Alexandra Heminsley
@alexheminsley.bsky.social
Secondary school teacher + author, broadcaster, journalist.
Still taking commissions where time allows 🤓
📞Sophie Lambert @cwagencyuk
Still taking commissions where time allows 🤓
📞Sophie Lambert @cwagencyuk
That Amazon ad about an overly fond hug from your father in law, just after a Maitliss interview about Epstein on @newsagents.bsky.social was jarring to say the least
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
That Amazon ad about an overly fond hug from your father in law, just after a Maitliss interview about Epstein on @newsagents.bsky.social was jarring to say the least
I got my QTS certificate from the DofE today and am officially a qualified teacher!
Best decision I ever made. I could never have imagined loving a job this much, even if I had also not imagined hearing the term “swear down miss” nine billion times a day either.
Best decision I ever made. I could never have imagined loving a job this much, even if I had also not imagined hearing the term “swear down miss” nine billion times a day either.
July 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I got my QTS certificate from the DofE today and am officially a qualified teacher!
Best decision I ever made. I could never have imagined loving a job this much, even if I had also not imagined hearing the term “swear down miss” nine billion times a day either.
Best decision I ever made. I could never have imagined loving a job this much, even if I had also not imagined hearing the term “swear down miss” nine billion times a day either.
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Brighton and Brighton-adjacent pals and spiritual Brightonians, I’m doing a Brighton launch with my beloved @citybookshove.bsky.social I’ll be talking with one of my fave people. Hope to see you there ❤️ ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/city-...
City Books Presents: Damian Barr 'The Two Roberts'
The Two Roberts were two of the 20th century’s most brilliant artists. Collected by major galleries, photographed by Vogue, filmed by Ken Russell, they lived as hard as they worked… scandal was no st...
ropetacklecentre.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Brighton and Brighton-adjacent pals and spiritual Brightonians, I’m doing a Brighton launch with my beloved @citybookshove.bsky.social I’ll be talking with one of my fave people. Hope to see you there ❤️ ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/city-...
I have had a full week off work with bronchitis and my chest X-rays all got lost and I have had antibiotics that mean I can’t go in the sun BUT I’ve caught up with a whole series of Doctor Who with my son (our first ever!) and read Consider Yourself Kissed and Steady For This so it’s not all bad. 🫁
May 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I have had a full week off work with bronchitis and my chest X-rays all got lost and I have had antibiotics that mean I can’t go in the sun BUT I’ve caught up with a whole series of Doctor Who with my son (our first ever!) and read Consider Yourself Kissed and Steady For This so it’s not all bad. 🫁
I am sending love to my trans friends. Always xxx
April 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I am sending love to my trans friends. Always xxx
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The reviews have started to come in for The Diverse Curriculum and I’m so excited that I want to give a copy away to one lovely person/school! If you’d like a copy, repost, follow and introduce yourself. I will draw names out of a hat in one week precisely!
January 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The reviews have started to come in for The Diverse Curriculum and I’m so excited that I want to give a copy away to one lovely person/school! If you’d like a copy, repost, follow and introduce yourself. I will draw names out of a hat in one week precisely!
Back to school for me tomorrow. *packs social media carefully into box full of straw*
Here, have a poem to last you til spring locuscommunis.blog/2024/06/18/t...
Here, have a poem to last you til spring locuscommunis.blog/2024/06/18/t...
The plum you’re going to eat next summer
The plum you’re going to eat next summerdoesn’t exist yet; its potentiallives inside a tree you’ll never seein an orchard you’ll never see, will be touchedby a certain number of water dropletsbefor…
locuscommunis.blog
January 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Back to school for me tomorrow. *packs social media carefully into box full of straw*
Here, have a poem to last you til spring locuscommunis.blog/2024/06/18/t...
Here, have a poem to last you til spring locuscommunis.blog/2024/06/18/t...
Hello. I don’t post much anywhere these days because I am currently working in a totally phone free environment. But I’m loving seeing so many people turn up/follow and am quietly reading lots in return 🤗
November 13, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Hello. I don’t post much anywhere these days because I am currently working in a totally phone free environment. But I’m loving seeing so many people turn up/follow and am quietly reading lots in return 🤗
I wrote about not relying on bystanders on trains. It bummed me out but did remind me that I love bystanders on trains. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes, bystanders can save women from sexual assault. But I know first-hand that’s not always enough | Alexandra Heminsley
Violence against women on UK trains is increasing – no wonder, when courts often seem more concerned about the ‘impact’ on perpetrators than their victims, says author Alexandra Heminsley
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2024 at 7:39 AM
I wrote about not relying on bystanders on trains. It bummed me out but did remind me that I love bystanders on trains. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’ve never watched Doctor Who but I know my 6yo will love it and is interested - but where to start?! It’s like trying to get into the Archers!
December 5, 2023 at 4:09 PM
I’ve never watched Doctor Who but I know my 6yo will love it and is interested - but where to start?! It’s like trying to get into the Archers!
Does anyone know if there’s a Brighton equivalent of this? It looks so great! manchestermill.co.uk/about
December 1, 2023 at 12:34 PM
Does anyone know if there’s a Brighton equivalent of this? It looks so great! manchestermill.co.uk/about
This is sad. I learned a *lot* from
jezebel, especially back in the pre Twitter era
jezebel, especially back in the pre Twitter era
Memo: G/O Media shuts down Jezebel after failing to find a buyer, affecting 23 people; G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown left after joining in January (The Daily Beast)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
November 9, 2023 at 3:57 PM
This is sad. I learned a *lot* from
jezebel, especially back in the pre Twitter era
jezebel, especially back in the pre Twitter era
I’ve been avoiding social media in a sort of sickly funk because I forgot about here. It’s very calm 🤗
October 27, 2023 at 9:45 AM
I’ve been avoiding social media in a sort of sickly funk because I forgot about here. It’s very calm 🤗
I wrote about being ‘fat but fit’ www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
October 8, 2023 at 12:38 PM
I wrote about being ‘fat but fit’ www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
On a bus full of people clearly going to the same Acaster gig as me. It’s like the not-Hogwarts Express
September 24, 2023 at 5:53 PM
On a bus full of people clearly going to the same Acaster gig as me. It’s like the not-Hogwarts Express