Stephen Unwin
@stephenunwin.bsky.social
Director, Writer, Teacher, Campaigner.
Founded ETT. Opened the Rose.
Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives.
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Founded ETT. Opened the Rose.
Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives.
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Pinned
If you read one thing this weekend, read this. The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking. With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz.
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. Ho...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you read one thing this weekend, read this. The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking. With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz.
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🔴 Follow the Money: How the Right Weaponises the Costs of Supporting Learning Disabled People
"Society should become more transparent about where the money is being spent. What we certainly should not do is blame learning disabled people and their families" @stephenunwin.bsky.social
"Society should become more transparent about where the money is being spent. What we certainly should not do is blame learning disabled people and their families" @stephenunwin.bsky.social
Follow the Money: How the Right Weaponises the Costs of Supporting Learning Disabled People
If politicians are worried about the costs of support for the learning disabled, society must become more transparent about where the money is being spent
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🔴 Follow the Money: How the Right Weaponises the Costs of Supporting Learning Disabled People
"Society should become more transparent about where the money is being spent. What we certainly should not do is blame learning disabled people and their families" @stephenunwin.bsky.social
"Society should become more transparent about where the money is being spent. What we certainly should not do is blame learning disabled people and their families" @stephenunwin.bsky.social
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New to our Arden Performance Companions series, 'Shakespeare and Brecht: A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers' by @stephenunwin.bsky.social is the first guide connecting the two playwrights, expanding staging & performing possibilities.
https://bit.ly/4pMQjoH
https://bit.ly/4pMQjoH
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New to our Arden Performance Companions series, 'Shakespeare and Brecht: A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers' by @stephenunwin.bsky.social is the first guide connecting the two playwrights, expanding staging & performing possibilities.
https://bit.ly/4pMQjoH
https://bit.ly/4pMQjoH
Nearly 40 years later Tilda Swinton and I are having another go at Manfred Karge’s Man to Man.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nearly 40 years later Tilda Swinton and I are having another go at Manfred Karge’s Man to Man.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
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complete batshit insanity
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
complete batshit insanity
Off to Cambridge University to talk about learning disabilities.
I relish the contradiction.
I relish the contradiction.
October 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Off to Cambridge University to talk about learning disabilities.
I relish the contradiction.
I relish the contradiction.
This is what fascism looks like.
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is what fascism looks like.
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The people in Arizona’s 7th congressional district have been without representation in Congress for over 7 months.
Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The people in Arizona’s 7th congressional district have been without representation in Congress for over 7 months.
Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.
Best bought in boxes of 10.
😂
😂
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Best bought in boxes of 10.
😂
😂
Sara Ryan's brilliant new book.
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
Critical Health and Learning Disabilities by Sara Ryan — Stephen Unwin
Sara Ryan’s new book, Critical Health and Learning Disabilities , came with some serious trigger warnings. This, I was told, presented an entirely negative vision of the lives of people with learning...
www.stephenunwin.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Sara Ryan's brilliant new book.
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
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‼️CONFIRMED: Nearly 7 million people turned out for No Kings today.
With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, today’s mobilization was 14 times larger than both of Trump’s presidential inaugurations combined, marking a historic moment of unity and resistance.
#NoKings
With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, today’s mobilization was 14 times larger than both of Trump’s presidential inaugurations combined, marking a historic moment of unity and resistance.
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
‼️CONFIRMED: Nearly 7 million people turned out for No Kings today.
With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, today’s mobilization was 14 times larger than both of Trump’s presidential inaugurations combined, marking a historic moment of unity and resistance.
#NoKings
With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, today’s mobilization was 14 times larger than both of Trump’s presidential inaugurations combined, marking a historic moment of unity and resistance.
#NoKings
This has marinaded over many years. Proud it’s finally out.
October 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This has marinaded over many years. Proud it’s finally out.
