Some good news… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted
Family say campaigner, who has a son in Brighton, will be able to travel freely between UK and Cairo months after his release from Egyptian jail
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Some good news… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel https://www.wikiart.org/en/marie-laurencin/portrait-of-mademoiselle-chanel-1923
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel https://www.wikiart.org/en/marie-laurencin/portrait-of-mademoiselle-chanel-1923
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
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...
secure.hopenothate.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
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Dutch avant-garde painter
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Dutch avant-garde painter
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
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Hey Keir Starmer, get the memo?
We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans!
People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.
We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans!
People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Hey Keir Starmer, get the memo?
We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans!
People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.
We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans!
People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.
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Sybil Andrews,
The Gale (1930)
Linocut, Art Deco style print from the Modernist Printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
The Gale (1930)
Linocut, Art Deco style print from the Modernist Printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
September 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Sybil Andrews,
The Gale (1930)
Linocut, Art Deco style print from the Modernist Printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
The Gale (1930)
Linocut, Art Deco style print from the Modernist Printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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sculptural embroidery and textile art based on natural forms by contemporary Australian artist Meredith Woolnough #WomensArt
August 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
sculptural embroidery and textile art based on natural forms by contemporary Australian artist Meredith Woolnough #WomensArt
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My PhD student Shaimaa was in @thebookseller.com, talking about our appeal to the UK government to help her get here and take up her place. Thanks to @commapress.bsky.social and @outspokenpress.bsky.social for their support: www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...
Publishers urge government to defer biometric requirements for Gazan writers
Comma Press and Out-Spoken Press have spoken out about two Gazan writers who are currently unable to take up full-scholarship awards at the University of Edinburgh and Goldsmiths, University of London...
www.thebookseller.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My PhD student Shaimaa was in @thebookseller.com, talking about our appeal to the UK government to help her get here and take up her place. Thanks to @commapress.bsky.social and @outspokenpress.bsky.social for their support: www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...
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It’s time to invest in communities and social homes, not private pockets.
The government is handing money to companies that make huge profits from housing people seeking safety in appalling conditions.
But this could be used to fund a joined-up, local approach to housing people seeking safety.
The government is handing money to companies that make huge profits from housing people seeking safety in appalling conditions.
But this could be used to fund a joined-up, local approach to housing people seeking safety.
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It’s time to invest in communities and social homes, not private pockets.
The government is handing money to companies that make huge profits from housing people seeking safety in appalling conditions.
But this could be used to fund a joined-up, local approach to housing people seeking safety.
The government is handing money to companies that make huge profits from housing people seeking safety in appalling conditions.
But this could be used to fund a joined-up, local approach to housing people seeking safety.
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Most people arriving in the UK by small boat are seeking our protection from persecution, torture, and the horrors of trafficking. Detention centres cannot provide those people with the safe conditions, psychological support and access to legal advice that they urgently need.
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Starmer says 'one in, one out' migrant deal with France to begin within weeks
He says small boats migrants will be returned to France, in exchange for asylum seekers who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Most people arriving in the UK by small boat are seeking our protection from persecution, torture, and the horrors of trafficking. Detention centres cannot provide those people with the safe conditions, psychological support and access to legal advice that they urgently need.
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Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel https://www.wikiart.org/en/marie-laurencin/portrait-of-mademoiselle-chanel-1923
June 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel https://www.wikiart.org/en/marie-laurencin/portrait-of-mademoiselle-chanel-1923
This will be fun!
Do you tend to write in one "form" & fancy sampling another? Do you write "long" & are wondering about going short? Come along to my Pick'n'Mix Zoom writing workshop, July 2nd, for a little poetry, flash fiction & hybrids! All welcome, pay-what-you-can available: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
June 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This will be fun!
Support detention survivors and families of Syria’s disappeared: donate to ADMSP: act.thesyriacampaign.org/donate/donat...
Support detention survivors and families of Syria’s disappeared
donate to ADMSP
act.thesyriacampaign.org
June 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Support detention survivors and families of Syria’s disappeared: donate to ADMSP: act.thesyriacampaign.org/donate/donat...
