Judith Trustman ☘️
@mcgrathauthor.bsky.social
Author, ex barrister (family law), Irish. Poetry Pharm aficionado, occasional journo Irish press. Likes critical thinking & folk music, not usually at the same time.
🔗www.judithtrustmanauthor.com
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#books #writer
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Hello good folk,
I have written a novel about birth mothers, adoptees, what happens after adoption for birth mothers plus, when the children come searching..
It’s called *How Like A Winter* and will be out soon. Hoping it resonates (I’m adopted myself) #birthmothers #adoptees #adoption #ancestors
I have written a novel about birth mothers, adoptees, what happens after adoption for birth mothers plus, when the children come searching..
It’s called *How Like A Winter* and will be out soon. Hoping it resonates (I’m adopted myself) #birthmothers #adoptees #adoption #ancestors
When journalists, lit agents, publishers put on their website that they don’t always respond bcs of volume of mail it’s not true. It’s a decision and an attitude. Best example of the opposite who *do* respond (don’t tell me they’re not busy) @privateeyenews.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
When journalists, lit agents, publishers put on their website that they don’t always respond bcs of volume of mail it’s not true. It’s a decision and an attitude. Best example of the opposite who *do* respond (don’t tell me they’re not busy) @privateeyenews.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
When journalists, lit agents, publishers put on their website that they don’t always respond bcs of volume of mail it’s not true. It’s a decision and an attitude. Best example of the opposite who *do* respond (don’t tell me they’re not busy) @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Ah sorry, it's at the top of my quoted blog post but here's the direct link.
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Ah sorry, it's at the top of my quoted blog post but here's the direct link.
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300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
Three beautiful stories in the @irishtimes.com this morning. Thanks guys.
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Three beautiful stories in the @irishtimes.com this morning. Thanks guys.
Lying in a German ravine, hoping for rescue, I resolve to answer the questions about my adoption
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Lying in a German ravine, hoping for rescue, I resolve to answer the questions about my adoption
Paul Cullen: I have always known I was adopted, but my early years – unrecorded, unremembered – were one big void
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Lying in a German ravine, hoping for rescue, I resolve to answer the questions about my adoption
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Wonderful words and so brilliantly performed Shame to those who fail to hear these words
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Wonderful words and so brilliantly performed Shame to those who fail to hear these words
Melania the movie is a mash-up of Carmela Soprano and Eva Braun on the Zoolander set
www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/0...
www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/0...
Melania the movie is a mash-up of Carmela Soprano and Eva Braun on the Zoolander set
Melania is a living demonstration of what happens when 20th century totalitarian kitsch reappears as 21st century luxury branding
www.irishtimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Melania the movie is a mash-up of Carmela Soprano and Eva Braun on the Zoolander set
www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/0...
www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/0...
Film that’s is, according to an excellent journalist ‘taxidermy’, about a fascist’s consort made by a sex pest tanks in box offices. I wonder if the single digits sitting amongst the empty rows reflect on why they’ve got no mates?
January 31, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Film that’s is, according to an excellent journalist ‘taxidermy’, about a fascist’s consort made by a sex pest tanks in box offices. I wonder if the single digits sitting amongst the empty rows reflect on why they’ve got no mates?
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I can’t knit (yet!) so can anyone make me one of these? Will reimburse for wool and time, obv
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Melt the ICE Hat Pattern
In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I can’t knit (yet!) so can anyone make me one of these? Will reimburse for wool and time, obv
payhip.com/b/TqQL1
payhip.com/b/TqQL1
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Rachel O’Dwyer’s writing on Hamnet absolutely perfectly captures why this film is a great one.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
As I sit in the cinema watching Hamnet, a dull ache starts in my throat
Hamnet isn’t grief porn but a bittersweet reminder that all love is a raw miracle
www.irishtimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Rachel O’Dwyer’s writing on Hamnet absolutely perfectly captures why this film is a great one.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
@cineworld.bsky.social about to screen a film about the wife of a president who sanctions the horrors unfolding these last 12 months including murder. The film was made by a guy who was an Epstein associate accused of sexual misconduct and rape. We do not want this in our cinemas #brettratner #trump
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
@cineworld.bsky.social about to screen a film about the wife of a president who sanctions the horrors unfolding these last 12 months including murder. The film was made by a guy who was an Epstein associate accused of sexual misconduct and rape. We do not want this in our cinemas #brettratner #trump
This is an extraordinary article. Bloody brilliant!
Mary McAleese: Baptism denies babies their human rights
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Mary McAleese: Baptism denies babies their human rights
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Mary McAleese: Baptism is a key Catholic recruitment tool. It denies babies their human rights
Rite & Reason: No one is Catholic by birth and the notion of ‘Baptismal promises’ is risible
www.irishtimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This is an extraordinary article. Bloody brilliant!
Mary McAleese: Baptism denies babies their human rights
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Mary McAleese: Baptism denies babies their human rights
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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A reminder that Kemi Badenoch wants to create a UK “Removals Force” explicitly modelled on ICE
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
A reminder that Kemi Badenoch wants to create a UK “Removals Force” explicitly modelled on ICE
#books #reviewers #literary #publishing #fiction #. Project 2026 how to get reviews in national press… uk or Ireland… any advice appreciated
December 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#books #reviewers #literary #publishing #fiction #. Project 2026 how to get reviews in national press… uk or Ireland… any advice appreciated
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December 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
@dpd-uk.bsky.social DPD driver B23 HYY (or HKY) was driving too fast thru Twitchen B4358 postcode SY7 0HN wd not have had time to stop without an accident. It’s 30 mph speed limit-residential, narrow, blind bend. Time & date of incident: approx 14.00 on 28/12/2025.
December 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@dpd-uk.bsky.social DPD driver B23 HYY (or HKY) was driving too fast thru Twitchen B4358 postcode SY7 0HN wd not have had time to stop without an accident. It’s 30 mph speed limit-residential, narrow, blind bend. Time & date of incident: approx 14.00 on 28/12/2025.
Lee Child and I used to walk through the same door every morning.
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lee Child and I used to walk through the same door every morning.
Also available from Amazon and multiple retailers online, check my website for purchase options 🔗www.judithtrustmanauthor.com
Now available from Waterstones! If you want a novel for a Christmas present, try this- it’s about two mothers whose lives are changed when they lose their child to adoption and what happens when love comes searching. #familystories #reunion
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Also available from Amazon and multiple retailers online, check my website for purchase options 🔗www.judithtrustmanauthor.com
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Now available from Waterstones! If you want a novel for a Christmas present, try this- it’s about two mothers whose lives are changed when they lose their child to adoption and what happens when love comes searching. #familystories #reunion
December 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Now available from Waterstones! If you want a novel for a Christmas present, try this- it’s about two mothers whose lives are changed when they lose their child to adoption and what happens when love comes searching. #familystories #reunion
Now available from Waterstones! If you want a novel for a Christmas present, try this- it’s about two mothers whose lives are changed when they lose their child to adoption and what happens when love comes searching. #familystories #reunion
December 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Now available from Waterstones! If you want a novel for a Christmas present, try this- it’s about two mothers whose lives are changed when they lose their child to adoption and what happens when love comes searching. #familystories #reunion
@tescosupermarket.bsky.social 4th year running Tesco Ludlow failing the celiacs. No Xmas puddings at all for Xmas for the gluten free of Ludlow and beyond (there are 4 celiacs in my street alone)
December 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
@tescosupermarket.bsky.social 4th year running Tesco Ludlow failing the celiacs. No Xmas puddings at all for Xmas for the gluten free of Ludlow and beyond (there are 4 celiacs in my street alone)