Anne Booth (@Bridgeanne)
@bridgeanne.bsky.social
Writer of books for children, represented by Anne Clark https://www.anneclarkliteraryagency.co.uk & for adults, represented by Charlotte Colwill https://www.colwillandpeddle.com. Occasional columnist for 'The Tablet.' website https://anneboothauthor.com
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I keep the receipts.
A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent.
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
August 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I keep the receipts.
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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Calling all families of Edinburgh! Get your tickets for an Escape Room event like no other! 10am! Tomorrow! @edbookfest.bsky.social Find the Keys! Unlock the World! #EscapeRoom #GameZero 🔑🌍🔐
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
Enter the Escape with @christopheredge.bsky.social, as he brings to life the heart-racing adventure of his new book, Escape Room: Game Zero, at @edbookfest.bsky.social this Saturday. The fun, puzzle-filled event is perfect for children aged 9+
Book your tickets:
Book your tickets:
Enter the Escape with Christopher Edge
From Sat 9 Aug - Welcome to The Escape – an epic new world full of puzzles and peril to beat before time runs out…
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August 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Calling all families of Edinburgh! Get your tickets for an Escape Room event like no other! 10am! Tomorrow! @edbookfest.bsky.social Find the Keys! Unlock the World! #EscapeRoom #GameZero 🔑🌍🔐
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
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Good morning and many thanks to Blackwell Books
For showcasing us in their latest newsletter.
The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
Beast @luluallison.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul @luluallison.bsky.social
@blackwelloxford.bsky.social
@blackwells.bsky.social
For showcasing us in their latest newsletter.
The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
Beast @luluallison.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul @luluallison.bsky.social
@blackwelloxford.bsky.social
@blackwells.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Good morning and many thanks to Blackwell Books
For showcasing us in their latest newsletter.
The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
Beast @luluallison.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul @luluallison.bsky.social
@blackwelloxford.bsky.social
@blackwells.bsky.social
For showcasing us in their latest newsletter.
The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
Beast @luluallison.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul @luluallison.bsky.social
@blackwelloxford.bsky.social
@blackwells.bsky.social
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*Every* single time a politician uses the phrase "Jumping the queue" with respect to migrants as James Cleverly has just done they should immediately be asked "What queue?" and the journalist should insist on the details of how people can join this queue.
July 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
*Every* single time a politician uses the phrase "Jumping the queue" with respect to migrants as James Cleverly has just done they should immediately be asked "What queue?" and the journalist should insist on the details of how people can join this queue.
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Spoke to @pressgazette about why the Afghan superinjunction case is a huge moment for press freedom, open justice and parliamentary democracy in the UK- and why it must never be allowed to happen in the same way again.
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/af...
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/af...
Afghan data breach super injunction 'deeply disturbing' for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall
Podcast co-host Lewis Goodall has shared fears for the future of media over a court-imposed super injunction.
pressgazette.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Spoke to @pressgazette about why the Afghan superinjunction case is a huge moment for press freedom, open justice and parliamentary democracy in the UK- and why it must never be allowed to happen in the same way again.
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/af...
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/af...
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Delighted to share the cover of my new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School! Art by @unawoods.bsky.social, pub Gill Books, Sept 4th. Ellora's just started at a new school, and it's hard to keep her budding banshee powers secret. But what if they're about to save the day? 📚🇮🇪💫
July 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Delighted to share the cover of my new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School! Art by @unawoods.bsky.social, pub Gill Books, Sept 4th. Ellora's just started at a new school, and it's hard to keep her budding banshee powers secret. But what if they're about to save the day? 📚🇮🇪💫
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I am reading this and it is absolutely brilliant! It’s based in Malta and now I really want to go there. Thank you for writing such an amazing story @rowancoleman.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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open.substack.com/pub/thecorne... I love this writer.
Why does life have to hurt so much?
my no answer answer
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thecorne... I love this writer.
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Tell me what your pet would tell you if they had the chance?
July 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Tell me what your pet would tell you if they had the chance?
I am reading this and it is absolutely brilliant! It’s based in Malta and now I really want to go there. Thank you for writing such an amazing story @rowancoleman.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I am reading this and it is absolutely brilliant! It’s based in Malta and now I really want to go there. Thank you for writing such an amazing story @rowancoleman.bsky.social
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Asylum-seekers get £49 a week loaded onto a pre-paid card if they're not in catered accommodation. They get £10 if they are. And yet nearly a third of voters think government spending helps 'immigrants' **most of all**. Insane and frightening.
July 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Asylum-seekers get £49 a week loaded onto a pre-paid card if they're not in catered accommodation. They get £10 if they are. And yet nearly a third of voters think government spending helps 'immigrants' **most of all**. Insane and frightening.