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I was unable to work between December & April due to a breakdown. Every single RT here helps put my creative & mental health workshops in front of more eyes & helps me get back on my feet financially. It would help *so* much if you could RT my workshop below if you have a few seconds. Thankyou 🌿
My 14 June botanical illustration & mental health w'shop's now enrolling
I'll teach you:
🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
Limited spaces,earlybird price:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
I'll teach you:
🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
Limited spaces,earlybird price:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
May 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I was unable to work between December & April due to a breakdown. Every single RT here helps put my creative & mental health workshops in front of more eyes & helps me get back on my feet financially. It would help *so* much if you could RT my workshop below if you have a few seconds. Thankyou 🌿
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Hannah Höch and her Dada puppets, 1920 #womensart
May 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hannah Höch and her Dada puppets, 1920 #womensart
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Jane Ormes, contemporary UK printmaker based in Bristol #WomensArt
May 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Jane Ormes, contemporary UK printmaker based in Bristol #WomensArt
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Spanish Dancers https://www.wikiart.org/en/marie-laurencin/spanish-dancers-1921
May 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Spanish Dancers https://www.wikiart.org/en/marie-laurencin/spanish-dancers-1921
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Joan Eardley was born on this day in 1921.
Her powerful paintings transformed her everyday surroundings, from fishing village landscapes to portraits of children.
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/YBSo3U2
© the Eardley estate. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. 📷 Kirklees Museums
Her powerful paintings transformed her everyday surroundings, from fishing village landscapes to portraits of children.
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/YBSo3U2
© the Eardley estate. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. 📷 Kirklees Museums
Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding, 1921–1963 | Art UK
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
buff.ly
May 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Joan Eardley was born on this day in 1921.
Her powerful paintings transformed her everyday surroundings, from fishing village landscapes to portraits of children.
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/YBSo3U2
© the Eardley estate. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. 📷 Kirklees Museums
Her powerful paintings transformed her everyday surroundings, from fishing village landscapes to portraits of children.
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/YBSo3U2
© the Eardley estate. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. 📷 Kirklees Museums
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
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My new workshop:small museums for mental health, is now live.
I'll teach you how creating small museums alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health & we'll make small museums together
24 May,zoom, recording available afterwards
Open to anyone,anywhere
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...
I'll teach you how creating small museums alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health & we'll make small museums together
24 May,zoom, recording available afterwards
Open to anyone,anywhere
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...
April 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My new workshop:small museums for mental health, is now live.
I'll teach you how creating small museums alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health & we'll make small museums together
24 May,zoom, recording available afterwards
Open to anyone,anywhere
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...
I'll teach you how creating small museums alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health & we'll make small museums together
24 May,zoom, recording available afterwards
Open to anyone,anywhere
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...
Reposted by Caroline Hadley
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Circles and bars, 1934, one of the most important abstraction artist of the 20thc #womensart
April 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Circles and bars, 1934, one of the most important abstraction artist of the 20thc #womensart
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Tmrw evening at 8 I'll be opening my Etsy for a limited no. of Victorian ink bottle posy kits designed to👇 anxiety while you make something lovely.
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
April 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Tmrw evening at 8 I'll be opening my Etsy for a limited no. of Victorian ink bottle posy kits designed to👇 anxiety while you make something lovely.
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
The Government’s new immigration bill and refugee citizenship ban are just more of the same: continuing the hostile environment. We can’t let this go on. Take action NOW:
act.safepassage.org.uk/ask-your-mp-...
act.safepassage.org.uk/ask-your-mp-...
Ask your MP to oppose the hostile environment and back safe routes
The Government’s refugee citizenship ban and new immigration Bill are just more of the same: continuing the hostile environment. We can’t let this go on. These policies don’t address the real issue. I...
act.safepassage.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Government’s new immigration bill and refugee citizenship ban are just more of the same: continuing the hostile environment. We can’t let this go on. Take action NOW:
act.safepassage.org.uk/ask-your-mp-...
act.safepassage.org.uk/ask-your-mp-...