I wrote a substack essay about the Labour Party and the lies we tell ourselves about its history. The disillusionment is real if you think party politics will save us. Do have a read if it's your thing.
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
2026 NEW WRITERS AWARDS
Applications for the 2026 New Writers Awards are currently open. The deadline for all applications is Wed 24 Sept 2025.
The awards are free to apply to, all travel expenses are covered and awardees are chosen by a panel of judges.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
A wee Substack about visiting the Fringe and revisiting the art you love...
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#ScottishPoetryEvents
Open Mic at the Scottish Poetry Library!
1pm, 18th, 19th, 20th August
FREE!
All the deets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-ope...
Took my teen to see Trainspotting at The Fringe today. We absolutely loved it. Totally inspired by immersive theatre, and it's fab how much love there is for the characters and the story. Hoping it's sparked his own Irvine Welsh journey now 💚
Coming to terms with the fact that I'll probably never return to regular performing so trying new mediums as a way of sharing creativity. I've started a wee free Substack to share some work. Would love to follow/ share with people.
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Another Palestinian footballer murdered by Israel and FIFA is silent.
🩵 If you love music and Scotland then you might like SNACK mag’s art prints, featuring classic Glasgow/Edinburgh venues.
They are cracking and if you buy one then my editor will let me out of my crate to have a cup of tea 🩵
Comfort watched The Business tonight for the zillionth time. I love how bright and camp this film is. Makes me want to set something in the 80s, and kick about in Sergio Tacchini ❤️
Fontaines DC at Exhibition Park, Newcastle. Electric.
Had a glorious time at the preview of this year's #offpagevispo in Glasgow last night. Absolutely buzzing to be exhibiting some visual poetry with such a fabulous group.
Noooo! Stop! Haha...terrified of this reality 😂
Propping their barbarism up with a legacy that is the polar opposite of what they are. More obsolete Tory policies and grovelling to Reform votes.
Friendly reminder that the Labour Party was not the party of work but the party of WORKING PEOPLE (including those who find themselves unable to do so)
Character building 😭
Think I felt that comment in my shin tbh 🤣
Definitely memories of picking the red ash out of grazed knees 💚
Delighted to be reading at Versaye this month. It's such a fabulous night, with loads of great writers already signed up. Pop along if it's your thing.
With a media owned by billionaires and oligarchs and with your timelines flooded with propaganda, we need independent media more than ever. Help us get to £10k and develop Scotland's longest-running alternative media project:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-be...
Excited to be taking part in this panel as part of Paisley Book Festival this year. Looking forward to chatting and sharing new work. Check out their website for the full programme!
@byleaveswelive.bsky.social asked Janette Ayachi, @victoriamcnultygla.bsky.social, @susibriggsauthor.bsky.social & Morag Anderson to write new poems reflecting on Robert Burns. Giving voices to the women in Burns’s life & work was a common theme
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/the-trysting...
Yep. It's grim for sure.
Stings because we have had so much time to build a viable rights based option for ordinary people and couldn't or wouldn't. And while I understand the 'never under capitalism' view point, I also hoped that things could at least be better than this. Gutted.
Have really steered away from political posting for a while, feeling that it's often counter productive. But the gist of recent events, to me anyway, feels so heavy in the knowledge of a failure to construct a meaningful, compassionate and effective opposition 1/
...Yes! And listening to knowledge that's actually shared. Sometimes feels like we are in this loop where so much is rejected as I dunno, reactionary, anti intellectual, bad praxis, whatever... Doomed to analyse until any fight freezes and finally eats itself. But yes, I'm still optimistic 😉
#OtD 26 Nov 1938 a football team of Basque boys who were Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War played a friendly match in Pontypridd, Wales. Tickets to the game were sold to raise funds to support the children workingclasshistory.com/2018...
Yes! Club Foot the Soccer AM anthem. Love this wee thread. Thanks for sharing
Yep. So cool.
Definitely. That Libertines album grabbed a lot of people too. Good era for sure 🙂
I loved/love that Streets album. Good choice!