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On the London Overground. I’ve just asked a young guy playing loud music out of his phone to turn his music down. He asked stroppily why he should. I said because it was uncivilised.
He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair”
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair”
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
July 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
On the London Overground. I’ve just asked a young guy playing loud music out of his phone to turn his music down. He asked stroppily why he should. I said because it was uncivilised.
He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair”
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair”
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
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The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
July 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
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The Lib Dems have reported the BBC to Ofcom for giving "undue prominence" to Reform UK in its coverage of the UK-France deal yesterday
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Lib Dems have reported the BBC to Ofcom for giving "undue prominence" to Reform UK in its coverage of the UK-France deal yesterday
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Stitched deep into the holler and hullabaloo of our festival fabric is our Worship & Spirituality programme, providing precious opportunities for quieter reflection and deeper understanding across the weekend.
July 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Stitched deep into the holler and hullabaloo of our festival fabric is our Worship & Spirituality programme, providing precious opportunities for quieter reflection and deeper understanding across the weekend.
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Another #NewIllustrationOfTheDay today by Mia Underwood, from Live Like a Tudor, with a narrative by Claire Saunders. Graphic techniques applied to Tudor artworks create an effect of folk art without losing the decorative period details. From Button Books 8 July. @clairesaunders.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Another #NewIllustrationOfTheDay today by Mia Underwood, from Live Like a Tudor, with a narrative by Claire Saunders. Graphic techniques applied to Tudor artworks create an effect of folk art without losing the decorative period details. From Button Books 8 July. @clairesaunders.bsky.social
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Anne Reid on fame, desire and ambition at 90: ‘The most wonderful things have happened since I was 68!’
Anne Reid on fame, desire and ambition at 90: ‘The most wonderful things have happened since I was 68!’
In her 20s, the actor says, casting directors didn’t rate her. In her 60s, she got her big break. She discusses fun, family, optimism, regrets – and wild sex on screen with Daniel Craig
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Anne Reid on fame, desire and ambition at 90: ‘The most wonderful things have happened since I was 68!’
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Britain *is* broken.
Brexit broke Britain.
And Nigel Farage is benefitting from the wreckage.
This was always my greatest fear with Brexit - that it would bring about stagnant conditions that favour extreme populism.
Much like drug addiction causes crashes that make the drug more seductive.
Brexit broke Britain.
And Nigel Farage is benefitting from the wreckage.
This was always my greatest fear with Brexit - that it would bring about stagnant conditions that favour extreme populism.
Much like drug addiction causes crashes that make the drug more seductive.
2016: Nigel Farage, "The worst case scenario, economically, is better than where we are today"
2025: Nigel Farage, "This is broken Britain, nothing works"
2025: Nigel Farage, "This is broken Britain, nothing works"
July 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Britain *is* broken.
Brexit broke Britain.
And Nigel Farage is benefitting from the wreckage.
This was always my greatest fear with Brexit - that it would bring about stagnant conditions that favour extreme populism.
Much like drug addiction causes crashes that make the drug more seductive.
Brexit broke Britain.
And Nigel Farage is benefitting from the wreckage.
This was always my greatest fear with Brexit - that it would bring about stagnant conditions that favour extreme populism.
Much like drug addiction causes crashes that make the drug more seductive.
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The BBC are constantly bending over backwards to please Reform.
I fear they're becoming a mouthpiece for Nigel Farage, a guy who wants to destroy them.
I fear they're becoming a mouthpiece for Nigel Farage, a guy who wants to destroy them.
July 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The BBC are constantly bending over backwards to please Reform.
I fear they're becoming a mouthpiece for Nigel Farage, a guy who wants to destroy them.
I fear they're becoming a mouthpiece for Nigel Farage, a guy who wants to destroy them.
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That last line hits hard
July 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last line hits hard
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Day 34 of showing you that certain animals (including spiders) aren't scary 😲 Today’s creature feature is Blossom the orchid mantis 🌸
She doesn’t breathe like we do! She uses spiracles (tiny holes along her sides) to pull in air. How cool is that?! 😁 #facts #prayingmantis
She doesn’t breathe like we do! She uses spiracles (tiny holes along her sides) to pull in air. How cool is that?! 😁 #facts #prayingmantis
July 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Day 34 of showing you that certain animals (including spiders) aren't scary 😲 Today’s creature feature is Blossom the orchid mantis 🌸
She doesn’t breathe like we do! She uses spiracles (tiny holes along her sides) to pull in air. How cool is that?! 😁 #facts #prayingmantis
She doesn’t breathe like we do! She uses spiracles (tiny holes along her sides) to pull in air. How cool is that?! 😁 #facts #prayingmantis
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
July 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin