Vicky Grut
@vickygrut.bsky.social
Writer. Short story collection Live Show, Drink Included shortlisted for 2019 Edge Hill Awards. Pushcart nominated in 2023. Work in The Masters Review XIII in 2025. Website: vickygrut.com
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“the foundational assumption of survey research—that a coherent response is a human response—is no longer tenable. This vulnerability is not merely theoretical; the tools to create these fraudulent respondents are cheap, effective, &readily avail, posing a direct threat to the integrity of science”🧪
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“the foundational assumption of survey research—that a coherent response is a human response—is no longer tenable. This vulnerability is not merely theoretical; the tools to create these fraudulent respondents are cheap, effective, &readily avail, posing a direct threat to the integrity of science”🧪
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After selecting a shortlist of six stories from thousands of entries, we are thrilled to announce Renesha Dhanraj as the winner of The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025, for her story, ‘Black Cake’.
Read more here: thelondonmagazine.org/renesha-dhan...
Read more here: thelondonmagazine.org/renesha-dhan...
Renesha Dhanraj wins The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 - The London Magazine
The judges of The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 award first place to Renesha Dhanraj for her story, 'Black Cake'.
thelondonmagazine.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
After selecting a shortlist of six stories from thousands of entries, we are thrilled to announce Renesha Dhanraj as the winner of The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025, for her story, ‘Black Cake’.
Read more here: thelondonmagazine.org/renesha-dhan...
Read more here: thelondonmagazine.org/renesha-dhan...
I'll be tuning in! Just what we need to hear.
Yes! Love a Reith Lecture…
“2025 Reith Lectures will reflect on moments in history, including the likes of the suffragette and abolitionist movements, which have sparked transformative moral revolutions, offering hope for a new wave of progressive change.”
“2025 Reith Lectures will reflect on moments in history, including the likes of the suffragette and abolitionist movements, which have sparked transformative moral revolutions, offering hope for a new wave of progressive change.”
This year's Reith Lectures, which will be delivered by Rutger Bergman, should be interesting.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'll be tuning in! Just what we need to hear.
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For Peace and Freedom in Palestine, Free Marwan Barghouti! - Sign the petition! chng.it/ZcnSf8FV via
@ChangeItalia
@ChangeItalia
Firma la petizione
Per la Pace e la libertà in Palestina, Marwan Barghouti libero!
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November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For Peace and Freedom in Palestine, Free Marwan Barghouti! - Sign the petition! chng.it/ZcnSf8FV via
@ChangeItalia
@ChangeItalia
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Nature finds its rhythm in Orfeo Tagiuri’s animated music videos for Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe > buff.ly/5ZIdDgX
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Nature finds its rhythm in Orfeo Tagiuri’s animated music videos for Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe > buff.ly/5ZIdDgX
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"We loan books from the local library, or we loan books through it from a library far away. But we also lend ourselves to the library — enlarging the commons and participating in the political project of making an informed society." @shannonmattern.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"We loan books from the local library, or we loan books through it from a library far away. But we also lend ourselves to the library — enlarging the commons and participating in the political project of making an informed society." @shannonmattern.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
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Look at this powerhouse team! 💥 @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s 2026 microfiction comp opens 1 December - send @joannacampbell.bsky.social, @devaneemily.bsky.social, @debdanthewriter.bsky.social and @daveswann.bsky.social something good.
We’re thrilled to announce that the judges for our microfiction comp are: Joanna Campbell, Emily Devane, Debra A Daniel & David Swann! The comp opens on 1 Dec for micros up to 100 words. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Look at this powerhouse team! 💥 @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s 2026 microfiction comp opens 1 December - send @joannacampbell.bsky.social, @devaneemily.bsky.social, @debdanthewriter.bsky.social and @daveswann.bsky.social something good.
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And finally, the FICTION ranking includes 270 magazines - and this is the top 20:
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
And finally, the FICTION ranking includes 270 magazines - and this is the top 20:
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The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
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The OVERALL ranking includes 750 journals - here is the top 20:
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The OVERALL ranking includes 750 journals - here is the top 20:
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We were shocked and saddened to read that Rachel Cooke had died. She championed Michèle Roberts' work, and her take on French Cooking for One proposed the book to the bestsellers sphere. We remember her exemplary, fearless originality and generous spirit.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We were shocked and saddened to read that Rachel Cooke had died. She championed Michèle Roberts' work, and her take on French Cooking for One proposed the book to the bestsellers sphere. We remember her exemplary, fearless originality and generous spirit.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Any politician who is taking seriously that the next election might be lost to a far-right populist party, should be doing all they can to strengthen protections for vulnerable people. If this is lost, it will go down in history as a moment where everything collapsed.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Any politician who is taking seriously that the next election might be lost to a far-right populist party, should be doing all they can to strengthen protections for vulnerable people. If this is lost, it will go down in history as a moment where everything collapsed.
