@frankmurphy64.bsky.social
Book loving, tea drinking Scotsman (who also drinks beer!) 😁
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Below is a chart that illustrates which Labour figures signed off with the Tories on the nationwide rollout of 12 Freeports. All 12 Freeports are housed in a much larger Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which range from 34 - 75km in diameter. I expect to find more Labour figures in due course.
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Below is a chart that illustrates which Labour figures signed off with the Tories on the nationwide rollout of 12 Freeports. All 12 Freeports are housed in a much larger Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which range from 34 - 75km in diameter. I expect to find more Labour figures in due course.
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I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt – Byline Times
I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt – Byline Times
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December 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Two years of misery for two women show the damage done when moral panic overwhelms common sense in workplace matters | Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
Beth Upton exonerated, NHS Fife found guilty of harassment
Two years of misery for two women show the damage done when moral panic overwhelms common sense in workplace matters
bylines.scot
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Two years of misery for two women show the damage done when moral panic overwhelms common sense in workplace matters | Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
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Universities Committee in Scottish Literature launches the new Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize.
The prize will be awarded biennially starting in 2026; nominations close 31 March 2026.
Full details, and a nominations template, can be found here:
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
The prize will be awarded biennially starting in 2026; nominations close 31 March 2026.
Full details, and a nominations template, can be found here:
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize
The Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize is awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. Founded in 2025, the prize is open to book-length wor…
ucsl-scotland.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Universities Committee in Scottish Literature launches the new Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize.
The prize will be awarded biennially starting in 2026; nominations close 31 March 2026.
Full details, and a nominations template, can be found here:
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
The prize will be awarded biennially starting in 2026; nominations close 31 March 2026.
Full details, and a nominations template, can be found here:
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
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“Helen Adam marched through her life to the beat of her own drum”
—Kristin Prevallet
Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born #OTD, 2 Dec. A 🎂🧵
1/7
caesuramag.org/posts/kristi...
—Kristin Prevallet
Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born #OTD, 2 Dec. A 🎂🧵
1/7
caesuramag.org/posts/kristi...
Poems by Helen Adam — Caesura
Helen Adam is a singular luminary whose ballads, if you read them out loud and late at night, will sneak into your mind and create phantasmagorias of exquisite, sensual, brooding, and melancholy fairy...
caesuramag.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Helen Adam marched through her life to the beat of her own drum”
—Kristin Prevallet
Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born #OTD, 2 Dec. A 🎂🧵
1/7
caesuramag.org/posts/kristi...
—Kristin Prevallet
Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born #OTD, 2 Dec. A 🎂🧵
1/7
caesuramag.org/posts/kristi...
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Zone Fever Is Creating Future Victims Who Don't Know They're Victims Yet.
We are witnessing a national reconfiguration of UK critical infrastructure: a country carved up into corporate-governed patchworks of feudal territories and tax havens.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
We are witnessing a national reconfiguration of UK critical infrastructure: a country carved up into corporate-governed patchworks of feudal territories and tax havens.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Zone Fever Is Creating Future Victims Who Don't Know They're Victims Yet.
Zone Fever Is The Corporate Coup Britain Isn’t Talking About
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Zone Fever Is Creating Future Victims Who Don't Know They're Victims Yet.
We are witnessing a national reconfiguration of UK critical infrastructure: a country carved up into corporate-governed patchworks of feudal territories and tax havens.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
We are witnessing a national reconfiguration of UK critical infrastructure: a country carved up into corporate-governed patchworks of feudal territories and tax havens.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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The Republican Policy Position: "We'll give you your food if you let us take away your healthcare."
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Republican Policy Position: "We'll give you your food if you let us take away your healthcare."
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⚠️WARNING⚠️
‘Oracle doesn’t have customers, it has hostages’
Oracle has been a major US government and military contractor for decades, and has deep ties to intelligence agencies.
Oracle donated £257million to the Tony Blair Institute and $26million to the IDF
Thread
‘Oracle doesn’t have customers, it has hostages’
Oracle has been a major US government and military contractor for decades, and has deep ties to intelligence agencies.
Oracle donated £257million to the Tony Blair Institute and $26million to the IDF
Thread
https://europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-corporat…
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
⚠️WARNING⚠️
‘Oracle doesn’t have customers, it has hostages’
Oracle has been a major US government and military contractor for decades, and has deep ties to intelligence agencies.
Oracle donated £257million to the Tony Blair Institute and $26million to the IDF
Thread
‘Oracle doesn’t have customers, it has hostages’
Oracle has been a major US government and military contractor for decades, and has deep ties to intelligence agencies.
Oracle donated £257million to the Tony Blair Institute and $26million to the IDF
Thread
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"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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'WFI wants Scotland’s future to be as an independent country, one that is fair, sustainable and prosperous, with a wellbeing economic model and with all Scots benefiting from our huge resources.'
Dr Jacqui Jensen in collaboration with Women For Independence, via the National
archive.ph/fu92y
Dr Jacqui Jensen in collaboration with Women For Independence, via the National
archive.ph/fu92y
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
'WFI wants Scotland’s future to be as an independent country, one that is fair, sustainable and prosperous, with a wellbeing economic model and with all Scots benefiting from our huge resources.'
Dr Jacqui Jensen in collaboration with Women For Independence, via the National
archive.ph/fu92y
Dr Jacqui Jensen in collaboration with Women For Independence, via the National
archive.ph/fu92y
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'There is great annoyance today from Yessers comparing the BBC’s craven response to Trump – resignations at the top – with its reaction to accusations of indyref bias – nowt.'
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social, one of the National columnists reacting to the BBC stooshie.
archive.is/6SHu0
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social, one of the National columnists reacting to the BBC stooshie.
archive.is/6SHu0
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'There is great annoyance today from Yessers comparing the BBC’s craven response to Trump – resignations at the top – with its reaction to accusations of indyref bias – nowt.'
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social, one of the National columnists reacting to the BBC stooshie.
archive.is/6SHu0
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social, one of the National columnists reacting to the BBC stooshie.
archive.is/6SHu0
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'Disinformation is not just a technological or political problem, it's also a human one. It spreads when we lose context and empathy. To fight it, we need to listen to young people, who know the digital world better than any generation.'
Stewart Clelland, via The National
archive.is/UNg8X
Stewart Clelland, via The National
archive.is/UNg8X
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
'Disinformation is not just a technological or political problem, it's also a human one. It spreads when we lose context and empathy. To fight it, we need to listen to young people, who know the digital world better than any generation.'
Stewart Clelland, via The National
archive.is/UNg8X
Stewart Clelland, via The National
archive.is/UNg8X
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"BULLSHIT PRESIDENT"
Texas Senator GOES OFF on Trump, Abbott, the GOP... Every member of Congress need to hit like this!
Texas Senator GOES OFF on Trump, Abbott, the GOP... Every member of Congress need to hit like this!
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"BULLSHIT PRESIDENT"
Texas Senator GOES OFF on Trump, Abbott, the GOP... Every member of Congress need to hit like this!
Texas Senator GOES OFF on Trump, Abbott, the GOP... Every member of Congress need to hit like this!
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This woman ran into the senator who took her healthcare away... and
CLEARED him. ICONIC.
CLEARED him. ICONIC.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This woman ran into the senator who took her healthcare away... and
CLEARED him. ICONIC.
CLEARED him. ICONIC.
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What You Can Do About UK Enterprise Zones
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
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🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
Thread 1/12
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What You Can Do About UK Enterprise Zones
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
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🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
Thread 1/12
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KNOW THE SIGNS!
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
KNOW THE SIGNS!
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Getting laid off while on maternity leave (again)
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Getting laid off while on maternity leave (again)
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The UK is being carved into 86 deregulated corporate zones—74 SEZs + 12 Freeports (now "Industrial Strategy Zones"), with 200 AI Growth Zones coming.
Please subscribe, read and share my work: europeanpowell.substack.com
Support: ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
#ZoneFever #Freeports #CorporateTakeover
Please subscribe, read and share my work: europeanpowell.substack.com
Support: ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
#ZoneFever #Freeports #CorporateTakeover
EuropeanPowell’s Substack | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read EuropeanPowell’s Substack, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The UK is being carved into 86 deregulated corporate zones—74 SEZs + 12 Freeports (now "Industrial Strategy Zones"), with 200 AI Growth Zones coming.
Please subscribe, read and share my work: europeanpowell.substack.com
Support: ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
#ZoneFever #Freeports #CorporateTakeover
Please subscribe, read and share my work: europeanpowell.substack.com
Support: ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
#ZoneFever #Freeports #CorporateTakeover
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Pentlands Book Festival
6 Nov–3 Dec
The programme for the 2025 Pentlands Book Festival is now online!
pentlandsbookfestival.org
6 Nov–3 Dec
The programme for the 2025 Pentlands Book Festival is now online!
pentlandsbookfestival.org
Pentlands Book Festival: 6 Nov - 3 Dec 2025
Running annually since 2015
pentlandsbookfestival.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Pentlands Book Festival
6 Nov–3 Dec
The programme for the 2025 Pentlands Book Festival is now online!
pentlandsbookfestival.org
6 Nov–3 Dec
The programme for the 2025 Pentlands Book Festival is now online!
pentlandsbookfestival.org
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#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
New Writing Scotland Submission Manager
New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...
nws.submittable.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
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Fancy nature activity ideas squirreled away in your inbox? Sign up to our educator's mailing list to receive activity ideas, resources and inspirational stories!
Sign up today 👇
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Please note, actual squirrels not included.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Fancy nature activity ideas squirreled away in your inbox? Sign up to our educator's mailing list to receive activity ideas, resources and inspirational stories!
Sign up today 👇
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Please note, actual squirrels not included.
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It's time for another BfS extract! This time it's from literary thriller, Badlands, by Deirdre Chapman, published by
Vagabond Voices!
booksfromscotland.com/2025/10/badl...
Vagabond Voices!
booksfromscotland.com/2025/10/badl...
Badlands by Deirdre Chapman - Books from Scotland
'She is still walking but he has stopped. She turns to find that he is waiting for a response to something and only now does the essential oddity of his story start to hit her.'
booksfromscotland.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It's time for another BfS extract! This time it's from literary thriller, Badlands, by Deirdre Chapman, published by
Vagabond Voices!
booksfromscotland.com/2025/10/badl...
Vagabond Voices!
booksfromscotland.com/2025/10/badl...
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People of Glasgow! Join me on Sunday 9th November as I talk about Roman Scotland and my book The Road to Mons Graupius as part of the Aye Write festival at the Mitchell Library at 12.45pm - get your tickets here: www.visitscotland.com/info/events/...
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
The Road to Mons Gaupius: Alan Montgomery, Glasgow – Literary
Discover more details about The Road to Mons Gaupius: Alan Montgomery in Glasgow including contact details, dates and times as well as ticket information.
www.visitscotland.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
People of Glasgow! Join me on Sunday 9th November as I talk about Roman Scotland and my book The Road to Mons Graupius as part of the Aye Write festival at the Mitchell Library at 12.45pm - get your tickets here: www.visitscotland.com/info/events/...
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
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🎙️ NEW SPL PODCAST!
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by @samueltongue.bsky.social, features an engaging critical dive into two poems by Juana Adcock.
🔥 The Task of the Translator
🔥 The Guitar's Lament
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by @samueltongue.bsky.social, features an engaging critical dive into two poems by Juana Adcock.
🔥 The Task of the Translator
🔥 The Guitar's Lament
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Nothing But The Poem - Juana Adcock
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by Samuel Tongue, features two poems by Juana Adcock. “Juana Adcock is a poet who works between languages and registers and them...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🎙️ NEW SPL PODCAST!
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by @samueltongue.bsky.social, features an engaging critical dive into two poems by Juana Adcock.
🔥 The Task of the Translator
🔥 The Guitar's Lament
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by @samueltongue.bsky.social, features an engaging critical dive into two poems by Juana Adcock.
🔥 The Task of the Translator
🔥 The Guitar's Lament
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...