💫 Happy birthday Eddie! 💫

many returns happy
many turns happier
happy turns remain

Today we celebrate 104 years of #EdwinMorgan by taking a whistle-stop tour of his journeys from earth and out into the cosmos 🚀 – a short 🧵 1/8

Last week The Health Foundation published Health Inequalities in 2040.
A ground breaking report looking at current patterns of diagnosed illness & what the future holds
Essential reading for anyone wanting a fairer, healthier society.
My key takeaways in this blog:

health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

I thought I couldn’t love the Pet Shop Boys more…

Shot dead. 5 years ago today ❤️ Lyra we will keep sharing your words & voice. Christy Moore and James thank you for this beautiful tribute #LyraMckee
youtu.be/khgfGr8_1UM?si… photo - Jess Lowe 📷

New report on the inverse care law in Scottish general practice, produced by David Blane Carey Lunan Stewart Mercer and colleagues which we have funded.

Find out about the inequalities facing Scottish primary care and what needs to happen to address them ⬇️
health.org.uk/publications/t…

Proud to have led this research on responses to #inversecarelaw in Scottish general practice, funded by The Health Foundation, launched Deep End GP Scotland conf.

Great working with Stewart Mercer Carey Lunan Dr David Henderson Alessio Albanese James, with input from Cara ✨ 🙏
health.org.uk/publications/t…

Smoking is England’s leading cause of preventable ill health & death. We support GOV.UK’s bid for a smokefree generation.

Watch the Tobacco & Vapes Bill debate ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/aa…

And read Adam Briggs & Kate Dun-Campbell's comment in The Telegraph ⬇️
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Listening to Today prog discuss how Wilson’s affair brought a lovely little ray of sunshine into his later years and wondering if at any point someone will ask how much sunshine it brought into his wife’s life,/the running of the country

'I don’t feel trapped by my past. I feel I can walk right through it if only you’ll allow me to go with a pencil & a pad in my hand.” I interviewed the always-interesting Andrew O'Hagan about Caledonian Road - 'a maze of immoral interconnectedness' - & his 'dissociated' family.

An important message from Gay's the Word

Today we remember the 40th anniversary of the raid on Gay’s the Word bookshop

....and how we fought back!

10th April 1984 - 10th April 2024

youtu.be/YGjLX1RsIUw

My obituary in the Guardian of our wonderful friend Barrie Taylor who died in February after a long illness. He was a one-off, had a huge impact on all our lives and we will remember him.
Karen Buck Adam Hug Cllr Hamza Taouzzale💚 Cllr Muhammed Butt
theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Thank you to all who entered #EMPA2024 !

The open-call submissions are now in the hands of our four fantastic reviewer judges – Niall Campbell, Esraa Husain, Iona Lee & Samuel Tongue – who will then join Éadaoín Lynch, Ellen Renton & Rody Gorman to select the final shortlist 💫

I love this from Peter Ross

You know it’s not - of course - but he makes the most beautiful writing seem effortless. And the journey ends in Dundee. What more could I ask? 👇

Our Director Jenny Niven looks ahead to the opportunities and challenges of her Book Festival, and our new home, in today's @thescotsman - bit.ly/3PR4KYm

Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now, a new documentary w/ Alan Yentob, will be airing on BBC One on 16th April. This is the first time Neil & Chris have allowed backstage access to a camera team, accompanying them during the #Dreamworld tour for an intimate look inside the world of PSB.

300 orphaned/destitute boys aged under 16 lived on a boat anchored in the River Tay.

The Mars ship took kids fae poverty-struck industrial Dundee, and trained them up for the Navy.

But the boys had their heads shaved, and their names deleted when they arrived.

CW:abuse.

Chris Killip's photos have been as big an influence on my writing as any writer has.

theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

RIP Trevor Griffiths: 'The most politically literate working-class dramatist of our times, a scholar of Marx, Gramsci and Trotsky, who translated his passion into a series of plays and television dramas without equal.' theguardian.com/stage/2024/apr…

A reminder that my new booklet, 'They Exchange Glances: Gay Modernist Poems in Translation', has sixteen poems by sixteen poets, an introductory essay by me, and colour illustrations. Do come to the launch Gay's The Word on Thursday 25 April !

Every answer of this interview commands your attention. Watch in full: