Noreen Masud
@noreenmasud.bsky.social
Associate Prof @UoBrisEnglish 🏳️🌈 A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) 🐨 AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 🐈⬛ rep: @mfredturner
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Reading doesn’t make you a better person: Tallulah Brennan speaks to @noreenmasud.bsky.social about the mystery of flat landscapes, the current state of nature writing, & the book industry’s reticence to support Palestinian liberation & fossil fuel divestment www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/read...
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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if the telegraph can’t find a new buyer maybe it should just be towed out into the north sea and sunk
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
if the telegraph can’t find a new buyer maybe it should just be towed out into the north sea and sunk
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A GENUINELY good article? On "cancel culture"? Don't mind if I do... on.ft.com/47U5RQK @ftweekend.com
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’
The phrase is permission not to think too closely
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A GENUINELY good article? On "cancel culture"? Don't mind if I do... on.ft.com/47U5RQK @ftweekend.com
what if my granny had wheels and was a bus and we could all go for a ride in her
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
what if my granny had wheels and was a bus and we could all go for a ride in her
oh and one 'patriot' managed to get into the counterprotestors' crowd, snaking her way towards the hotel doors. luckily she was caught and surrounded (peacefully) before she could get there; escorted off
when i say protect i mean protect. last summer police were too busy nitpicking counter-protestors to bother with protecting the Mercure from the racists. they threw missiles, tried to get to the entrance, had to be physically blocked by counter-protestors
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
oh and one 'patriot' managed to get into the counterprotestors' crowd, snaking her way towards the hotel doors. luckily she was caught and surrounded (peacefully) before she could get there; escorted off
yesterday Bristol turned to protect asylum-seekers at the Mercure from 'Patriots'. little kids were peering out of windows: these fash scum were giving them the finger +filming them
the kids were legends: they covered their faces and gave them the finger right back
the kids were legends: they covered their faces and gave them the finger right back
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
yesterday Bristol turned to protect asylum-seekers at the Mercure from 'Patriots'. little kids were peering out of windows: these fash scum were giving them the finger +filming them
the kids were legends: they covered their faces and gave them the finger right back
the kids were legends: they covered their faces and gave them the finger right back
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The Bristol Short Story Prize will officially re-open next week!
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Bristol Short Story Prize will officially re-open next week!
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
so excited to see the BSSP about to open again - submit submit submit!
The Bristol Short Story Prize will officially re-open next week!
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
so excited to see the BSSP about to open again - submit submit submit!
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Over 12,000 people have added their name to keep Hampstead heath ladies' ponds inclusive.
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back
goodlawproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Over 12,000 people have added their name to keep Hampstead heath ladies' ponds inclusive.
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
I'm going to have nightmares about this
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'm going to have nightmares about this
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Read Palestine Week is coming up on 29 November-December 5.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
Join READ PALESTINE WEEK November 29-December 5. This year, with a special focus on raising funds for Palestinian writers in Gaza.
publishersforpalestine.org/2025/11/11/j...
publishersforpalestine.org/2025/11/11/j...
Join READ PALESTINE WEEK 2025
Join us for this year’s READ PALESTINE WEEK, coming November 29-December 5.
publishersforpalestine.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Read Palestine Week is coming up on 29 November-December 5.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
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Any journalists interesting in covering/following can DM here or contact me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. The most recent BBC and ITV coverage is here (CW: violence, femicide, suicide):
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.itv.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Any journalists interesting in covering/following can DM here or contact me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. The most recent BBC and ITV coverage is here (CW: violence, femicide, suicide):
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
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Can anyone help Pete? Worthy cause.
Any journalists interesting in covering/following can DM here or contact me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. The most recent BBC and ITV coverage is here (CW: violence, femicide, suicide):
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.itv.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Can anyone help Pete? Worthy cause.
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This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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The 2025-26 Keats-Shelley and Young Romantics Prizes are open! There are two competitions – poetry and essays – and two age groups: the Keats-Shelley Prize, which is open to all, and the Young Romantics Prize, aimed at anyone aged between 16-18.
For more information, visit bit.ly/3KdIurO
For more information, visit bit.ly/3KdIurO
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The 2025-26 Keats-Shelley and Young Romantics Prizes are open! There are two competitions – poetry and essays – and two age groups: the Keats-Shelley Prize, which is open to all, and the Young Romantics Prize, aimed at anyone aged between 16-18.
For more information, visit bit.ly/3KdIurO
For more information, visit bit.ly/3KdIurO
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Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
after a night of my boys growling & hiding in boxes & fluffing up their tails: ban all fireworks except sparklers. all you need for a great Bonfire Night is sparklers + bonfire + potatoes roasted in the embers unimaginably slowly till the skins are black and the inside is white as cream
frankly why tf are we doing fireworks at all. It’s called Bonfire Night. get your ex’s photographs and your childhood Harry Potter books and light that shit up
I like fireworks but they shouldn't be sold to the general public. Obviously some twat's going to lob one at a paramedic. Garden fireworks are always shit anyway. Go and give the rotary club a fiver and watch a good display in a field with a candyfloss machine and a tombola.
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
after a night of my boys growling & hiding in boxes & fluffing up their tails: ban all fireworks except sparklers. all you need for a great Bonfire Night is sparklers + bonfire + potatoes roasted in the embers unimaginably slowly till the skins are black and the inside is white as cream
i'm the best mamdani that you ever did see
fuck curtis sliwa and fuck AC
fuck curtis sliwa and fuck AC
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
i'm the best mamdani that you ever did see
fuck curtis sliwa and fuck AC
fuck curtis sliwa and fuck AC
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A white journalist at a white BBC has made what looks like a hit piece about a white writer charged with racism by a number of writers of colour. The twist? The BBC attacks the writers of colour.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A white journalist at a white BBC has made what looks like a hit piece about a white writer charged with racism by a number of writers of colour. The twist? The BBC attacks the writers of colour.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
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Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
cannot emphasise enough how much I hated Dick Cheney and how glad I am that he is dead. it's a shame people can't die twice. i would have liked him to die twice
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
cannot emphasise enough how much I hated Dick Cheney and how glad I am that he is dead. it's a shame people can't die twice. i would have liked him to die twice
CONGRATULATIONS @pollyrowena.bsky.social !!!!
Members of the Society of Authors have newly elected four of their peers to represent authors’ views on the Management Committee (the Board).
SoA members
@ajwestauthor.bsky.social, @iangiles.bsky.social, @pollyrowena.bsky.social, and @lucindahawksley.bsky.social
now join the committee.
SoA members
@ajwestauthor.bsky.social, @iangiles.bsky.social, @pollyrowena.bsky.social, and @lucindahawksley.bsky.social
now join the committee.
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
CONGRATULATIONS @pollyrowena.bsky.social !!!!