Alex White
@alexwhitewrites.bsky.social
Award-winning writer and editor, passionate about books, accessibility, disability rights and oral history. Fan of Norwich City, Sussex and England cricket. Views personal. www.alexwhitewrites.com
In the first of a series about my reading life, I talk about my early books from Professor Branestawm, Wind In The Willows and Winnie the Pooh #books #BookSky alexwhitewrites.com/2025/11/21/m...
My early reading life
On Friday afternoons at Middle Street School, our headmaster would smoke his pipe and do a general knowledge quiz with us. I liked the sweet smell of his pipe smoke (this was the 1970s) and of succ…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In the first of a series about my reading life, I talk about my early books from Professor Branestawm, Wind In The Willows and Winnie the Pooh #books #BookSky alexwhitewrites.com/2025/11/21/m...
My interview with William Horwood about his novel Skallagrigg.
The film starred Richard Briers, Bernard Hill, Ian Dury, Billie Whitelaw, Jamie Beddard and Nabil Shaban and won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama in 1995.
#Books #BookSky #Disability
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The film starred Richard Briers, Bernard Hill, Ian Dury, Billie Whitelaw, Jamie Beddard and Nabil Shaban and won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama in 1995.
#Books #BookSky #Disability
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November 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My interview with William Horwood about his novel Skallagrigg.
The film starred Richard Briers, Bernard Hill, Ian Dury, Billie Whitelaw, Jamie Beddard and Nabil Shaban and won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama in 1995.
#Books #BookSky #Disability
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The film starred Richard Briers, Bernard Hill, Ian Dury, Billie Whitelaw, Jamie Beddard and Nabil Shaban and won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama in 1995.
#Books #BookSky #Disability
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'Agent Manning' was voted out at the roundtable as a Traitor by the clueless board.
Now Norwich City Faithful Stephen Fry must choose between Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and Allen Carr, whose dad used to be a football manager.
Who would you choose?
#NorwichCity #OTBC #NCFC #Traitors
Now Norwich City Faithful Stephen Fry must choose between Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and Allen Carr, whose dad used to be a football manager.
Who would you choose?
#NorwichCity #OTBC #NCFC #Traitors
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
'Agent Manning' was voted out at the roundtable as a Traitor by the clueless board.
Now Norwich City Faithful Stephen Fry must choose between Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and Allen Carr, whose dad used to be a football manager.
Who would you choose?
#NorwichCity #OTBC #NCFC #Traitors
Now Norwich City Faithful Stephen Fry must choose between Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and Allen Carr, whose dad used to be a football manager.
Who would you choose?
#NorwichCity #OTBC #NCFC #Traitors
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November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I've used Give as you Live Online to raise FREE donations for charity just by shopping online. Join, choose a charity, and shop at over 6,000 stores.
If you sign up from my link, I'll have the chance to win a £10 donation for my chosen charity! 🎁 👇 www.giveasyoulive.com/refer/R9UvYQ...
If you sign up from my link, I'll have the chance to win a £10 donation for my chosen charity! 🎁 👇 www.giveasyoulive.com/refer/R9UvYQ...
Looking back at an article I wrote in the @nujofficial.bsky.social NUJ magazine The Journalist in 1999, I've just posted a blog about the changing language of #disability
Sufferer and wheelchair-bound may be on the way out.
But what about brave and inspiring?
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Sufferer and wheelchair-bound may be on the way out.
But what about brave and inspiring?
alexwhitewrites.com/2025/11/05/t...
The changing language of disability
I was once introduced at a webinar as “Alex White who has been talking about the language of disability before it was fashionable.” By which they meant until the webinar ma…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Looking back at an article I wrote in the @nujofficial.bsky.social NUJ magazine The Journalist in 1999, I've just posted a blog about the changing language of #disability
Sufferer and wheelchair-bound may be on the way out.
But what about brave and inspiring?
alexwhitewrites.com/2025/11/05/t...
Sufferer and wheelchair-bound may be on the way out.
But what about brave and inspiring?
alexwhitewrites.com/2025/11/05/t...
World Cup hero and @canaries.co.uk legend Martin Peters has ghosted in at the back post of the Philip Pullman book.
How we could do with him v @swfc.co.uk at Hillsborough tonight! #NorwichCity #Football
How we could do with him v @swfc.co.uk at Hillsborough tonight! #NorwichCity #Football
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
World Cup hero and @canaries.co.uk legend Martin Peters has ghosted in at the back post of the Philip Pullman book.
How we could do with him v @swfc.co.uk at Hillsborough tonight! #NorwichCity #Football
How we could do with him v @swfc.co.uk at Hillsborough tonight! #NorwichCity #Football
Really looking forward to starting the journey of the final volume of The Book of Dust: The Rose Field by Philip Pullman.
