Eli Davies
@elidavies.bsky.social
Writer and researcher of home, memory, conflict & Ireland.
The Spinster Cookbook: Culture, Politics & Pleasure in the Single Woman’s Kitchen, Indigo Press 2026
📧 elidavies.ed@gmail.com
There’s enough for everyone 🍹 ✊
She/ Her
The Spinster Cookbook: Culture, Politics & Pleasure in the Single Woman’s Kitchen, Indigo Press 2026
📧 elidavies.ed@gmail.com
There’s enough for everyone 🍹 ✊
She/ Her
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The Indigo Press has acquired The Spinster Cookbook: Culture, Politics and Pleasure in the Single Woman’s Kitchen by Eli Davies. The book will be published on 11th June 2026 👇 #BookSky
The Indigo Press scoops Eli Davies' The Spinster Cookbook
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November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Indigo Press has acquired The Spinster Cookbook: Culture, Politics and Pleasure in the Single Woman’s Kitchen by Eli Davies. The book will be published on 11th June 2026 👇 #BookSky
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Solidarity with the Bloody Sunday families forever.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha uaisle.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha uaisle.
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Solidarity with the Bloody Sunday families forever.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha uaisle.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha uaisle.
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Respect to the Irish News for linking to Hansard on their live feed and confirming Soldier F's name can be read there despite the anonymity order
October 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Respect to the Irish News for linking to Hansard on their live feed and confirming Soldier F's name can be read there despite the anonymity order
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No justice. Utterly disgusted for the Bloody Sunday families. An obscene decision and a dark day.
October 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
No justice. Utterly disgusted for the Bloody Sunday families. An obscene decision and a dark day.
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I love this piece by @elidavies.bsky.social in today's @vittles.bsky.social (free to read) featuring @nigelslater.bsky.social beloved lentils and a well-travelled pot
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This Pot is Mine
Eli Davies on cooking to ground herself in new kitchens after repeated house moves prompted by precarious rental markets
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October 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I love this piece by @elidavies.bsky.social in today's @vittles.bsky.social (free to read) featuring @nigelslater.bsky.social beloved lentils and a well-travelled pot
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/this-pot-i...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/this-pot-i...
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Who woke up and thought - I know what will work - MORE Ofsted.
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Who woke up and thought - I know what will work - MORE Ofsted.
Latest newsletter! It’s sort of about watching The Wire for the first time but also about how good absorbing art can make you feel calm and at home open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
July 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Latest newsletter! It’s sort of about watching The Wire for the first time but also about how good absorbing art can make you feel calm and at home open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
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This is no longer a case of outside influence. SexMatters have been handed a partnership, redefining the EHRC's operational function and guiding their involvement in this orchestrated "course correction" of erasure.
This is a monumental scandal.
Excellent work by @tacc.org.uk
This is a monumental scandal.
Excellent work by @tacc.org.uk
The EHRC is meant to protect everyone’s rights. But internal documents reveal a different story: repeated meetings with anti-trans lobbyists, legal bias, and secret coordination. We filed the FOI. Here’s what we found.
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FOI Exposes EHRC Bias: Private Meetings, Legal Echoes, and Policy Capture - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
Let’s be honest. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is not acting like a neutral regulator. It is not standing above the fray.
tacc.org.uk
July 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is no longer a case of outside influence. SexMatters have been handed a partnership, redefining the EHRC's operational function and guiding their involvement in this orchestrated "course correction" of erasure.
This is a monumental scandal.
Excellent work by @tacc.org.uk
This is a monumental scandal.
Excellent work by @tacc.org.uk
Latest newsletter, on couples, capitalism and cultural discussions of ‘different types of love’ open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
February 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Latest newsletter, on couples, capitalism and cultural discussions of ‘different types of love’ open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
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we need to bring back the feminist critique of marriage therewillbesinging.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/s...
Stop telling me marriage is good now
In general, I think it’s a bad idea to go around telling people you don’t approve of their lifestyles. Firstly, it’s rude; secondly, they get annoyed; thirdly, it changes nothing. Fourthly, I suppo…
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February 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
we need to bring back the feminist critique of marriage therewillbesinging.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/s...
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Labour is upping the ante on anti-migrant politics just to learn that Farage & the Tories can always, always go further than them.
It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness.
How we treat people matters. #r4today
It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness.
How we treat people matters. #r4today
February 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Labour is upping the ante on anti-migrant politics just to learn that Farage & the Tories can always, always go further than them.
It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness.
How we treat people matters. #r4today
It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness.
How we treat people matters. #r4today
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#ExamFactory schools - is it any wonder we have a #MentalHealth crisis?
Young people are not machines
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Young people are not machines
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Harlow school punishes pupils for scoring below 90% in maths
A parent says the school's policy for top set students is "overtly cruel".
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#ExamFactory schools - is it any wonder we have a #MentalHealth crisis?
Young people are not machines
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Young people are not machines
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop.
Please share our statement below widely.
Please share our statement below widely.
February 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop.
Please share our statement below widely.
Please share our statement below widely.
This is lovely! (And includes an account of myself and Jo being rendered speechless by The Years at the Almeida)
I finally got round to writing about the best books I read last year:
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My reading in 2024
It was a strange year. As I was thinking back on it, I felt as though I had floated through it without doing anything much – but scrolling through the photos on my phone for the last year I h…
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February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is lovely! (And includes an account of myself and Jo being rendered speechless by The Years at the Almeida)
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The Irish saint and goddess entwined, Brigid is associated with blacksmiths, spring, and cattle, among others, and stories like blinding herself to repel men's unwanted attention. The three-armed cross here represents both the triple goddess and the trinity. Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh 🌸
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Irish saint and goddess entwined, Brigid is associated with blacksmiths, spring, and cattle, among others, and stories like blinding herself to repel men's unwanted attention. The three-armed cross here represents both the triple goddess and the trinity. Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh 🌸
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"February-isn't-Spring" people, remove the coloniser from your mind
February 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"February-isn't-Spring" people, remove the coloniser from your mind
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First event I did photo coverage of in 2024 was a Palestine protest and tonight at 6pm at Belfast City Hall we'll be closing out 2024 with a Palestine protest.
December 31, 2024 at 10:24 AM
First event I did photo coverage of in 2024 was a Palestine protest and tonight at 6pm at Belfast City Hall we'll be closing out 2024 with a Palestine protest.
I read 27 books in 2024 with the final one being this jewel from Ocean Vuong and the others listed in the screenshots. A very energising and nourishing year for reading! (Watch out for hot new author Jill’s Cooper)
December 31, 2024 at 11:15 AM
I read 27 books in 2024 with the final one being this jewel from Ocean Vuong and the others listed in the screenshots. A very energising and nourishing year for reading! (Watch out for hot new author Jill’s Cooper)
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As families gather for Christmas, families in Gaza have no refuge from Israel’s genocide.
Over the past few weeks, HRW, Amnesty & ECCHR have documented war crimes, ethnic cleansing & genocide — yet the UK government continues to sell arms, enabling this horror.
We won’t forget.
Over the past few weeks, HRW, Amnesty & ECCHR have documented war crimes, ethnic cleansing & genocide — yet the UK government continues to sell arms, enabling this horror.
We won’t forget.
December 23, 2024 at 1:32 PM
As families gather for Christmas, families in Gaza have no refuge from Israel’s genocide.
Over the past few weeks, HRW, Amnesty & ECCHR have documented war crimes, ethnic cleansing & genocide — yet the UK government continues to sell arms, enabling this horror.
We won’t forget.
Over the past few weeks, HRW, Amnesty & ECCHR have documented war crimes, ethnic cleansing & genocide — yet the UK government continues to sell arms, enabling this horror.
We won’t forget.
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“‘i’d a notion to sail by night, to enter into the dark, for the love of its textures and wild intimacy.’ … I find calm and companionship in Jamie’s reading of those dark days and her craving for the ‘wild intimacy’ of the outside world.”
Happy Solstice!
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Happy Solstice!
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The light and the dark
On sequins and solstice and struggling with Christmas
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December 21, 2024 at 10:38 AM
“‘i’d a notion to sail by night, to enter into the dark, for the love of its textures and wild intimacy.’ … I find calm and companionship in Jamie’s reading of those dark days and her craving for the ‘wild intimacy’ of the outside world.”
Happy Solstice!
open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
Happy Solstice!
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“‘i’d a notion to sail by night, to enter into the dark, for the love of its textures and wild intimacy.’ … I find calm and companionship in Jamie’s reading of those dark days and her craving for the ‘wild intimacy’ of the outside world.”
Happy Solstice!
open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
Happy Solstice!
open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
The light and the dark
On sequins and solstice and struggling with Christmas
open.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:38 AM
“‘i’d a notion to sail by night, to enter into the dark, for the love of its textures and wild intimacy.’ … I find calm and companionship in Jamie’s reading of those dark days and her craving for the ‘wild intimacy’ of the outside world.”
Happy Solstice!
open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
Happy Solstice!
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I want to try and use Bluesky more regularly now but I also got massively out of the habit of posting on the other place the last few years and have sort of forgotten what to do!! Anyway here’s a pic of what I’m currently reading (so far heartbreaking and beautiful!)
December 20, 2024 at 10:05 AM
I want to try and use Bluesky more regularly now but I also got massively out of the habit of posting on the other place the last few years and have sort of forgotten what to do!! Anyway here’s a pic of what I’m currently reading (so far heartbreaking and beautiful!)
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It's striking how blasé politicians who nominally believe in climate change are about potentially building our societies around new forms of environmental harm
Keir Starmer, "AI is going to be transformative for the better in art, culture, industry, government, public services.. Not ten years but five"
"Getting the balance right between the potential of AI and the protection of copyright"
"Getting the balance right between the potential of AI and the protection of copyright"
December 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
It's striking how blasé politicians who nominally believe in climate change are about potentially building our societies around new forms of environmental harm
They’re back ☀️
The mid winter sun rises on the shortest day of the year! Celebrate the #WinterSolstice with us LIVE on 21 December at 8:40 UTC. A moment of light in the heart of winter.
Watch the #livestream: cutt.ly/Wintersolstice
#NewgrangeSolstice
Watch the #livestream: cutt.ly/Wintersolstice
#NewgrangeSolstice
December 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM
They’re back ☀️
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Alright pals, here’s my latest newsletter - on Sally Rooney, Anne Enright and the symbolic weight of the house in Ireland and elsewhere. Also featuring words on @sineadgleeson.bsky.social Isabella Hammad, Holly Pester, Asako Yuzuki & a little Lindsay Lohan cameo open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...
Haunted houses
in Sally Rooney, Anne Enright and others
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December 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Alright pals, here’s my latest newsletter - on Sally Rooney, Anne Enright and the symbolic weight of the house in Ireland and elsewhere. Also featuring words on @sineadgleeson.bsky.social Isabella Hammad, Holly Pester, Asako Yuzuki & a little Lindsay Lohan cameo open.substack.com/pub/elidavie...