Zinnie Harris
@zinnieh.bsky.social
Playwright, theatre director, prof and mum.
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This is a very good read. The post-democracy GOP are looking for a violent response to their violence...to justify more violence and the suspension of elections. Trump may not have needed to use fascist methods to obtain power ...but he and his cronies know very well they'll need them to keep it.
Trump's a dictator; but as the tyrant and his cronies attempt to consolidate power through intimidation and force, cracks in the regime are starting to show, as I discuss in PN.
A rickety dictatorship
Trump's hand of cards is weaker than it appears.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is a very good read. The post-democracy GOP are looking for a violent response to their violence...to justify more violence and the suspension of elections. Trump may not have needed to use fascist methods to obtain power ...but he and his cronies know very well they'll need them to keep it.
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We need this in Scotland. It’s not even wishful or fanciful thinking: it’s financially astute. Our creative industries are absolutely vital
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow
Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We need this in Scotland. It’s not even wishful or fanciful thinking: it’s financially astute. Our creative industries are absolutely vital
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Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread
Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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The UK government is blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from taking up UK scholarships.
Some have been killed while waiting @theguardian.com
We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action and @drjogrady.bsky.social will be on @lbc.co.uk at 4 PM urging the govt to step in.
tr.ee/HjzPtS
Some have been killed while waiting @theguardian.com
We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action and @drjogrady.bsky.social will be on @lbc.co.uk at 4 PM urging the govt to step in.
tr.ee/HjzPtS
Ministers urged to help students trapped in Gaza with places at UK universities
Forty people who have been offered scholarships unable to travel without biometric data they have no way of getting
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The UK government is blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from taking up UK scholarships.
Some have been killed while waiting @theguardian.com
We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action and @drjogrady.bsky.social will be on @lbc.co.uk at 4 PM urging the govt to step in.
tr.ee/HjzPtS
Some have been killed while waiting @theguardian.com
We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action and @drjogrady.bsky.social will be on @lbc.co.uk at 4 PM urging the govt to step in.
tr.ee/HjzPtS
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Extraordinary piece of work. Gets to the diseased heart of what is happening in Gaza.
BBC bosses pulled our film ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ a forensic investigation into Israeli military attacks on hospitals in Gaza. Here’s why.
@bendepear.bsky.social @ramitanavai.bsky.social @theobserveruk.bsky.social
@bendepear.bsky.social @ramitanavai.bsky.social @theobserveruk.bsky.social
BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s med...
The producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentary
observer.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Extraordinary piece of work. Gets to the diseased heart of what is happening in Gaza.
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At last. This really is excellent news! Something the EU had asked for a very long time ago. Looks like Yvette Cooper now lost that battle to limit it to 12 months.
Good. It's high time young Brits and Europeans can get to know each other again.
Good. It's high time young Brits and Europeans can get to know each other again.
Young Europeans may be allowed to stay in UK for longer than a year
A minister has opened the door for a reciprocal youth mobility scheme that could add to net migration figures despite concerns from the Home Office
www.thetimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
At last. This really is excellent news! Something the EU had asked for a very long time ago. Looks like Yvette Cooper now lost that battle to limit it to 12 months.
Good. It's high time young Brits and Europeans can get to know each other again.
Good. It's high time young Brits and Europeans can get to know each other again.
Been locked put of my bluesky account for a couple of months.... (changed phone, lost password etc etc) ... what've I missed?
June 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Been locked put of my bluesky account for a couple of months.... (changed phone, lost password etc etc) ... what've I missed?
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Guidelines were described as: “fuelling a culture of hostility and suspicion towards abortion and pregnancy loss”. We can see where this is leading…
"Police have been issued guidance on how to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and check their phones for menstrual cycle tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss"
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Guidelines were described as: “fuelling a culture of hostility and suspicion towards abortion and pregnancy loss”. We can see where this is leading…
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Gemma Clark, who’s campaigned hard on decriminalisation, has now set up a template letter to send to your MP. Her petition is debated on 2 June.
bsky.app/profile/gemm...
bsky.app/profile/gemm...
I’ve made a template letter and link to send to MPs to ask them to support the decriminalisation amendment. Please feel free to use and share open.substack.com/pub/gemmacla...
Abortion Decriminalisation – It’s Now or Never
Ask your MP to support the Crime Bill amendment
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Gemma Clark, who’s campaigned hard on decriminalisation, has now set up a template letter to send to your MP. Her petition is debated on 2 June.
bsky.app/profile/gemm...
bsky.app/profile/gemm...