I'm surprised @foliosociety.bsky.social classes Pullman as 'Young Adult' in their recent catalogue.
Genres don't matter, I suppose.
#Books #BookSky
I'm surprised @foliosociety.bsky.social classes Pullman as 'Young Adult' in their recent catalogue.
Genres don't matter, I suppose.
#Books #BookSky
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Really looking forward to starting the journey of the final volume of The Book of Dust: The Rose Field by Philip Pullman.
I'm surprised @foliosociety.bsky.social classes Pullman as 'Young Adult' in their recent catalogue.
Genres don't matter, I suppose.
#Books #BookSky
I'm surprised @foliosociety.bsky.social classes Pullman as 'Young Adult' in their recent catalogue.
Genres don't matter, I suppose.
#Books #BookSky
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October 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There is still time to donate items to #disability equality charity Scope.
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Donate items to #disability equality charity Scope to fund a vital helpline call for a disabled person.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Donate items to #disability equality charity Scope to fund a vital helpline call for a disabled person.
Use over 10,000 ParcelShops or Lockers in the UK free with Evri. www.evri.com/scope
Use over 10,000 ParcelShops or Lockers in the UK free with Evri. www.evri.com/scope
It was great to visit the @kneppwilding.bsky.social and the Tamworth pigs on a glorious sunny Saturday, The best book theme park ever! #books #BookSky #Knepp #Rewilding
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It was great to visit the @kneppwilding.bsky.social and the Tamworth pigs on a glorious sunny Saturday, The best book theme park ever! #books #BookSky #Knepp #Rewilding
I've just finished Hatchet Job by @kermodemovie.bsky.social , a threnody to the film critic. Film criticism is alive and kicking as long as the Kermodian rant survives! #NotDeadYet #books #BookSky
August 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I've just finished Hatchet Job by @kermodemovie.bsky.social , a threnody to the film critic. Film criticism is alive and kicking as long as the Kermodian rant survives! #NotDeadYet #books #BookSky
Alison White (no relation) is a mother of a child with #CerebralPalsy. Her Letter to Louis, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social is shocking about the callousness or perhaps carelessness of people’s reactions to a mother with a disabled child. #Books #BookSky - link in my bio
August 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Alison White (no relation) is a mother of a child with #CerebralPalsy. Her Letter to Louis, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social is shocking about the callousness or perhaps carelessness of people’s reactions to a mother with a disabled child. #Books #BookSky - link in my bio
We need to see the law changed, so that employers and workers know when action must be taken to keep workers cooler and safer. Add your name. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
We need a maximum working temperature
Every summer, temperatures are rising and working in prolonged heat and sun can be dangerous. It can cause a number of health concerns, from dehydration and dizziness to the most serious of illnesses....
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August 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We need to see the law changed, so that employers and workers know when action must be taken to keep workers cooler and safer. Add your name. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
My mother was a single mother in the 1960s who tried to make a living from selling second-hand #books alexwhitewrites.com/2025/08/08/s...
Second-hand book dealing: how not to make money
My mother was a second-hand book dealer. She sold gardening books by post from various rented flats in Brighton in the 1970s.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
My mother was a single mother in the 1960s who tried to make a living from selling second-hand #books alexwhitewrites.com/2025/08/08/s...
Glad to see that Pierhead Hotel at Port Appin and the not-so Hidden Hut at Porthcurnick Beach, Cornwall made the feast for the senses guide in ipaper today #food www.hiddenhut.co.uk
The Hidden Hut, Porthcurnick Beach
Found tucked away along the coast path near Portscatho on the remote Roseland Peninsula, the Hidden Hut is a special spot to enjoy freshly cooked food out in the sea air…
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August 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Glad to see that Pierhead Hotel at Port Appin and the not-so Hidden Hut at Porthcurnick Beach, Cornwall made the feast for the senses guide in ipaper today #food www.hiddenhut.co.uk
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is taking place between 18 July and 10 August.
Sitting in a sunny spot for 15 minutes is a perfect mindful moment. Get involved!
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Sitting in a sunny spot for 15 minutes is a perfect mindful moment. Get involved!
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Join The Big Butterfly Count 2025 to support butterflies
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is taking place between 18 July and 10 August. Create a Wild Space to tackle the butterfly emergency.
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August 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is taking place between 18 July and 10 August.
Sitting in a sunny spot for 15 minutes is a perfect mindful moment. Get involved!
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
alexwhitewrites.com/2025/08/01/j...
Sitting in a sunny spot for 15 minutes is a perfect mindful moment. Get involved!
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
alexwhitewrites.com/2025/08/01/j...