Mathilde
@mathilde314.bsky.social
Books and stuff. I'm all for independent radical bookshops, small presses & indie publishers, literature in translation, local libraries...
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Swifts have declined 70% since 1994.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Swifts have declined 70% since 1994.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
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Please save this, read it, feel it.
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Please save this, read it, feel it.
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
August 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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As the predictable calls for “restraint by both sides” are rolled out by Western politicians and officials, let us be clear that Israel’s latest attack against Iran could not, and would not, have happened without the support that those same politicians.
OPINION by Ibrahim Hewitt
OPINION by Ibrahim Hewitt
June 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As the predictable calls for “restraint by both sides” are rolled out by Western politicians and officials, let us be clear that Israel’s latest attack against Iran could not, and would not, have happened without the support that those same politicians.
OPINION by Ibrahim Hewitt
OPINION by Ibrahim Hewitt
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The Bread & Roses Award longlist has been launched to mark the start of Independent Bookshop Week!
The award for political writing is presented by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, so celebrate both by popping into your local indie for one of these beauts:
lighthousebookshop.com/posts/bread-...
The award for political writing is presented by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, so celebrate both by popping into your local indie for one of these beauts:
lighthousebookshop.com/posts/bread-...
June 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Bread & Roses Award longlist has been launched to mark the start of Independent Bookshop Week!
The award for political writing is presented by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, so celebrate both by popping into your local indie for one of these beauts:
lighthousebookshop.com/posts/bread-...
The award for political writing is presented by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, so celebrate both by popping into your local indie for one of these beauts:
lighthousebookshop.com/posts/bread-...
If, like me, you've only ever eaten Chinese food in the West, this book will blow your mind. Fuchsia Dunlop does a brilliant job of explaining the exquisite intricacy of Chinese cuisine and its infinite declinations. An instant favourite, chuffed I could borrow this from my local library.
#booksky
#booksky
April 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If, like me, you've only ever eaten Chinese food in the West, this book will blow your mind. Fuchsia Dunlop does a brilliant job of explaining the exquisite intricacy of Chinese cuisine and its infinite declinations. An instant favourite, chuffed I could borrow this from my local library.
#booksky
#booksky
April 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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💥FREE EBOOK!💥
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
💥FREE EBOOK!💥
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
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The UK Supreme Court basically declared all cis women are essentially just our uteruses today and the foolish bigots who are celebrating this are so far removed from reality that they don’t realise how this will be weaponised against us all.
April 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The UK Supreme Court basically declared all cis women are essentially just our uteruses today and the foolish bigots who are celebrating this are so far removed from reality that they don’t realise how this will be weaponised against us all.
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“When people say this business of ‘she’s the voice of the voiceless’, it makes me crazy. I say, there’s no voiceless, there’s only the deliberately silenced, you know, or the purposely unheard." - Arundhati Roy
April 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“When people say this business of ‘she’s the voice of the voiceless’, it makes me crazy. I say, there’s no voiceless, there’s only the deliberately silenced, you know, or the purposely unheard." - Arundhati Roy
Currently reading & just finished. Both excellent.
#booksky #freepalestine
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#booksky #freepalestine
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April 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Currently reading & just finished. Both excellent.
#booksky #freepalestine
@versobooks.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social
#booksky #freepalestine
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Unintended theme in the last 4 books I read: (too) bright things #booksky
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April 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Unintended theme in the last 4 books I read: (too) bright things #booksky
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This is Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. It is - as Iraq was for Blair - the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government and the party for years to come. Severely disabled people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded. No Labour MP who backs this will be forgiven.
March 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. It is - as Iraq was for Blair - the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government and the party for years to come. Severely disabled people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded. No Labour MP who backs this will be forgiven.
March 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.
March 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.
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Labour MPs saying “the clue is in the name” to justify benefit cuts is wildly disingenuous. It co-opts Labour’s history to imply all those that cannot physically labour are somehow excluded from the cause. Being pro-worker does not require being anti-unemployed or anti-disabled. It never did.
March 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Labour MPs saying “the clue is in the name” to justify benefit cuts is wildly disingenuous. It co-opts Labour’s history to imply all those that cannot physically labour are somehow excluded from the cause. Being pro-worker does not require being anti-unemployed or anti-disabled. It never did.
