What is the State of the World’s Human Rights today?
Our report examines 144 countries and paints a picture of States playing with a fire that threatens to scorch the future for generations to come.
Read more: amn.st/63321B6A1y7
The WILDWOOD issue of The Fairy Tale Magazine is out now, chock full of stories and poems about tree spirits -- including a dryad-ish sonnet from me! Download for free, or toss a donation their way:
www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/wildwoo...
Tickets for the Foreword Book Festival author events at the Hexagon in Eye are now on sale – Suffolk folklore, Suffolk foodies, and a special Father's Day football panel for all ages! ✨🍽️⚽
It's a small venue, so tickets are extremely limited.
Don't miss out: wegottickets.com/forewordfest...
Want to know who’s standing in your area this May - and what they stand for? Take a minute to explore the candidates across Mid Suffolk: 👉 midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/may2026/ Your vote starts with knowing your local Green Party candidate.
Want to know who’s standing in your area this May - and what they stand for?
Take a minute to explore the candidates across Mid Suffolk:
👉 midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/may2026/
Your vote starts with knowing your local Green Party candidate.
Suffolk Refugee Support has put together this helpful fact sheet about refugee and asylum facts.
suffolkrefugee.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Taylor Swift and Coco Gauff earn massive sums as stars on their own, but research shows all-women teams across sports, music and business face a "collaboration penalty" – earning far less than all-men groups doing identical work.
Register to vote by 20/04
British or Irish, those with permission to enter or stay in the UK + are citizens of: Commonwealth (inc. Cyprus + Malta), Denmark, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal or Spain, another EU country who meet criteria all have a say how their tax is spent.
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The City of Brass S. A. Chakraborty
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The City of Brass S. A. Chakraborty
2/2 #booksky
The Postal Paths: Rediscovering Britain’s Forgotten Trails and the People Who Walked Them by Alan Cleaver
A Treachery of Swans by A. B. Poranek
The Roma: A Traveling History by Madeline Potter
My favourite books I got through in March were:
The Postal Paths: @postalpathsguy.bsky.social
A Treachery of Swans by A. B. Poranek @abporanek.bsky.social
The Roma: A Traveling History by Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social
1/2 #booksky
On #InternationalRomaDay, and every day, we must stand with Roma and Travellers across Europe, honouring their rich cultures and contributions. This day is also a call to action against racism, poverty, exclusion; to invest in equality, and work with communities. #RomaRights
Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks unwitting discrimination against intersex women who were assigned female at birth.
theconversation.com/sex-test-use...
The Kubrick's on stage with crowd in front
The Kubricks were great tonight at The John Peel Centre in Stowmarket.
A painted ship upon a painted ocean ~ the sea turns to mercury in this luminous image of a fishing fleet by Californian impressionist William Ritschel (‘Boats Returning Home’ c 1915, Irvine Museum, University of California)
“Compared with non-active travelers, the cyclists had a 19% lower risk of all-cause dementia, a 22% lower risk of Alzheimer's, a 40% lower risk of young-onset dementia (before the age of 65), and a 17% lower risk of late-onset dementia.”
Getting around a bike more often could reduce dementia risk.
Mad Dog Mcrea on stage
Busy enjoyable weekend. Watching The Cain Pit and Mad Dog Mcrea at John Peel Centre, playing cooperative board games @ipswichclimatehub.bsky.social and watching Project Hail Mary at The Regal. #Stowmarket #Ipswich
It was a nice evening in Ipswich for the storytelling group. I didn't tell so could enjoy just listening.
A book came through work of 100 artists you need to know. Frida Kahlo was the only woman in it. Thankfully Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social can help all year round with artists books like that miss.
You asked, we listened 🤭
Take Your Seats for our free YouTube premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest on 12 March at 7pm.
Accessible worldwide, with British Sign Language, Audio Description and Closed Caption versions available.
Find out more here 👇
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/take-your-se...
Last night's storytelling group was good. Had a couple of moon stories, a story inspired by international women's day about an engineer and a story that came from a buddhist tradition but others knew similar Aesop and Mulla Nasruddin versions. I told the story of Saint Marinos, a trans masc saint.
Local Green Party leaflets have information about candidates / representatives, mention local issues & are delivered in person. Reform's 2 leaflets in 2 envelopes by post with 4 images of someone with no local link with one size fits all for local elections does not show local or efficient party.
Today we have published new analysis building on the Committee's advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget.
Our conclusions about the cost of decarbonising the UK and impacts on energy security were tested against different scenarios ⬇️
Read the full report here: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
A painted portrait of a lady, she wears a bonnet and scarf, with a cigarette in her hand.
Our A-Z resource highlights 1,000 women artists, giving you a place to start exploring.
Here's F 👉 artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-...
Elsie Farleigh (1900–1981)© the artist's estate. 📷 Lakeland Arts
#WomensHistoryMonth
The other day was talking to a muslim guy from Turkey who calls Stowmarket home. We talked about impact of muslims on out culture like where first university was (started by a woman), mathematics and medicine and other sciences. Also how he compliments guys to give them the boost other genders get.
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Thud by Terry Pratchett
The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett @kenfollettauthor.bsky.social
Thud by Terry Pratchett
The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe #booksky 2/2
The Enchanted Greenhouse Sarah Beth Durst
Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
The books I enjoyed most in February were
The Enchanted Greenhouse Sarah Beth Durst @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social
Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland #booksky 1/2
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social
The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social #booksky 2/2
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
The Way to a Beautiful World by James Norbury
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
My favourite books from January
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social
The Way to a Beautiful World by James Norbury
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven #booksky 1/2
Silvercloak by L.K. Steven
The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris by Mike Honigsbaum
Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus by Sandi Toksvig
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A bit behind posting so here are my favourite books from December
Silvercloak by L.K. Steven
The Pandemic Century by Mike Honigsbaum
Between the Stops by Sandi Toksvig
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus #booksky
So my dad being stuck in Dubai has nothing to do with Trump's unilateral attack and only Iran's military response?
