Seema McArdle
@seemamcardle.bsky.social
#WorkingClass #PunGeordie represented by KAB Literary: https://www.kabliterary.com/authors/seema-mcardle
The John Blanke Project:
https://www.johnblanke.com/seema-mcardle.html
#ShowRacismTheRedCard
Ex-Primary Teacher (17yrs)
Photo credit: Amber Merry
The John Blanke Project:
https://www.johnblanke.com/seema-mcardle.html
#ShowRacismTheRedCard
Ex-Primary Teacher (17yrs)
Photo credit: Amber Merry
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Seema McArdle
@seemamcardle.bsky.social
· Apr 21
'Who is John Blanke?' is a stunning book that shines a light on Henry VIII's Trumpeter #JohnBlanke - the 1st Black Briton that we know of to be visually represented in British artwork, in the Westminster Scroll of 1511.
Featuring contributions from many creatives inc. me
@michaelohajuru.bsky.social
Featuring contributions from many creatives inc. me
@michaelohajuru.bsky.social
I had the honour of hosting Prof Keon West at #NorwichBookFestival discussing his groundbreaking book, THE SCIENCE OF RACISM.
Strongly recommend it, esp if you run your own business, are in management, work in #education #DEI #EDI & are interested in making our world a kinder place💖
Strongly recommend it, esp if you run your own business, are in management, work in #education #DEI #EDI & are interested in making our world a kinder place💖
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I had the honour of hosting Prof Keon West at #NorwichBookFestival discussing his groundbreaking book, THE SCIENCE OF RACISM.
Strongly recommend it, esp if you run your own business, are in management, work in #education #DEI #EDI & are interested in making our world a kinder place💖
Strongly recommend it, esp if you run your own business, are in management, work in #education #DEI #EDI & are interested in making our world a kinder place💖
Happening this Sunday, 26th October @ 1-2pm, in The Forum's Auditorium - join us!!
I'm hosting this event, on Sunday 26th Oct 2025 @ 1-2pm, at The Auditorium in The Forum, Norwich.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
Keon West: The Science of Racism // Norwich Book Festival
norwichbookfestival.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happening this Sunday, 26th October @ 1-2pm, in The Forum's Auditorium - join us!!
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us.
So I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first.
Join me:
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
@labourlewis.bsky.social #Water #PublicOwnership
So I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first.
Join me:
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
@labourlewis.bsky.social #Water #PublicOwnership
Ask Emma Reynolds to base water policy on facts not water industry fake maths.
Everyone deserves clean, affordable water. Lobbyists say it’ll cost £100bn to bring it back into public hands - but experts disagree.
I’ve asked the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence ...
actionnetwork.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us.
So I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first.
Join me:
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
@labourlewis.bsky.social #Water #PublicOwnership
So I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first.
Join me:
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
@labourlewis.bsky.social #Water #PublicOwnership
Did you watch The Hack?
I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation.
Join me:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
#press #accountability
I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation.
Join me:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
#press #accountability
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Did you watch The Hack?
I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation.
Join me:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
#press #accountability
I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation.
Join me:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
#press #accountability
#BBC and news agencies launch film calling on #Israel to allow foreign journalists into #Gaza
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza
Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
#BBC and news agencies launch film calling on #Israel to allow foreign journalists into #Gaza
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#Heiresses US edition has arrived at my house! Out October 7th, available to pre-order now: a.co/d/ejxh4ph
September 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#Heiresses US edition has arrived at my house! Out October 7th, available to pre-order now: a.co/d/ejxh4ph
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We need an honest representation of #history in #education systems, including EVERYONE (religions, gender, colour, sexuality, age, abilities, class...) who played a part in each story.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
#books #school #college #university #EDI #DEI #inclusion @neunion.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
#books #school #college #university #EDI #DEI #inclusion @neunion.bsky.social
Girls just wanna be in our history textbooks | The Observer
Women are still largely missing from the history we teach in classrooms. If we want a fairer future, we must stop erasing half the past
observer.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We need an honest representation of #history in #education systems, including EVERYONE (religions, gender, colour, sexuality, age, abilities, class...) who played a part in each story.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
#books #school #college #university #EDI #DEI #inclusion @neunion.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
#books #school #college #university #EDI #DEI #inclusion @neunion.bsky.social
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The corporations/billionaires are not only crushing the opposition but remolding formerly time-honored institutions into something unrecognizable. There’s a reason Trump’s 2nd state visit involved King Charles 👑 entertaining numerous corporate heads from across tech, media, and business. 💰💷💶
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The corporations/billionaires are not only crushing the opposition but remolding formerly time-honored institutions into something unrecognizable. There’s a reason Trump’s 2nd state visit involved King Charles 👑 entertaining numerous corporate heads from across tech, media, and business. 💰💷💶
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Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR
sussexbylines.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
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I'm hosting this event, on Sunday 26th Oct 2025 @ 1-2pm, at The Auditorium in The Forum, Norwich.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
Keon West: The Science of Racism // Norwich Book Festival
norwichbookfestival.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm hosting this event, on Sunday 26th Oct 2025 @ 1-2pm, at The Auditorium in The Forum, Norwich.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
Huge spider in my outdoor porch 🕷️🕸️
September 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Huge spider in my outdoor porch 🕷️🕸️
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"If you celebrated justice for Hillsborough, you have to support the European Convention on Human Rights
Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered"
Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered"
Without the ECHR justice might never have been served for Hillsborough
Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered
www.independent.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"If you celebrated justice for Hillsborough, you have to support the European Convention on Human Rights
Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered"
Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered"
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"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking."
