Moira Garland
@moiragauthor.bsky.social
Short fiction writer & poet. Feminist. Socialist. Northern England.
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
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Worth reading.Whitby and Hebden Bridge as models? Not sure, without more detail of their economies.
The cost of chasing capital: how our cities are forgetting their own
Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@mikechitty.bsky.social
Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@mikechitty.bsky.social
The cost of chasing capital: how our cities are forgetting their own
Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Worth reading.Whitby and Hebden Bridge as models? Not sure, without more detail of their economies.
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a penguin sits in a chair reading a book
ALT: a penguin sits in a chair reading a book
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November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Just so's you know it CAN happen: 3 medical appointments this week have all had relatively positive outcomes.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just so's you know it CAN happen: 3 medical appointments this week have all had relatively positive outcomes.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The las train' by Vidyan Ravinthiran @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poems-not-opinions.bsky.social
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Poem Of The Week: <i>The Last Train</i> By Vidyan Ravinthiran
The last train
to arrive in Jaffna
during the war
30 years ago
rusts
on the tracks
the unimaginable
touch of time
has turned it
the colour, exactly
of this land’s ferrous soil
-of blood that is
fo...
yorkshiretimes.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The las train' by Vidyan Ravinthiran @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poems-not-opinions.bsky.social
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💩Thames Water wants Ofwat to let them carry on pouring sewage into our rivers beyond the next general election.
😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
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😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
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October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
💩Thames Water wants Ofwat to let them carry on pouring sewage into our rivers beyond the next general election.
😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
vist.ly/4a9yj
😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
vist.ly/4a9yj
Solo trip to York Gate Garden, north Leeds today. A small selection of photos. Mild October day. Finished off with cream cheese & chutney & cheese scone. And lovely coffee.
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Solo trip to York Gate Garden, north Leeds today. A small selection of photos. Mild October day. Finished off with cream cheese & chutney & cheese scone. And lovely coffee.
Ctoss posting from my Threads feed. Enjoy.
A visit to a friend's garden showing an acer with autumn tones, and West Yorkshire hilly backdrop.
A visit to a friend's garden showing an acer with autumn tones, and West Yorkshire hilly backdrop.
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ctoss posting from my Threads feed. Enjoy.
A visit to a friend's garden showing an acer with autumn tones, and West Yorkshire hilly backdrop.
A visit to a friend's garden showing an acer with autumn tones, and West Yorkshire hilly backdrop.
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⚠️The writing's on the wall for Thames Water.
Government is stepping up plans for temporary nationalisation. It's starting to look inevitable.
MPs need to pledge that they will 'Make Thames Water Public' & fight against any discounted sell-off back to the private profiteers.
Email your MP today 👇
Government is stepping up plans for temporary nationalisation. It's starting to look inevitable.
MPs need to pledge that they will 'Make Thames Water Public' & fight against any discounted sell-off back to the private profiteers.
Email your MP today 👇
August 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
⚠️The writing's on the wall for Thames Water.
Government is stepping up plans for temporary nationalisation. It's starting to look inevitable.
MPs need to pledge that they will 'Make Thames Water Public' & fight against any discounted sell-off back to the private profiteers.
Email your MP today 👇
Government is stepping up plans for temporary nationalisation. It's starting to look inevitable.
MPs need to pledge that they will 'Make Thames Water Public' & fight against any discounted sell-off back to the private profiteers.
Email your MP today 👇
Postbox - Scotland's International Short Story Magazine - have published my story 'The Tarn' in issue 11, Spring 2025. A cornucopia of short fiction to read, in a lovely, professionally produced, magazine.
www.redsquirrelpress.com
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August 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Postbox - Scotland's International Short Story Magazine - have published my story 'The Tarn' in issue 11, Spring 2025. A cornucopia of short fiction to read, in a lovely, professionally produced, magazine.
www.redsquirrelpress.com
www.redsquirrelpress.com
Walking in Skipton. Rain from Floris has passed; wind remains this afternoon. #northyorkshire
August 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Walking in Skipton. Rain from Floris has passed; wind remains this afternoon. #northyorkshire
For Leeds history lovers. Thanks to the Leeds libraries' newsletter for alerting me to this.
