Nilam McGrath
@nilammcgrath.bsky.social
Author #SchrodingersCat = http://bit.ly/SchCatB2R & #PhDrollercoaster = http://bit.ly/b2read | Current project = #LivingLibrary
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I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.
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In a foolhardy attempt to appease my bank manager, I suppose I should mention that I have some books which may – or may not – make suitable presents for Christmas.
They should be available through your local bookshop - and the online ones. Here are what a few of them look like …
They should be available through your local bookshop - and the online ones. Here are what a few of them look like …
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
In a foolhardy attempt to appease my bank manager, I suppose I should mention that I have some books which may – or may not – make suitable presents for Christmas.
They should be available through your local bookshop - and the online ones. Here are what a few of them look like …
They should be available through your local bookshop - and the online ones. Here are what a few of them look like …
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Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …
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Reasons to go to the public library:
1. It’s cheaper than buying a book
2. You may be vaguely curious about a book but not desperately needing it
3. You may see another book by the same author
4. You arrogantly challenged your rival to a music duel but you don’t have a violin
5. Check email
1. It’s cheaper than buying a book
2. You may be vaguely curious about a book but not desperately needing it
3. You may see another book by the same author
4. You arrogantly challenged your rival to a music duel but you don’t have a violin
5. Check email
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reasons to go to the public library:
1. It’s cheaper than buying a book
2. You may be vaguely curious about a book but not desperately needing it
3. You may see another book by the same author
4. You arrogantly challenged your rival to a music duel but you don’t have a violin
5. Check email
1. It’s cheaper than buying a book
2. You may be vaguely curious about a book but not desperately needing it
3. You may see another book by the same author
4. You arrogantly challenged your rival to a music duel but you don’t have a violin
5. Check email
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BONUS EPISODE
To coincide with the launch of our guide to Making Tax Digital, here's a bonus episode of our podcast.
Theo visited the offices of specialist accountant @hwfisheruk to discuss MTD, the biggest change to the freelance tax regime since the introduction of self-assessment.
To coincide with the launch of our guide to Making Tax Digital, here's a bonus episode of our podcast.
Theo visited the offices of specialist accountant @hwfisheruk to discuss MTD, the biggest change to the freelance tax regime since the introduction of self-assessment.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BONUS EPISODE
To coincide with the launch of our guide to Making Tax Digital, here's a bonus episode of our podcast.
Theo visited the offices of specialist accountant @hwfisheruk to discuss MTD, the biggest change to the freelance tax regime since the introduction of self-assessment.
To coincide with the launch of our guide to Making Tax Digital, here's a bonus episode of our podcast.
Theo visited the offices of specialist accountant @hwfisheruk to discuss MTD, the biggest change to the freelance tax regime since the introduction of self-assessment.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew
Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let's GOOOOO!
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Let's GOOOOO!
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.
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OMG! It won! What a brilliant book!
The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
OMG! It won! What a brilliant book!
Holy moly, if only our UK politicians were this thoughtful and intelligent. What Mamdani says about the downsides of using the corporate sector to save money is 💯
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...
Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Holy moly, if only our UK politicians were this thoughtful and intelligent. What Mamdani says about the downsides of using the corporate sector to save money is 💯
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...
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At the Paramount Theatre in downtown Brooklyn, where Zohran Mamdani’s campaign held his Election Night party, attendees seemed to feel the eyes of history on them. Read about Mamdani’s path to victory—and what comes next: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/J6SnuQ
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
At the Paramount Theatre in downtown Brooklyn, where Zohran Mamdani’s campaign held his Election Night party, attendees seemed to feel the eyes of history on them. Read about Mamdani’s path to victory—and what comes next: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/J6SnuQ
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Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani” (November 4, 2025) www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani” (November 4, 2025) www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
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the man behind Z’s amazing videos @boringstein.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
the man behind Z’s amazing videos @boringstein.bsky.social
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watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
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Our Head of Campaigns, @nyejones92.bsky.social, spoke to Parliament about the damp and mould renters are forced to live in, despite paying skyrocketing rents for their homes.
Watch 👇
Watch 👇
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our Head of Campaigns, @nyejones92.bsky.social, spoke to Parliament about the damp and mould renters are forced to live in, despite paying skyrocketing rents for their homes.
Watch 👇
Watch 👇
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hii we’re the women behind this upstart book app taking on Goodreads (owned by Amazon, bleh) & yes you know we’re indie and humans because we literally turned our pets into avatars you can choose when you create your pagebound profile 😂
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
hii we’re the women behind this upstart book app taking on Goodreads (owned by Amazon, bleh) & yes you know we’re indie and humans because we literally turned our pets into avatars you can choose when you create your pagebound profile 😂
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Homes are the foundations of our lives. Evictions shatter those foundations.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Homes are the foundations of our lives. Evictions shatter those foundations.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
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The Renters’ Rights Act is NOW LAW!
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Renters’ Rights Act is NOW LAW!
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
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Our Deputy Chief Executive, @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social, has worked to end Section 21, no fault evictions for over a decade.
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
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www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
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www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes
The Renters' Rights Bill is set to receive royal assent and become law. Generation Rent's Dan Wilson Craw explains how it happened.
www.bigissue.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our Deputy Chief Executive, @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social, has worked to end Section 21, no fault evictions for over a decade.
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
👇
www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
👇
www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
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C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.
(Worth reading? ✅️)
(Worth reading? ✅️)
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.
(Worth reading? ✅️)
(Worth reading? ✅️)
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Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
(It wasn't until Jeff and Ann VanderMeer were working on their anthology The Weird that I learned that "onions" is a typo. Either Jeff or Ann mentioned to me that Barker asked them to fix the typo that had haunted the story in countless reprintings, incl in their own earlier antho The New Weird.)
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
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The PCR positivity map is out, and levels have dipped slightly this week.
Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The PCR positivity map is out, and levels have dipped slightly this week.
Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/10
Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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This is gorgeous. And they show some images from the inside and they are also gorgeous! And, it looks like they also have some crafts as well as telling the story.
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is gorgeous. And they show some images from the inside and they are also gorgeous! And, it looks like they also have some crafts as well as telling the story.
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I can’t quote it all so please read it all “There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza” bit.ly/4q7DXrt
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I can’t quote it all so please read it all “There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza” bit.ly/4q7DXrt