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LONDONERS: this Thursday, Sagging Meniscus sails to @poetrysociety.org.uk with the able crew of @davidcollard.bsky.social, Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social, & Philip Terry — plus a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. It's free. RSVP bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
LONDONERS: this Thursday, Sagging Meniscus sails to @poetrysociety.org.uk with the able crew of @davidcollard.bsky.social, Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social, & Philip Terry — plus a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. It's free. RSVP bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
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We’re thrilled to announce that the judges for our microfiction comp are: Joanna Campbell, Emily Devane, Debra A Daniel & David Swann! The comp opens on 1 Dec for micros up to 100 words. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that the judges for our microfiction comp are: Joanna Campbell, Emily Devane, Debra A Daniel & David Swann! The comp opens on 1 Dec for micros up to 100 words. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...
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posted by a friend who is Professor of Molecular Biophysics. PM me if you have any ideas and want to be put in touch.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
posted by a friend who is Professor of Molecular Biophysics. PM me if you have any ideas and want to be put in touch.
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I just read “A New Kind of Dan” by @kylerseibel.bsky.social in Best Small Fictions 2024 (originally in @trampset.bsky.social), and loved it so much. The ending is perfect. Sorry I’m so late to this one, but if you haven’t read it… trampset.org/a-new-kind-o...
A New Kind of Dan
by Kyle Seibel
trampset.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I just read “A New Kind of Dan” by @kylerseibel.bsky.social in Best Small Fictions 2024 (originally in @trampset.bsky.social), and loved it so much. The ending is perfect. Sorry I’m so late to this one, but if you haven’t read it… trampset.org/a-new-kind-o...
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**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
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We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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My Unbox Your Words posts are for anyone writing in any shape - fictions, poems, non-fic, hybrids - to encourage you to go beyond labels & genres & write what you want in the way you want to write it! And this month, the inspiration is Aunt Energy ☺️ taniahershman.substack.com/p/unbox-your...
In this month's Unbox Your Words writing prompt & exercise, we're celebrating... aunts! If you're not a subscriber and £3.50/month is a struggle, you can subscribe for free - so why not try it & inject some auntie energy in your writing! taniahershman.substack.com/p/unbox-your... #amwriting
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My Unbox Your Words posts are for anyone writing in any shape - fictions, poems, non-fic, hybrids - to encourage you to go beyond labels & genres & write what you want in the way you want to write it! And this month, the inspiration is Aunt Energy ☺️ taniahershman.substack.com/p/unbox-your...
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‘He caught what I thought was impossible’: Danny Boyle, Hanif Kureishi and others on the genius of Akram Khan
‘He caught what I thought was impossible’: Danny Boyle, Hanif Kureishi and others on the genius of Akram Khan
Thikra: Night of Remembering is Akram Khan Company’s last touring show. Here, the choreographer and dancer’s collaborators recall how he motivated them
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November 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
‘He caught what I thought was impossible’: Danny Boyle, Hanif Kureishi and others on the genius of Akram Khan
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www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si...
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
The Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's Library
Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
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January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
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Men At War – Lusting Loving Fighting Remembering 1939-1945
Join author Luke Turner to explore how the social upheaval of the Second World War had a profound impact on the sex lives of Londoners.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
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My Personal Anthology of short stories is now on the website, along with lots of other great Personal Anthologies 👇
I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @iancritchley.bsky.social's selection – his pick of and introduction to a dozen favourite short stories.
Check them out here, along with nearly 3,500 other short story recommendations!
Check them out here, along with nearly 3,500 other short story recommendations!
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
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November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
My Personal Anthology of short stories is now on the website, along with lots of other great Personal Anthologies 👇
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Illegal immigration is not tearing Britain apart. A media-driven obsession with illegal immigration is tearing Britain apart.
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Illegal immigration is not tearing Britain apart. A media-driven obsession with illegal immigration is tearing Britain apart.
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Last call! Looking to clear some much needed shelf space? Trade your pre-loved books and earn Bookshop.org store credit!
Use code BOOKSHOP25 on Bookloop to get a 15% trade boost before midnight tonight! bookloop.webuybooks.co.uk
Use code BOOKSHOP25 on Bookloop to get a 15% trade boost before midnight tonight! bookloop.webuybooks.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Last call! Looking to clear some much needed shelf space? Trade your pre-loved books and earn Bookshop.org store credit!
Use code BOOKSHOP25 on Bookloop to get a 15% trade boost before midnight tonight! bookloop.webuybooks.co.uk
Use code BOOKSHOP25 on Bookloop to get a 15% trade boost before midnight tonight! bookloop.webuybooks.co.uk