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There are 3000+ shows in the #edfringe, but no way to find those led by women and people of marginalised genders in the website or print programme. Enter: the #FemiFringe Guide! Register your show by Saturday 31 May to be included in our 4th edition. bit.ly/FemiFringe
May 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There are 3000+ shows in the #edfringe, but no way to find those led by women and people of marginalised genders in the website or print programme. Enter: the #FemiFringe Guide! Register your show by Saturday 31 May to be included in our 4th edition. bit.ly/FemiFringe
Cat on top of her revision.
April 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Cat on top of her revision.
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It would’ve been Coraline’s press night tonight. Who better to spend it with than @zinnieh.bsky.social!
April 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It would’ve been Coraline’s press night tonight. Who better to spend it with than @zinnieh.bsky.social!
No shit sherlock.
The number of plays and musicals staged by the UK's main subsidised theatres last year was down by almost a third compared with 10 years earlier, BBC research suggests.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre
Big drop in plays staged by theatres over past decade
The number of plays and musicals staged by the UK's main subsidised theatres is down by almost a third.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
No shit sherlock.
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Meta stole every book I’ve written to feed their Llama AI program.
I’m joining with @societyofauthors.bsky.social today to demand #Meta pays for the work it stole. I call on the UK Government to support authors and uphold copyright. Please share!
#MetaBookThieves
#MyWordsAreNotFree
#MakeItFair
I’m joining with @societyofauthors.bsky.social today to demand #Meta pays for the work it stole. I call on the UK Government to support authors and uphold copyright. Please share!
#MetaBookThieves
#MyWordsAreNotFree
#MakeItFair
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Meta stole every book I’ve written to feed their Llama AI program.
I’m joining with @societyofauthors.bsky.social today to demand #Meta pays for the work it stole. I call on the UK Government to support authors and uphold copyright. Please share!
#MetaBookThieves
#MyWordsAreNotFree
#MakeItFair
I’m joining with @societyofauthors.bsky.social today to demand #Meta pays for the work it stole. I call on the UK Government to support authors and uphold copyright. Please share!
#MetaBookThieves
#MyWordsAreNotFree
#MakeItFair
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NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey.
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
March 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey.
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
Some days - just some days - I just REALLY DON'T WANT TO CLEAN UP CAT VOMIT
March 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Some days - just some days - I just REALLY DON'T WANT TO CLEAN UP CAT VOMIT
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Canada and Greenland have their own MAGA movement now
Make America Go Away
Make America Go Away
March 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Canada and Greenland have their own MAGA movement now
Make America Go Away
Make America Go Away
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Women artists have been overlooked throughout history. Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists gives you a place to *start* exploring some of their work
Here's H: Halliday to Hynes 👉 buff.ly/DcF7uNi
🧑🎨 Mikéla Henry-Lowe. © the artist 📸 Historic England Archive
Here's H: Halliday to Hynes 👉 buff.ly/DcF7uNi
🧑🎨 Mikéla Henry-Lowe. © the artist 📸 Historic England Archive
An A-Z of 1,000 women artists represented on Art UK: Halliday to Hynes | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 500,000 artworks by over 55,000 artists.
buff.ly
March 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Women artists have been overlooked throughout history. Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists gives you a place to *start* exploring some of their work
Here's H: Halliday to Hynes 👉 buff.ly/DcF7uNi
🧑🎨 Mikéla Henry-Lowe. © the artist 📸 Historic England Archive
Here's H: Halliday to Hynes 👉 buff.ly/DcF7uNi
🧑🎨 Mikéla Henry-Lowe. © the artist 📸 Historic England Archive
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Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
March 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
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Gisèle Pelicot has been named as The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 – topping the Influence List to mark International Women’s Day.
Full story: trib.al/Sk7g2ag
Full story: trib.al/Sk7g2ag
March 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Gisèle Pelicot has been named as The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 – topping the Influence List to mark International Women’s Day.
Full story: trib.al/Sk7g2ag
Full story: trib.al/Sk7g2ag
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‘For women especially, prison is a place of chaos and trauma where vulnerable people struggle to maintain their dignity, let alone sanity… into these containers of suffering are dropped women whose only crime is mental illness’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Why are women still being sent to prison as ‘a place of safety’? | Eva Wiseman
Reports are revealing the true harm done by incarcerating women under the guise of protecting them, writes Eva Wiseman
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
‘For women especially, prison is a place of chaos and trauma where vulnerable people struggle to maintain their dignity, let alone sanity… into these containers of suffering are dropped women whose only crime is mental illness’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Working on a musical with Zinnie Harris for six years made us into close friends. Losing that musical on the brink of production has made us even closer. As silver linings go that’s a pretty good one. @zinnieh.bsky.social
Zinnie and me during a workshop at the National Theatre three years ago. Little did we know…
February 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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