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Kathryn
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Londoner often in Aotearoa, long-distance auntie, charity & campaign finance & ops person. Antifascist, antihierarchical, try not to put people on pedestals. I like experimental theatre, singing, spreadsheets, tandem cycling.
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On Remembrance Day, wear a #WhitePoppy for peace - to remember all victims of war, of all nationalities, both civilian and military, to challenge militarism and help build a culture of peace. White poppies have been worn on Remembrance Day since 1933.

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On Remembrance Day, wear a white poppy for peace
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Feeling weary today, but nevertheless, we persist.

"...you must go on, that’s all I know... you must say words, as long as there are any - until they find me, until they say me...

You must go on.

I can’t go on.

I’ll go on."
A photograph of an artwork on the side of a building. Letters illuminated in red and white. A quote from a Samuel Beckett novel: "I can't go on. I'll go on."
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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We can create our own power!
A poster for a documentary 'We Can Create Our Own Power, from 350 Aotearoa, the Aotearoa New Zealand arm of the international climate movement 350.org, which aims to unite the world around climate change solutions
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Fabulous free art / science exhibition at the Science Gallery near London Bridge - Quantum Entangled

london.sciencegallery.com/quantum
A diamond shaped, sparkling silver object casts intricate shadows on gold coloured walls A large silver globe with pentagonal cut-outs hangs to the left of a desk featuring a computer monitor display of peaks and valleys on a graph
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Art in #Aotearoa

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Mural on Manchester Street, #Ōtautahi #Christchurch created by artist Kophie Su’a-Hulsbosch yoitskophie.com
A photograph of the mural in Ōtautahi, by artist Kophie Su’a-Hulsbosch, honouring the legacy of the Dawn Raids and celebrating the resilience of Pacific communities in Aotearoa. Photograph of a mural in Ōtautahi, by artist Kophie Su’a-Hulsbosch, honouring the legacy of the Dawn Raids and celebrating the resilience of Pacific communities in Aotearoa.
August 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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A huge turnout in London today to support trans rights ✊🏼🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Lots of people at the protest in London with flags and placards supporting trans rights: 'No feminism without trans women' 'I love my trans self, I love my trans friends' ' Protect the dolls'
April 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Naomi Shihab Nye If the Shoes Doesn't Fit you take it off of course you take it off it doesn't worry you it isn't your show
March 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Love & solidarity to our Muslim whānau, no room for racism here
March 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Progress pride flag
March 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Get rich, or try sharing...
Street art on a London building. A fox climbing a ladder writes 'Get rich, or try sharing'
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Family Recovery Garden, Manchester Street, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa, 2019
A close up photo of a wooden frame displaying the words honesty and hope. There are trees and the sky in the background.
October 19, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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"I know the meaning of Aroha. I honour Te Tiriti."

#Ōtautahi #Aotearoa #Aroha
Poster in the street in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa, reading 'I know the meaning of Aroha. I honour Te Tiriti.' In the background are tram tracks and the Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
August 27, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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I loved visiting the 'Dr Who: Worlds of Wonder' exhibition in Aotearoa last month. Fantastic collection of costumes, engaging science, interactive exhibits, and a short film of the Doctor through the ages that made me quite emotional!
#DrWho #Wellington #Aotearoa www.youtube.com/shorts/pGqOp...
A photograph of Beep the Meep in the Dr Who exhibition A photograph of the Face of Boe in the Dr Who exhibition
August 27, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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"You don’t want to hear the story
of my life, and anyway
I don’t want to tell it....."

- Mary Oliver
“You don’t want to hear the story of my life, and anyway I don’t want to tell it, I want to listen to the enormous waterfalls of the sun. And anyway it’s the same old story - - - a few people just trying, one way or another, to survive. Mostly, I want to be kind. And nobody, of course, is kind, or mean, for a simple reason. And nobody gets out of it, having to swim through the fires to stay in this world. (from, Dogfish)” ― Mary Oliver
January 26, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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In case of fire...
Sign, with a cartoon figure standing on the stairs, using a mobile phone. At the top of the stairs is a large red cartoon flame. Text: In case of fire, exit building before tweeting about it.
January 12, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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Today I am thinking about...

'Differences of Opinion' by Wendy Cope
He Tells Her He tells her that the earth is flat — He knows the facts, and that is that. In altercations fierce and long She tries her best to prove him wrong. But he has learned to argue well. He calls her arguments unsound And often asks her not to yell. She cannot win. He stands his ground. The planet goes on being round.
January 12, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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A toy santa sits on top of a glass coffee table. In the background is a wooden nativity and a fireplace.
December 27, 2023 at 6:34 PM
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Aroha
Close up of a Christmas tree with red tinsel, gold baubles, white lights and a decoration that is a word in glittery red cursive script on a white background: Aroha (the Māori word for love)
December 21, 2023 at 5:37 PM
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Starlings in Winter by Mary Oliver

Poetry for the Winter Solstice ❄️
Chunky and noisy, but with stars in their black feathers, they spring from the telephone wire and instantly they are acrobats in the freezing wind. And now, in the theater of air, they swing over buildings, dipping and rising; they float like one stippled star that opens, becomes for a moment fragmented, then closes again; and you watch and you try but you simply can’t imagine how they do it with no articulated instruction, no pause, only the silent confirmation that they are this notable thing, this wheel of many parts, that can rise and spin over and over again, full of gorgeous life. Ah, world, what lessons you prepare for us, even in the leafless winter, even in the ashy city. I am thinking now of grief, and of getting past it; I feel my boots trying to leave the ground, I feel my heart pumping hard. I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.
December 21, 2023 at 2:16 PM
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I was incredibly lucky and got a return to see Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse last night. What an experience. Haunting and intense, with extraordinary, unsettling, complex performances. Sleep no more! Macbeth hath murdered sleep...
A close up photo of the Macbeth programme, edited with a black and white filter. On the left is a page of written acknowledgements, on the right a picture of David Tennant as Macbeth and Cush Jumbo as Lady Macbeth.
December 19, 2023 at 9:23 PM
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Advent
A black cut-out silhouette advent calendar from Germany, backlit by a warm glow. It depicts a house with a family Christmas scene inside, an adult and children decorate the Christmas tree while in another room a child plays the violin. Outside there are trees, animals including a wolf and an owl, and Father Christmas with a reindeer.
December 17, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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Flyboy Advent Calendar Bunting from the brilliant artist and musician Matthew Robins

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Black cut-out advent bunting, two illustrations with the message: it was nearly Christmas and Flyboy was building a snowman. More black cut-out bunting, a message reads: Carol was watching him through a telescope.
December 13, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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An indoor photo of a small, green, artificial Christmas tree, decorated with fairy lights, tinsel and baubles. A night-time photo of an outdoor Christmas tree in Manchester. It is made of strings of white lights with a large white star of lights on the top. It is seen through crisscrossed nylon rope that is reflecting red and green lights. A night-time photo of an outdoor Christmas tree in Manchester, made of white lights with a large start of lights at the top. At the base of the tree are a number of beams of light pointing upwards and out. An indoor photo of two pink-red cocktails on a pub table with a lit candle in a glass.
December 10, 2023 at 10:01 PM
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'Solstice' is a lovely, atmospheric, immersive trail for all ages, on until Christmas Eve at one of my favourite places: Battersea Arts Centre. The first collaboration between BAC and Wild Rumpus.

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Large pink and yellow model flowers, with a large, striped yellow and black model of a bumble bee. A room with a brown wooden floor, more than a dozen illuminated lamps on the ground, red drapes on the walls, and bunches of herbs and corn on the cob hanging from the ceiling. A large room with life-size model brown and silver tree trunks, a large silver moon projected on the wall, and blue canopies hanging from the ceiling with leaves projected on to them. A black and white picture, a figure silhouetted against a round projected moon.
December 5, 2023 at 7:04 PM
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Great Kiwi Poster Competition - Senior Winner - Cal Mar Poster shows a colourful design of birds, waves and hands reaching out, with the words "We Can Do Better. Kia pai ake tātou."
November 9, 2023 at 8:47 PM