Palestine is a feminist issue. None of us is free until all of us are free.
"Palestinian women stand at the heart of the struggle for survival."
The Palestinian Authority has urged on International Women’s Day that the international community take responsibility for ensuring protection for Palestinian women.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/95lc11
The Palestinian Authority has urged on International Women’s Day that the international community take responsibility for ensuring protection for Palestinian women.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/95lc11
March 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Palestine is a feminist issue. None of us is free until all of us are free.
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Israel has chosen to mark the first days of Ramadan by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
March 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Israel has chosen to mark the first days of Ramadan by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
I believe there's a time and mood for every book and while I don't tend to have dozens of unread books at home, I also don't feel bad about leaving some unread for a while, waiting for me to be in the right mood for them.
#booksky
#booksky
February 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I believe there's a time and mood for every book and while I don't tend to have dozens of unread books at home, I also don't feel bad about leaving some unread for a while, waiting for me to be in the right mood for them.
#booksky
#booksky
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“This is a bookshop.
Crossroads of civilisation,
refuge of all the arts against the ravages of time, armoury of fearless truth against whispering rumour,incessant trumpet of trade. From this place words may fly abroad...
Friend, you stand on sacred ground."
#BooksellingIsNotACrime solidarity always
Crossroads of civilisation,
refuge of all the arts against the ravages of time, armoury of fearless truth against whispering rumour,incessant trumpet of trade. From this place words may fly abroad...
Friend, you stand on sacred ground."
#BooksellingIsNotACrime solidarity always
February 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“This is a bookshop.
Crossroads of civilisation,
refuge of all the arts against the ravages of time, armoury of fearless truth against whispering rumour,incessant trumpet of trade. From this place words may fly abroad...
Friend, you stand on sacred ground."
#BooksellingIsNotACrime solidarity always
Crossroads of civilisation,
refuge of all the arts against the ravages of time, armoury of fearless truth against whispering rumour,incessant trumpet of trade. From this place words may fly abroad...
Friend, you stand on sacred ground."
#BooksellingIsNotACrime solidarity always
🎧 Catching up on the new series of the Lecker #podcast: To Be Delicious, hosted and produced by @annasulan.bsky.social and co-produced by Lucy Dearlove. I love the mix of research, interviews, and the gorgeous soundscapes that are unique to Lecker. Highly recommended!
To Be Delicious: A Cultural Context of MSG in the UK — Lecker
We live in an era where food ingredients and additives have never been more discussed - and more contested. There’s room for a healthy, informed discussion about transparency and good practice within ...
www.leckerpodcast.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🎧 Catching up on the new series of the Lecker #podcast: To Be Delicious, hosted and produced by @annasulan.bsky.social and co-produced by Lucy Dearlove. I love the mix of research, interviews, and the gorgeous soundscapes that are unique to Lecker. Highly recommended!
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A poem of mine is in the antho BRING ME GOLD: 50 POEMS FOR PALESTINE, now avail for pre-order. 100% of the proceeds from this book will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Pls consider buying it, wld make a great early Eid gift. 🙏🏼 🤍#DisabilityJustice
www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/poem...
Pls consider buying it, wld make a great early Eid gift. 🙏🏼 🤍#DisabilityJustice
www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/poem...
Bring Me Gold: Fifty Poems for Palestine Anthology – Dahlia Books
www.dahliapublishing.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A poem of mine is in the antho BRING ME GOLD: 50 POEMS FOR PALESTINE, now avail for pre-order. 100% of the proceeds from this book will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Pls consider buying it, wld make a great early Eid gift. 🙏🏼 🤍#DisabilityJustice
www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/poem...
Pls consider buying it, wld make a great early Eid gift. 🙏🏼 🤍#DisabilityJustice
www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/poem...
I just started reading this in ebook format yesterday and found a physical copy while browsing at my local library today. Love the coincidence :)
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#booksky #poetry
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
#booksky #poetry
February 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I just started reading this in ebook format yesterday and found a physical copy while browsing at my local library today. Love the coincidence :)
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
#booksky #poetry
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
#booksky #poetry
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just want to emphasise how vile this is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK
The family won an appeal to come to the UK, after originally applying through a scheme for Ukrainians.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
just want to emphasise how vile this is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...