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Katherine Mendelsohn

@katherinemend.bsky.social

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Theatre dramaturg and stage-play translator (french-english). Mum. Word-lover. Reader. She/her.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · Mar 10

I have already managed to research details for around 100 plays in translation by Scotand's amazing translators/translation writers that were professionally staged, but some of the research details are partial so help hugely appreciated. Any detail (or script🙏) is invaluable towards this archiving!

Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · Mar 10

Can you help? There's no centralised script archive of Scotland's stage translators' staged works 1974-now, but support from SSP & @edmorgantrust.bsky.social is helping me change that.

Any detail might be useful! 🙏
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Translation archive submission form

You can use this form to submit the details of any foreign language play performed professionally in translation (into Scots, English or Gaelic) in Scotland. The information will be added to an archiv...

docs.google.com

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1h

It is NOT a “war”, @bbcnews.bsky.social

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Ceasefire deal a major breakthrough, but war not over yet

The agreement of the first-phase of the peace plan for Gaza, announced by US President Donald Trump, is a big moment.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 3h

love this!

Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 4h

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 4h

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 4h

And this morning the Shed is a mirror maze, with faces turning like autumn leaves…

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 4h

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'Half my mind is still in Gaza': Evacuated teacher begins studies in UK

Sanaa el-Azab is one of 58 people who have been evacuated from Gaza to study at universities in the UK on scholarships.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1d

Also applies to playwrights. Audiences are clued up dramatically even if they’ve never been to the theatre. Raise yourself.

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

Why? Because your readers do. The literary world is full of people wanting to write children’s books, who haven’t looked at a children’s book since the 60s. Or people who want the sales associated with romantasy (or cosy crime, or sci-fi), but don’t actually know the genre, or want to read any.

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 ALERT: Police Scotland is developing plans to use live facial recognition technology

Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities

We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0

Police Scotland has decided move ahead with the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by law enforcement in Scotland.
Amnesty firmly opposes the use of this dangerous technology.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful writing and analysis from Palestinian friend and colleague Raja Shehadeh.

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This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine | Raja Shehadeh

Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our way, says writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1d

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 1d

Given the number of people at Tory Party conference any speech there is not so much a public performance as more an open rehearsal.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 2d

“The actor was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer in 2023, and died on October 6...

Among his other performances…Lewis played Larry
in Marianne Elliott’s West End revival of Company”

www.thestage.co.uk/news/west-en...

West End star Ben Lewis dies aged 46

Ben Lewis, who starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera in the West End, has died aged 46

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 2d

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Anthropic class action - an update

The settlement website is now live + includes comprehensive information about the case + settlement, including a searchable tool to see if your books are included in the settlement + a claim form

Find out more 🔽

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Anthropic settlement website – update for writers - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Following on from our update for writers last month about the Anthropic class action in the United States, the settlement website is now live and can be found here. The …

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 2d

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 3d

How did we get here?

‘it was the Conservatives who went out of their way to play down the presence of institutional racism, who launched culture war after culture war about nonsense such as the content of the BBC Proms…’

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy | Nesrine Malik

If Kemi Badenoch wonders why her party conference looks and feels like a sideshow, perhaps she should reflect on the Conservatives’ 14 years in power, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 3d

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

Another line crossed.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Governor Whitmer was almost kidnapped by armed thugs. Governor Shapiro‘s house was set on fire. Nancy Pelosi‘s husband was violently attacked by someone looking for her. Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her home with her husband and dog…and now this. The left is the victim, not the perpetrator.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 3d

Extraordinary events in the US - a civil war brewing which the UK media seem to have missed

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Daniel York Loh @danielyorkloh.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Mid Autumn Festival

a drawing of a rabbit eating a cake with chinese writing

ALT: a drawing of a rabbit eating a cake with chinese writing

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 3d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 4d

Thank you for all the support out there. We are blown away - and so grateful 🙏💪

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 5d

Launch by ex-Observer staff of The Nerve has "hugely exceeded our expectations" in its first week with a beta website and its first newsletter

"We’ve shown what a small, dedicated, collaborative team of women – who’ve worked together for years – can do" pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...

New launch from ex-Observer staff nears 1,000 paying subscribers in a week

The Nerve, the new publication launched by former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr, topped 900 paying subscribers in a week.

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