at £90bn.
This report was funded by 4 water companies: Anglian Water, Severn Trent, South West Water and United Utilities.
Screenshot of the report by Social Market Foundation: "The cost of nationalising the water industry in England. "This report presents the Social Market Foundation’s assessment of the likely costs associated with nationalising the water and sewerage industry in England. The research draws on a range of existing academic studies, as well as publicly available data from Ofwat, the London Stock Exchange and the annual accounts of the water companies. The report seeks to provide an overview of the likely implications of nationalisation on public sector debt levels, and to provide points for discussion with respect to the ongoing impacts of nationalisation for public sector net borrowing. The key findings of our research are: Our best estimate of the costs of obtaining control of the regulated businesses gives a ‘takeover value’ of £90bn."
July 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
Vote here.
inksweatandtears.co.uk Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · Jul 20
It's time to choose your Pick of the Month for June 2025. Will you vote for @rachaelclyne.bsky.social, Oz Hardwick, Pippa Little, @herr-morris.bsky.social, Sreeja Naskar or @selasimclord.bsky.social ? More at inksweatandtears.co.uk/june-2025-pi...

#InkSweatandTears #PickoftheMonth
Partially transparent background: close up of vivid red poppies. Bottom right: stamp saying VOTE Text: The IS&T June 2025 Pick of the Month Rachael Clyne Oz Hardwick Pippa Little Steph Morris Sreeja Naskar McLord Selasi
July 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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G, by Zaffar Kunial
May 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
A powerful, and gripping, read. Available to borrow in Leeds libraries. Of course you could buy it if you have the spondulicks.
robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · May 1
Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
July 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
A Bluesky anthology of poems collated in these posts. A varied read 🙂
July 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?

weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
July 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
An overreaching state. The arguments set out clearly & concisely:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson
We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is ministers complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissent, says actor Juliet Stevenson
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
moiragauthor.bsky.social
This dryer than usual spring has done wonders for Yorkshire blossom, including the garden alstromeria. So many in the last week, 3 bunches for me, 4 bunches for neighbours!
#alstromeria
Pink, yellow, white colours of alstromeria flowers in two vases Pink, yellow, white colours of alstromeria flowers in two vases, indoors.
June 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM