Roisin Dunnett
@roisinmcd.bsky.social
Writer/ Editor/ fiction pamphlet 'Animal, Vegetable' @brokensleep
/ ‘A Line You Have Traced’ @oneworldnews, @feministpress, @knopfCA/ She/her
/ ‘A Line You Have Traced’ @oneworldnews, @feministpress, @knopfCA/ She/her
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If you have the means, pls do consider matching my $15 donation or give what you can to Omar and Ibrahim's library fund for Gaza. Sometimes giving is in the simple act of RTing (or whatever it's called here). Sharing is caring too!
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you have the means, pls do consider matching my $15 donation or give what you can to Omar and Ibrahim's library fund for Gaza. Sometimes giving is in the simple act of RTing (or whatever it's called here). Sharing is caring too!
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Roisin Dunnett and Sam Fisher @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social Writers' Centre 15th Nov, 5-6 pm.
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Roisin Dunnett and Sam Fisher
Novelists Roisin Dunnett and Sam Fisher in conversation
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November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Roisin Dunnett and Sam Fisher @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social Writers' Centre 15th Nov, 5-6 pm.
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
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4 years of work, writing, research & collaboration; a lifetime of thinking. ‘The Book of Mysteries: Wild Time and The Ritual Year’ final edits went off to @pushkinpress.com on Friday - feels like a birth and a death all at the same time! Which, honestly, is very apt.
4 years of work, writing, research & collaboration; a lifetime of thinking. ‘The Book of Mysteries: Wild Time and The Ritual Year’ final edits went off to @pushkinpress.com on Friday - feels like a birth and a death all at the same time! Which, honestly, is very apt.
October 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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4 years of work, writing, research & collaboration; a lifetime of thinking. ‘The Book of Mysteries: Wild Time and The Ritual Year’ final edits went off to @pushkinpress.com on Friday - feels like a birth and a death all at the same time! Which, honestly, is very apt.
4 years of work, writing, research & collaboration; a lifetime of thinking. ‘The Book of Mysteries: Wild Time and The Ritual Year’ final edits went off to @pushkinpress.com on Friday - feels like a birth and a death all at the same time! Which, honestly, is very apt.
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Anas has social media in Gaza that predates the war, is #83 on the Gaza Vetters list docs.google.com/spreadsheets... and his older brother is @osamabasilps1.bsky.social whom I’ve shared before.
Anas and his family are living in tents and trying to survive but they are focused on their future ❤️
Anas and his family are living in tents and trying to survive but they are focused on their future ❤️
Donate to Help Anas & Ahmad rebuild their future in Gaza, organised by Sarah Meaney
Our Story: I am Anas Basil, a recent high school graduate with dreams of p… Sarah Meaney needs your support for Help Anas & Ahmad rebuild their future in Gaza
www.gofundme.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Anas has social media in Gaza that predates the war, is #83 on the Gaza Vetters list docs.google.com/spreadsheets... and his older brother is @osamabasilps1.bsky.social whom I’ve shared before.
Anas and his family are living in tents and trying to survive but they are focused on their future ❤️
Anas and his family are living in tents and trying to survive but they are focused on their future ❤️
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‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Gaza Soup Kitchen w mult locations across Gaza, they also provide medical aid through visiting physicians+ supplying food to the infirm. On the ground op w vast experience in the humanitarian sector. Things are still available to purchase but prices are exorbitant
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
Donate to Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani Almadhoun
Do you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do.
My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza
www.gofundme.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Gaza Soup Kitchen w mult locations across Gaza, they also provide medical aid through visiting physicians+ supplying food to the infirm. On the ground op w vast experience in the humanitarian sector. Things are still available to purchase but prices are exorbitant
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
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Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
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‘The willingness of the average British citizen to convict someone of smashing up a plane to prevent more deaths would be hard to guarantee. Now there is no need to worry.’
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
‘The willingness of the average British citizen to convict someone of smashing up a plane to prevent more deaths would be hard to guarantee. Now there is no need to worry.’
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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📣 THIS WEEK 📣
Don't miss #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal discussing climate, social instability and literature with #ALineYouHaveTraced author @roisinmcd.bsky.social at @burleyfisher.bsky.social this Thursday.
Tickets below! 👇
Don't miss #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal discussing climate, social instability and literature with #ALineYouHaveTraced author @roisinmcd.bsky.social at @burleyfisher.bsky.social this Thursday.
Tickets below! 👇
Living in an Unstable Climate: Fiction w/ Roisin Dunnett and Gurnaik Johal
10th July 2025 6.30 to 9pm Join us for a panel discussion to celebrate two outstanding debuts, A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett and Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal, that both engage brilliantly wit...
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July 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📣 THIS WEEK 📣
Don't miss #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal discussing climate, social instability and literature with #ALineYouHaveTraced author @roisinmcd.bsky.social at @burleyfisher.bsky.social this Thursday.
Tickets below! 👇
Don't miss #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal discussing climate, social instability and literature with #ALineYouHaveTraced author @roisinmcd.bsky.social at @burleyfisher.bsky.social this Thursday.
Tickets below! 👇
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🚨New episode out today with Roisin Dunnett on A LINE YOU HAVE TRACED! @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
“I don’t mention time and place at all!”
🛣️ Past present and future
⏱️Messages through time
🙏Personal values driving the novel
Listen here!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
“I don’t mention time and place at all!”
🛣️ Past present and future
⏱️Messages through time
🙏Personal values driving the novel
Listen here!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
June 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚨New episode out today with Roisin Dunnett on A LINE YOU HAVE TRACED! @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
“I don’t mention time and place at all!”
🛣️ Past present and future
⏱️Messages through time
🙏Personal values driving the novel
Listen here!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
“I don’t mention time and place at all!”
🛣️ Past present and future
⏱️Messages through time
🙏Personal values driving the novel
Listen here!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
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It's @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend and I'm delighted to be involved - first chairing this brilliant panel with @roisinmcd.bsky.social, @bingewriting.bsky.social and Adam Oyebanji at 1.45pm on Saturday
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve...
History Redux with Nicholas Binge, Roisin Dunnett and Adam Oyebanji — CYMERA
The past is never really past—especially when memory, myth, and history collide. In Dissolution , Nicholas Binge delivers a mind-bending technothriller about a woman who must enter her husband’s f...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend and I'm delighted to be involved - first chairing this brilliant panel with @roisinmcd.bsky.social, @bingewriting.bsky.social and Adam Oyebanji at 1.45pm on Saturday
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve...
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With a flood of new books seemingly drawing inspiration from David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas," @charliejane.bsky.social asks if this incredibly influential novel has created a subgenre all on its own?
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How Cloud Atlas Is Shaping a Generation of Authors - Reactor
Tracking the influence of David Mitchell's groundbreaking novel over the last two decades.
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May 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
With a flood of new books seemingly drawing inspiration from David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas," @charliejane.bsky.social asks if this incredibly influential novel has created a subgenre all on its own?
reactormag.com/how-cloud-at...
reactormag.com/how-cloud-at...
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Lovely to see A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social in @theguardian.com's best science fiction, fantasy and horror roundup!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/09/the-best-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-reviews-roundup
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/09/the-best-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-reviews-roundup
The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie; The Incandescent by Emily Tesh; Land of Hope by Cate Baum; A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett
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May 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Lovely to see A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social in @theguardian.com's best science fiction, fantasy and horror roundup!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/09/the-best-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-reviews-roundup
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/09/the-best-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-reviews-roundup
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell casts a huge shadow over the book world. I'm seeing a flood of books that borrow its genre-hopping, generation-spanning format.
So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Has "Cloud Atlas" Become a Genre?
Thanks for reading my newsletter! If you wanna consume even more of my words, I have a novel coming out in August. It’s called Lessons in Magic and Disaster,...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell casts a huge shadow over the book world. I'm seeing a flood of books that borrow its genre-hopping, generation-spanning format.
So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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Happy Publication day to @roisinmcd.bsky.social!!
A Line You Have Traced is out now and we can't wait for you to read it! 💛🌼🐈⬛
Buy now ➡️ bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
A Line You Have Traced is out now and we can't wait for you to read it! 💛🌼🐈⬛
Buy now ➡️ bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
April 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Happy Publication day to @roisinmcd.bsky.social!!
A Line You Have Traced is out now and we can't wait for you to read it! 💛🌼🐈⬛
Buy now ➡️ bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
A Line You Have Traced is out now and we can't wait for you to read it! 💛🌼🐈⬛
Buy now ➡️ bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
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Just a reminder that I'll be chairing this event with the wonderful @roisinmcd.bsky.social on Wednesday at Phlox Books, to launch her stunningly original novel into the world! Featuring time travel, very old friendships, and climate futures.
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
A Line You Have Traced with Roisin Dunnett - Wednesday April 9th — Phlox Books
Wednesday 9th April 2025, 7.30pm Set against the shifting landscape of East London marshes and expanding over three centuries, this is the breathtaking, urgent story of three women separa...
www.phloxbooks.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Just a reminder that I'll be chairing this event with the wonderful @roisinmcd.bsky.social on Wednesday at Phlox Books, to launch her stunningly original novel into the world! Featuring time travel, very old friendships, and climate futures.
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
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“Any effective response to the anti-gender movement will entail a critique of the new forms of authoritarianism and the passions they exploit.”
Judith Butler shows us how anti-gender rhetoric fuels current authoritarianism by producing social fears/anxieties. We must disrupt the emotional politics.
Judith Butler shows us how anti-gender rhetoric fuels current authoritarianism by producing social fears/anxieties. We must disrupt the emotional politics.