-Haruki Murakami
-Haruki Murakami
August 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking."
-Haruki Murakami
-Haruki Murakami
I'm hosting this event, on Sunday 26th Oct 2025 @ 1-2pm, at The Auditorium in The Forum, Norwich.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
Keon West: The Science of Racism // Norwich Book Festival
norwichbookfestival.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm hosting this event, on Sunday 26th Oct 2025 @ 1-2pm, at The Auditorium in The Forum, Norwich.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...
Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.
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“Singh challenges readers to confront entrenched myths and to consider war from the perspective of those who endure it rather than those who wage it.”
#Refuge www.desiblitz.com/content/sunn...
#Refuge www.desiblitz.com/content/sunn...
Sunny Singh on Love, Endurance & Overlooked Voices in 'Refuge'
Sunny Singh discusses 'Refuge', a 25-year journey of short stories on love, endurance, and overlooked voices amid a century of wars.
www.desiblitz.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“Singh challenges readers to confront entrenched myths and to consider war from the perspective of those who endure it rather than those who wage it.”
#Refuge www.desiblitz.com/content/sunn...
#Refuge www.desiblitz.com/content/sunn...
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If you’d like to buy a copy of my book, which looks at the lives and history of Black gay men in Britain, you can get a copy from a bookshop or any of the retailers on the attached link. And please do buy books from the other withdrawn authors linktr.ee/revolutionaryacts
August 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If you’d like to buy a copy of my book, which looks at the lives and history of Black gay men in Britain, you can get a copy from a bookshop or any of the retailers on the attached link. And please do buy books from the other withdrawn authors linktr.ee/revolutionaryacts
Looking forward to reading 'Heiresses' by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social
Her previous book 'Black Tudors' was brilliant! 👌🏼
Her previous book 'Black Tudors' was brilliant! 👌🏼
I’m looking forward to digging into an advanced copy of HEIRESSES, the new book by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social (out in October!).
August 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Looking forward to reading 'Heiresses' by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social
Her previous book 'Black Tudors' was brilliant! 👌🏼
Her previous book 'Black Tudors' was brilliant! 👌🏼
Loved DREAM HUNTERS by @nazimapathan.bsky.social 💖
In this fun #MG #fantasy Mimi & her friend use their unique skills to catch bad dreams & rid society of negativity.
But after stumbling on a plot to poison the king, they must leave the safety of the citadel to save him & Mimi's parents.
#BookReview
In this fun #MG #fantasy Mimi & her friend use their unique skills to catch bad dreams & rid society of negativity.
But after stumbling on a plot to poison the king, they must leave the safety of the citadel to save him & Mimi's parents.
#BookReview
As I edit book 2 I wanted to journey back to where the story began. I’m so grateful to my agent, editors and publisher for seeing something in the story and to the booksellers, teachers and librarians who put the books in front of the children it’s written for…/1
August 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Loved DREAM HUNTERS by @nazimapathan.bsky.social 💖
In this fun #MG #fantasy Mimi & her friend use their unique skills to catch bad dreams & rid society of negativity.
