Kate W
@katemw.bsky.social
English teacher, ghost story lover and aspiring wildlife gardener.
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BLOG POST: Another batch of spooky stories, mostly made for TV, that I think capture something of the vibe of the Lawrence Gordon Clark era of BBC ghost stories for Christmas.
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Another collection of vintage ghost stories for Christmas
If you’ve seen all of the BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, and want more of the same, I’ve got good news for you. Last year I put together a list of films, short films and TV episodes that seemed t…
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December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
BLOG POST: Another batch of spooky stories, mostly made for TV, that I think capture something of the vibe of the Lawrence Gordon Clark era of BBC ghost stories for Christmas.
precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/12/11/a...
precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/12/11/a...
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“There are rock bands that sing in Frisian, but we don’t have a Kneecap unfortunately. We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap.”
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‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen
What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently, says freelance writer Stephen Burgen
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November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“There are rock bands that sing in Frisian, but we don’t have a Kneecap unfortunately. We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap.”
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Can’t breathe
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Can’t breathe
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Some of the best advice this year
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Some of the best advice this year
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the new policies cross so many red lines that no-one who considers themselves to be an anti racist could in good conscience remain a labour member. at this point the morality of it is as clear cut as could be: remain supporting and working for a party enacting far-right racist policies, or leave
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
the new policies cross so many red lines that no-one who considers themselves to be an anti racist could in good conscience remain a labour member. at this point the morality of it is as clear cut as could be: remain supporting and working for a party enacting far-right racist policies, or leave
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"Centrists" have commitment issues
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"Centrists" have commitment issues
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It also includes this banger of a William S Burroughs quote:
‘What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity.’
‘What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity.’
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It also includes this banger of a William S Burroughs quote:
‘What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity.’
‘What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity.’
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Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.
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Weekend reading about keeping fallen leaves around your plants - and how this helps the plants too! www.wildway.info/p/importance...
Help garden wildlife by keeping autumn leaves
Autumn leaves are part of the natural cycle that increases soil nutrition, wildlife habitat and drought resistance
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October 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Weekend reading about keeping fallen leaves around your plants - and how this helps the plants too! www.wildway.info/p/importance...
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Immigrants don't suppress your wages
Bosses do
Bosses do
500 employers fined £10m for failing to pay the national minimum wage.
42,000 workers repaid more than £6m.
Roll of exploitation includes Holland & Barrett, Centrica, Adecco, Avis, Euro Garages, Genting Casinos, Go Outdoors, Mitchells & Butlers. Some have a history.
None forgot to pay execs.
42,000 workers repaid more than £6m.
Roll of exploitation includes Holland & Barrett, Centrica, Adecco, Avis, Euro Garages, Genting Casinos, Go Outdoors, Mitchells & Butlers. Some have a history.
None forgot to pay execs.
£6 million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff
Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage
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October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Immigrants don't suppress your wages
Bosses do
Bosses do
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31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating.
It was a White man attacking Non-White people.
Where is the apology from this hateful racist?
It was a White man attacking Non-White people.
Where is the apology from this hateful racist?
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating.
It was a White man attacking Non-White people.
Where is the apology from this hateful racist?
It was a White man attacking Non-White people.
Where is the apology from this hateful racist?
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Andreea and Christian will be presenting at EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD (30.9.25)
Get signed up here and come and join us!
Book by 8am on 26th Sept
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Book by 8am on 26th Sept
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September 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Andreea and Christian will be presenting at EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD (30.9.25)
Get signed up here and come and join us!
Book by 8am on 26th Sept
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Get signed up here and come and join us!
Book by 8am on 26th Sept
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I mean, call me a Loony Lefty if you want, but it *is* starting to look a bit weird arresting disabled pensioners protesting peacefully one day and telling coked up bellends attacking you to “calm down” another day the same month.
Obviously, just my opinion. I might have got it wrong.
Obviously, just my opinion. I might have got it wrong.
September 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I mean, call me a Loony Lefty if you want, but it *is* starting to look a bit weird arresting disabled pensioners protesting peacefully one day and telling coked up bellends attacking you to “calm down” another day the same month.
Obviously, just my opinion. I might have got it wrong.
Obviously, just my opinion. I might have got it wrong.
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Spot the difference.
September 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Spot the difference.
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
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Amnesty UK Chief Executive Sacha Deshmukh sat down with @politicsjoe.bsky.social about Amnesty's decision to issue an Urgent Action against the UK govt for their crackdown on freedom of expression & misuse of terror legislation to criminalise peaceful protest.
Watch: amn.st/63320ADOJO
Watch: amn.st/63320ADOJO
Free speech, Palestine Action, and Britain as a pariah state | Amnesty interview
Sacha Deshmukh is the Chief Executive of Amnesty UK. He came by the studio to speak to us about Amnesty's decision to issue an Urgent Action against the UK g...
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September 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Amnesty UK Chief Executive Sacha Deshmukh sat down with @politicsjoe.bsky.social about Amnesty's decision to issue an Urgent Action against the UK govt for their crackdown on freedom of expression & misuse of terror legislation to criminalise peaceful protest.
Watch: amn.st/63320ADOJO
Watch: amn.st/63320ADOJO
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This is outrageous news. Amnesty International is deploying trial monitors to observe these hearings.
These charges should never have been made.
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These charges should never have been made.
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Six charged with terrorism offences over support for Palestine Action
The group allegedly organised meetings over Zoom and planned demonstrations in support of Palestine Action
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September 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is outrageous news. Amnesty International is deploying trial monitors to observe these hearings.
These charges should never have been made.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
These charges should never have been made.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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War on women’s voices
#Palestine 🇵🇸 Digital repression targets Palestinian women through gender-based violence, limiting online expression. @7amleh.bsky.social's study underscores the need for urgent protections amid the ongoing genocide in #Gaza. buff.ly/fnAjJ99
August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
War on women’s voices
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This is a really thoughtful reflection from Deborah Cameron on the ideas of Robin Lakoff (who died earlier this month) and her legacy.
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Remembering Robin Lakoff
This month we learned that the linguist Robin Lakoff had died at the age of 82. If you’ve heard of Lakoff you will probably know her as the author of Language and Woman’s Place (LWP), an early and …
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August 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is a really thoughtful reflection from Deborah Cameron on the ideas of Robin Lakoff (who died earlier this month) and her legacy.
debuk.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/r...
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Hi folks - yet another piece of British film history is about to be erased, please consider signing!
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Sign the Petition
Keep the Hammer House Sign at the Hammer House of Horror on Wardour Street
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August 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hi folks - yet another piece of British film history is about to be erased, please consider signing!
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63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
August 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
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150. Gallup, 1989: "If you could have one of the following cartoon characters for a household pet, which one would you choose?"
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
150. Gallup, 1989: "If you could have one of the following cartoon characters for a household pet, which one would you choose?"
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We’ve been sent this.
August 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We’ve been sent this.