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Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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The Department of Education reportedly fired nearly everyone in the office that focuses on the nation’s children with disabilities in a wave of new layoffs
Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources
The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Department of Education reportedly fired nearly everyone in the office that focuses on the nation’s children with disabilities in a wave of new layoffs
Proud of this. Like sending a thought out into the world. To be heard, ignored or rejected. But there it is.
October 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Proud of this. Like sending a thought out into the world. To be heard, ignored or rejected. But there it is.
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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Brilliant evening hearing our former @kidscharity.bsky.social Chair @stephenunwin.bsky.social talk to Patron @cathynewman.bsky.social about his book ‘Beautiful Lives’. A compelling challenge to stop valuing only money and cleverness and to adopt a richer notion of being human.
October 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Brilliant evening hearing our former @kidscharity.bsky.social Chair @stephenunwin.bsky.social talk to Patron @cathynewman.bsky.social about his book ‘Beautiful Lives’. A compelling challenge to stop valuing only money and cleverness and to adopt a richer notion of being human.
Great talking to Cathy Newman at a lovely evening for KIDS tonight.
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Great talking to Cathy Newman at a lovely evening for KIDS tonight.
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America is going to have so many attorneys it needs to disbar when all this is over, and Letitia James will not be one of them
Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two s...
www.cnn.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
America is going to have so many attorneys it needs to disbar when all this is over, and Letitia James will not be one of them
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A house in Clacton bought with unknown finances, a Russian funded Welsh leader and now an investigation into the finances and tax affairs of one of Farage’s key ally.
The treachery and corruption is right in front of the media’s eyes and they do and say, NOTHING!
The treachery and corruption is right in front of the media’s eyes and they do and say, NOTHING!
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A house in Clacton bought with unknown finances, a Russian funded Welsh leader and now an investigation into the finances and tax affairs of one of Farage’s key ally.
The treachery and corruption is right in front of the media’s eyes and they do and say, NOTHING!
The treachery and corruption is right in front of the media’s eyes and they do and say, NOTHING!
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Join us for an incredible evening with @stephenunwin.bsky.social, as he shares insights from his powerful book, Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong.
There will be an interview with Stephen & live Q&A hosted by @cathynewman.bsky.social.
Book: www.kids.org.uk/events/an-ev...
There will be an interview with Stephen & live Q&A hosted by @cathynewman.bsky.social.
Book: www.kids.org.uk/events/an-ev...
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join us for an incredible evening with @stephenunwin.bsky.social, as he shares insights from his powerful book, Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong.
There will be an interview with Stephen & live Q&A hosted by @cathynewman.bsky.social.
Book: www.kids.org.uk/events/an-ev...
There will be an interview with Stephen & live Q&A hosted by @cathynewman.bsky.social.
Book: www.kids.org.uk/events/an-ev...
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On 17th Oct UDIDD at the USW is hosting a book launch 2-4pm
Author Stephen Unwin will be talking about his book 'Beautiful Lives' .
Sara Ryan will be talking about her book 'Critical Health and Learning Disability: an exploration of erasure and social murder'
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Author Stephen Unwin will be talking about his book 'Beautiful Lives' .
Sara Ryan will be talking about her book 'Critical Health and Learning Disability: an exploration of erasure and social murder'
ow.ly/A1iA50X66cq
October 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
On 17th Oct UDIDD at the USW is hosting a book launch 2-4pm
Author Stephen Unwin will be talking about his book 'Beautiful Lives' .
Sara Ryan will be talking about her book 'Critical Health and Learning Disability: an exploration of erasure and social murder'
ow.ly/A1iA50X66cq
Author Stephen Unwin will be talking about his book 'Beautiful Lives' .
Sara Ryan will be talking about her book 'Critical Health and Learning Disability: an exploration of erasure and social murder'
ow.ly/A1iA50X66cq
Thanks so much for doing it!
All set up to sell @stephenunwin.bsky.social books at a conference this morning - with the added bonus of being let out of our basement and seeing some sunlight
October 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thanks so much for doing it!
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.