Judith Butler · This Is Wrong: Executive Order 14168
When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society, progressive politics in general is...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Any effective response to the anti-gender movement will entail a critique of the new forms of authoritarianism and the passions they exploit.”
Judith Butler shows us how anti-gender rhetoric fuels current authoritarianism by producing social fears/anxieties. We must disrupt the emotional politics.
Judith Butler shows us how anti-gender rhetoric fuels current authoritarianism by producing social fears/anxieties. We must disrupt the emotional politics.
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I wrote about the raid on the Quaker meeting house for the paper.
March 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I wrote about the raid on the Quaker meeting house for the paper.
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I’m chairing an event for @roisinmcd.bsky.social’s stunning new novel at Phlox Books in Leytonstone on the 9th of April! Do join us 🔥
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
A Line You Have Traced with Roisin Dunnett - Wednesday April 9th — Phlox Books
Wednesday 9th April 2025, 7.30pm Set against the shifting landscape of East London marshes and expanding over three centuries, this is the breathtaking, urgent story of three women separa...
www.phloxbooks.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m chairing an event for @roisinmcd.bsky.social’s stunning new novel at Phlox Books in Leytonstone on the 9th of April! Do join us 🔥
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
www.phloxbooks.com/events/p/an-...
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‘We can fix what we have done. We can undo the mistakes our ancestors made. We can set right what has been done wrong... You are the first step.'
A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social is out on 10th April!💛 bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social is out on 10th April!💛 bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
March 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘We can fix what we have done. We can undo the mistakes our ancestors made. We can set right what has been done wrong... You are the first step.'
A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social is out on 10th April!💛 bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social is out on 10th April!💛 bit.ly/A-Line-You-H...
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From 22nd - 24th February only, @waterstones.bsky.social are offering a 25% discount when pre-ordering A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social!
Head to the link below and use the code PREORDER25 when you reach the checkout
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Head to the link below and use the code PREORDER25 when you reach the checkout
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#WPreorder
February 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
From 22nd - 24th February only, @waterstones.bsky.social are offering a 25% discount when pre-ordering A Line You Have Traced by @roisinmcd.bsky.social!
Head to the link below and use the code PREORDER25 when you reach the checkout
📖 www.waterstones.com/campaign/25-off-pre-orders-offer
#WPreorder
Head to the link below and use the code PREORDER25 when you reach the checkout
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#WPreorder
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‘The police entered in civilian clothes, used Google Translate to decipher the titles of the English language books and confiscated box loads, picking out any with a Palestinian flag on the cover.’
Selma Dabbagh on the arrest of the Jersualem booksellers: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
Selma Dabbagh on the arrest of the Jersualem booksellers: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
Selma Dabbagh | Ransacked
On 9 February, two branches of the Muna family’s bookshops in East Jerusalem were ransacked by Israeli police. They...
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February 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
‘The police entered in civilian clothes, used Google Translate to decipher the titles of the English language books and confiscated box loads, picking out any with a Palestinian flag on the cover.’
Selma Dabbagh on the arrest of the Jersualem booksellers: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
Selma Dabbagh on the arrest of the Jersualem booksellers: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
Pre-order a signed US copy of A Line You Have Traced here: moonpalacebooks.com/preorders-si... @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social 🐈⬛🪸🌸
February 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Pre-order a signed US copy of A Line You Have Traced here: moonpalacebooks.com/preorders-si... @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social 🐈⬛🪸🌸
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Elizabeth Lovatt & @roisinmcd.bsky.social - author of A Line You Have Traced - in Conversation with Alex Peake-Tomkinson at Pages of Hackney!
Not to be missed -
📌Thurs, 6th March, 7-8:30pm
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Not to be missed -
📌Thurs, 6th March, 7-8:30pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elizabeth-...
Elizabeth Lovatt & Roisin Dunnett in Conversation with Alex Peake-Tomkinson
Join us when we celebrate the arrival of two new books tracing London's queer histories
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January 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Elizabeth Lovatt & @roisinmcd.bsky.social - author of A Line You Have Traced - in Conversation with Alex Peake-Tomkinson at Pages of Hackney!
Not to be missed -
📌Thurs, 6th March, 7-8:30pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elizabeth-...
Not to be missed -
📌Thurs, 6th March, 7-8:30pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elizabeth-...
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For World Mental Health Day, Hel Spandler looks back on the origins of the radical health magazine Asylum Magazine and its influence on radical past and contemporary dialogues of 'madness' ✊🗃
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Taking over the Asylum
40 years since it was founded, Hel Spandler looks back on the origins of Asylum, the radical mental health magazine.
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October 10, 2024 at 8:26 AM
For World Mental Health Day, Hel Spandler looks back on the origins of the radical health magazine Asylum Magazine and its influence on radical past and contemporary dialogues of 'madness' ✊🗃
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-h...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-h...