But after stumbling on a plot to poison the king, they must leave the safety of the citadel to save him & Mimi's parents.
#BookReview
In this fun #MG #fantasy Mimi & her friend use their unique skills to catch bad dreams & rid society of negativity.
But after stumbling on a plot to poison the king, they must leave the safety of the citadel to save him & Mimi's parents.
#BookReview
Thoroughly recommend #BlackTudors by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social and can't wait to read her new book #Heiresses coming out soon!
#book #books #bookreview #teachers #history #BritishHistory
#book #books #bookreview #teachers #history #BritishHistory
Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.
July 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Thoroughly recommend #BlackTudors by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social and can't wait to read her new book #Heiresses coming out soon!
#book #books #bookreview #teachers #history #BritishHistory
#book #books #bookreview #teachers #history #BritishHistory
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There’s a sick, twisted irony in the far-right protesting against asylum seekers for their alleged involvement in crimes, when 41% (!) of those arrested at last year’s far-right riots had previously been reported to the police for domestic abuse
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
There’s a sick, twisted irony in the far-right protesting against asylum seekers for their alleged involvement in crimes, when 41% (!) of those arrested at last year’s far-right riots had previously been reported to the police for domestic abuse
Online #book launch:
'Gaza I Spy' by Feda Shtia,
Sun 27 July @ 5pm
My fab #Scottish #Palestinian friend Fed Shtia is launching her beautiful book featuring photos celebrating children in #Gaza
Pls share and join online by registering via the Zoom link here:
www.palestinemuseum.us/events/2025/...
'Gaza I Spy' by Feda Shtia,
Sun 27 July @ 5pm
My fab #Scottish #Palestinian friend Fed Shtia is launching her beautiful book featuring photos celebrating children in #Gaza
Pls share and join online by registering via the Zoom link here:
www.palestinemuseum.us/events/2025/...
July 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Online #book launch:
'Gaza I Spy' by Feda Shtia,
Sun 27 July @ 5pm
My fab #Scottish #Palestinian friend Fed Shtia is launching her beautiful book featuring photos celebrating children in #Gaza
Pls share and join online by registering via the Zoom link here:
www.palestinemuseum.us/events/2025/...
'Gaza I Spy' by Feda Shtia,
Sun 27 July @ 5pm
My fab #Scottish #Palestinian friend Fed Shtia is launching her beautiful book featuring photos celebrating children in #Gaza
Pls share and join online by registering via the Zoom link here:
www.palestinemuseum.us/events/2025/...
Today I received some disappointing news and some positive news, both related to my journey as a writer.
I've been on an emotional roller coaster 🥺
You never know what's around the corner, so be your authentic self and never lose hope 💫
#WritingCommunity #writers #writer #publisher #publishing
I've been on an emotional roller coaster 🥺
You never know what's around the corner, so be your authentic self and never lose hope 💫
#WritingCommunity #writers #writer #publisher #publishing
July 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Today I received some disappointing news and some positive news, both related to my journey as a writer.
I've been on an emotional roller coaster 🥺
You never know what's around the corner, so be your authentic self and never lose hope 💫
#WritingCommunity #writers #writer #publisher #publishing
I've been on an emotional roller coaster 🥺
You never know what's around the corner, so be your authentic self and never lose hope 💫
#WritingCommunity #writers #writer #publisher #publishing
Was lovely meeting up with @michaelohajuru.bsky.social on Saturday, as well as attending The Black Literary Festival in Hammersmith.
Was also great meeting newsreader Clive Myrie, who bought a copy of 'Who Is John Blanke?' 👌🏼😊
#JohnBlanke #books #BlackBritishHistory #history #BlackTudors
Was also great meeting newsreader Clive Myrie, who bought a copy of 'Who Is John Blanke?' 👌🏼😊
#JohnBlanke #books #BlackBritishHistory #history #BlackTudors
July 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Was lovely meeting up with @michaelohajuru.bsky.social on Saturday, as well as attending The Black Literary Festival in Hammersmith.
Was also great meeting newsreader Clive Myrie, who bought a copy of 'Who Is John Blanke?' 👌🏼😊
#JohnBlanke #books #BlackBritishHistory #history #BlackTudors
Was also great meeting newsreader Clive Myrie, who bought a copy of 'Who Is John Blanke?' 👌🏼😊
#JohnBlanke #books #BlackBritishHistory #history #BlackTudors
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