Feels unfair she knows this level of peace and I'm stuck with the ability to read the news

Delivery today from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social !

My second dive into the Northern Weird Project with Turbine 34 after reading Good Boy earlier this winter

I had a fantastic time at the @eadi.bsky.social Research Communications Workshop last week in Berlin!

Over the two days we had some really productive conversations, and I was grateful to meet so many other comms professionals from across Europe.

📍: @isdcberlin.bsky.social

‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night

‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read

We’re absolutely delighted to share that Levenshulme Old Library is a finalist at this year's Manchester Culture Awards!

We're shortlisted in the 'best event' category for last year's Ghosts at the Old Library, our homegrown winter storytelling project.

Huge thanks to all involved.

Wish us luck!

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

Good Boy by Neil McRobert paperback ebook The Northern Weird Project — wild hunt books After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance. However, when she confronts him, the man's true purpose is...

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Support fine indie publishing by ordering directly from our bookshop

For UK readers, we've a limited supply of signed copies of Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, pawprint included 🐾

More signed copies of our other titles COMING SOON
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...

Famine in Tigray: “we are dying by a silent war” - World Peace Foundation Report authors explain why recording events in Tigray contributes to a body of memory that resists denial and insists on accountability.

"Silence now risks normalizing the use of hunger as a political tool-not only in Ethiopia but in conflicts settings across the world. By naming and recording what happened in Tigray, we contribute to a body of memory that resists denial and insists on accountability."

Blog: bit.ly/48SMgkA

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Waiting as method: reflections on access, positionality, power and scheduling during fieldwork - Global Development Institute Blog Reflections on access, positionality, power and scheduling during fieldwork.

In a new GDI blog, Edwin Rwigi and Anifat Ibrahim reflect on the moments of planned and unplanned waiting that characterise fieldwork, and how this 'waiting time' can be reframed and used as research material itself.

Read the piece here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/waiting-as-m...

How we can smash Britain’s two-party system for good at the next election | George Monbiot Labour is beyond repair. Time for a co-ordinated strategy to support progressive parties committed to electoral reform, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

How we can smash Britain’s two-party system for good at the next election | George Monbiot

Film Screening: No Other Land Join us for an evening of Palestinian food, film, and discussion. We'll be screening the Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land.

Join the GDI Students for Palestine on Weds 30 April for an evening of Palestinian food, film, and discussion.

The evening will feature a screening of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land'.

For more info and to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree....

Extraordinary joint statement from UN Under-Secretary-General and heads of UNICEF, WHO, WFP, IOM, UNRWA, UNOPS and OCHA:

"World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza"

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Trump’s Tariffs: Is This the End of Globalisation and Global Value Chains? - Global Development Institute Blog Khalid Nadvi, Professor of International Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester 5 April 2025   As financial markets across the world continue to reel from the tariffs impo...

A new blog written by GDI's Khalid Nadvi (@kmn-mcr.bsky.social) considers the effect of Trump's tariffs on global value chains, asking 'is this the end of globalisation?'

Read the blog here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/trumps-tarif...

Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After the publication of his recent working paper analysing the US-China “AI Cold War”, we caught up with Richard Heeks (@cddmanchester.bsky.social) about the controversy surrounding DeepSeek.

Read Richard's take below, and find the full working paper here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Manchester Social Housing Commission: What is the City but the People? Thirza Asanga-Rae and Zoe Marlow explore the ways in which the crisis in social rent housing in the city of Manchester is impacting on women and families and what women across the city are doing to challenge the system.

Community reporters from the Social Homes for Manchester coalition have released a new short film following two women as they share their experiences navigating the housing system.

The film also covers the launch of a policy brief co-authored by GDI’s Isis Barei-Guyot in Nov 2024

📽️: bit.ly/4gjhRfi

GDI in Discussion: Mariana Hernández-Montilla YouTube video by Global Development Institute

Whilst you're there... I've also been filming with other GDI researchers including Mariana Hernández-Montilla, Nicola Banks, and Johan Oldekop! You can find all the videos in the same playlist ▶️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJHw...

Loved speaking with Edwin and putting together this video!

This series has been such a nice way of getting to know the people behind the work at @globaldevinst.bsky.social, and Edwin is a truly brilliant and fascinating person and researcher.

Check it out 👇

It was a great opportunity to work on the design and infographics for this report! Stay posted for photos and filming from today 🙌

'They've said it could be years... my story is just one in a million' Homes are less affordable, homelessness is rising and waiting lists for social housing are still getting longer, according to a new report

Manchester Evening News have also published an article with commissioner Zoe Marlow discussing the crisis in further detail, as well as what the report hopes to achieve: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Publications | Social Homes for Manchester Social Homes for Manchester Coalition Social Homes 4 Manchester Social Homes For Manchester

Heading to Parliament today with the Manchester Social Housing Comission, who are bringing five urgent demands to government concerning the failing housing system in MCR.

You can read their report in full here: www.socialhomes4mcr.org.uk/publications

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