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Bury the Leeds | Thomas | Substack
Rediscovering forgotten, weird and important stories about Leeds that have been buried in old local newspapers. Click to read Bury the Leeds, by Thomas, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscri...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For Leeds history lovers. Thanks to the Leeds libraries' newsletter for alerting me to this.
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False economist. Please sign.
2/9 On 5 February 2018, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) released a report which put the cost of nationalising the water industry at £90bn.
This report was funded by 4 water companies: Anglian Water, Severn Trent, South West Water and United Utilities.
This report was funded by 4 water companies: Anglian Water, Severn Trent, South West Water and United Utilities.
July 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
False economist. Please sign.
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It's time to choose your Pick of the Month for June 2025. Will you vote for @rachaelclyne.bsky.social, Oz Hardwick, Pippa Little, @herr-morris.bsky.social, Sreeja Naskar or @selasimclord.bsky.social ? More at inksweatandtears.co.uk/june-2025-pi...
#InkSweatandTears #PickoftheMonth
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July 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Vote here.
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G, by Zaffar Kunial
May 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
G, by Zaffar Kunial
A powerful, and gripping, read. Available to borrow in Leeds libraries. Of course you could buy it if you have the spondulicks.
Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
July 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A powerful, and gripping, read. Available to borrow in Leeds libraries. Of course you could buy it if you have the spondulicks.
A Bluesky anthology of poems collated in these posts. A varied read 🙂
July 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A Bluesky anthology of poems collated in these posts. A varied read 🙂
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
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No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
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July 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
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An overreaching state. The arguments set out clearly & concisely:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson
We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is ministers complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissent, says actor Juliet Stevenson
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
An overreaching state. The arguments set out clearly & concisely:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This dryer than usual spring has done wonders for Yorkshire blossom, including the garden alstromeria. So many in the last week, 3 bunches for me, 4 bunches for neighbours!
#alstromeria
#alstromeria
June 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This dryer than usual spring has done wonders for Yorkshire blossom, including the garden alstromeria. So many in the last week, 3 bunches for me, 4 bunches for neighbours!
#alstromeria
#alstromeria
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OK, so this week's optional #writingprompt (submit your regular stories as normal) - and I'll aim to put a winning entry on each following weekend is MIRROR. paragraphplanet.com/submission.php #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtools
June 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
OK, so this week's optional #writingprompt (submit your regular stories as normal) - and I'll aim to put a winning entry on each following weekend is MIRROR. paragraphplanet.com/submission.php #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtools
Walking in Skipton yesterday, in ice-cream weather. Tough but lovely. #northyorkshire
June 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Walking in Skipton yesterday, in ice-cream weather. Tough but lovely. #northyorkshire
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🚨URGENT: Sign and share our petition.
❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
vist.ly/3n529qc
❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
vist.ly/3n529qc
June 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨URGENT: Sign and share our petition.
❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
vist.ly/3n529qc
❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
vist.ly/3n529qc
First of my garden cut flowers this season. Astrantia, rosemary, sage, toadflax (self-seeded)
May 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
First of my garden cut flowers this season. Astrantia, rosemary, sage, toadflax (self-seeded)
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✍️ Letter to Keir Starmer
Once strangers at university, now divided by politics – one writer asks Keir Starmer: how did you become complicit in Gaza’s suffering?
By Steve Pottinger
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Once strangers at university, now divided by politics – one writer asks Keir Starmer: how did you become complicit in Gaza’s suffering?
By Steve Pottinger
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Letter to Keir Starmer
Once strangers at university, now divided by politics – one writer asks Keir Starmer: how did you become complicit in Gaza’s suffering?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
✍️ Letter to Keir Starmer
Once strangers at university, now divided by politics – one writer asks Keir Starmer: how did you become complicit in Gaza’s suffering?
By Steve Pottinger
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Once strangers at university, now divided by politics – one writer asks Keir Starmer: how did you become complicit in Gaza’s suffering?
By Steve Pottinger
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social