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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 4d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 10d

To say that you will ‘have to volunteer’ to be eligible for settled status even if working full time as a doctor or nurse for example is not really volunteering because it would not be voluntary. The govt should call it something else if they want to enforce it.
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Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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badaude @badaude.bsky.social · 20d

reminder: if you like cursed images, trash essays, Wiki aesthetic categories, shrimp Jesus & AI slop, book your ticket for the launch of Amateurs! How We Made Internet Culture and Why it Matters ( @versobooks.bsky.social ) at @burleyfisher.bsky.social with @nrolah.bsky.social, tues sept 23rd!

badaude @badaude.bsky.social · Sep 2

LONDON LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!

23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!

burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...

Launch: Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh w/ Natalie Olah

Tuesday 23rd September 2025 6.30-9pm Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to v...

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badaude @badaude.bsky.social · Sep 2

LONDON LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!

23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!

burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...

Launch: Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh w/ Natalie Olah

Tuesday 23rd September 2025 6.30-9pm Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to v...

burleyfisherbooks.com

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’ll be at @burleyfisher.bsky.social on the 23rd Sept to discuss and launch ‘Amateurs!’ by @badaude.bsky.social. Expect discussions on art and labour, the legacy of postinternet art, platform decay and aesthetics in general. Tickets can be bought here: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...

Launch: Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh w/ Natalie Olah

Tuesday 23rd September 2025 6.30-9pm Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to v...

burleyfisherbooks.com

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · Jun 24

London pals, on July 7th I’m going to be talking about Poor Ghost! with the brilliant @nrolah.bsky.social at Reference Point bookshop, WC2R. Come and join if you’re free!

Poor Ghost!

conversation x book signing

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Jun 18

On to our Travelling Scholarships, which enable writers to keep in touch with their colleagues abroad.
Established in 1944, the recipients are nominated by the assessors for the year.
Five writers are each awarded £7,000

#SoAwards

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · May 16

I love Claire-Louise Bennett

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Book Works @bookworks.bsky.social · Apr 3

We are excited to announce our new open call series, Satirical Strains, guest-edited by Holly Pester.

We're looking to work with two emerging writers to develop original short books or equivalent. Full details and how to apply here:
bookworks.org.uk/news/new-ope...

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Paloma Abad @palomaabad.bsky.social · Apr 15

Qué maravilla de entrevista con Nathalie Olah firmada por Alba Correa en @voguespain.bsky.social www.vogue.es/articulos/ma...

Nathalie Olah, escritora: “Solo tenemos una vida y gastarla intentando desentrañar los códigos del gusto es desperdiciarla"

La escritora británica firma un afilado ensayo, Mal gusto, sobre las políticas del sentido estético y todo lo que encierran sobre lucha de clases, deseos de estatus y dinámicas de consumo

www.vogue.es

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · May 2

i liked @nrolah.bsky.social’s book “steal as much as you can” that relates to this

Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · May 2

I wrote about being sick of rich people tv www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? | Rebecca Shaw

I personally don’t really want to watch another movie about a billionaire – unless he is in some sort of trap

www.theguardian.com

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Apr 16

There's a long feature on Bad Taste in Spanish Vogue: www.vogue.es/articulos/ma...

Nathalie Olah, escritora: “Solo tenemos una vida y gastarla intentando desentrañar los códigos del gusto es desperdiciarla"

La escritora británica firma un afilado ensayo, Mal gusto, sobre las políticas del sentido estético y todo lo que encierran sobre lucha de clases, deseos de estatus y dinámicas de consumo

www.vogue.es

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · Mar 29

"Nathalie Olah paints a vibrant and prescient picture of the destruction of a working class community..." - @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Day

Listen to 'A Child of Rover' on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 8pm, co-produced by Nathalie Olah and Alan Hall www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Mar 14

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · Feb 10

Our friend Mahmoud Muna has been arrested, he runs bookshops, wonderful places of curiosity and knowledge.

With love and solidarity to the Muna family x

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners

Raid on Educational Bookstore branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals

www.theguardian.com

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Feb 10

Baffled by my former ability to update social media sites regularly. I have become chronically long form. Empty headed unless operating at about 10k words. Can’t tell if this is good or bad.

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Feb 1

I’m excited to be speaking to Paul B. Preciado next month about his latest book Dysphoria Mundi. Will be at the LRB bookshop. Tickets available at the link.

@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social

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Paul B. Preciado & Nathalie Olah: Dysphoria Mundi

Paul B. Preciado, author of Testo Junkie, on his latest book Dysphoria Mundi with Nathalie Olah

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Feb 1

I’m excited to be speaking to Paul B. Preciado next month about his latest book Dysphoria Mundi. Will be at the LRB bookshop. Tickets available at the link.

@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...

Paul B. Preciado & Nathalie Olah: Dysphoria Mundi

Paul B. Preciado, author of Testo Junkie, on his latest book Dysphoria Mundi with Nathalie Olah

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Laurie McRae Andrew @lmcraeandrew.bsky.social · Jan 23

'Bad Taste' by @nrolah.bsky.social: a trenchant critique of the dominant aesthetics of contemporary everyday life and how they express and reiterate modes of class power. Both sharp and vivid, ranging effortlessly across cultural forms

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Jan 22

Have you read Richard Hoggart? I find it so interesting to think about how this stuff really started to take a hold in the UK in the 50s. I feel like I'm constantly butting up against an attitude that is ultimately protective of american imperialism because it is formative and nostalgic.

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Jan 22

I have actually been writing something about the degenerate art exhibition recently and returning to your book which I hold very dear

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Nathalie Olah @nrolah.bsky.social · Jan 22

Thank you!

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · Jan 20

"the wild horses of subject & theme will roam pretty much undisturbed… but at some point, corralling is necessary. You must bring a sense, not necessarily of control, but a sense of order to bear"
— John Akomfrah talking to @nrolah.bsky.social

nathalieolah.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

A conversation with John Akomfrah

on Stuart Hall, The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and the life of objects

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Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · Jan 9

This word salad doesn't even mention the UK's duty to give refuge to displaced people or to provide humanitarian aid. Literally not once.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migrant exploitation is a progressive issue. That’s why we will now take the toughest steps ever to stop it | David Lammy

Our new sanctions regime targets those profiting from irregular migration and organised immigration crime. We must be focused and smart, says David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary

www.theguardian.com

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