I just learned about Ewa Kłobukowska, a Polish sprinter who set multiple world records in the 1960s She "failed a gender test" and was banned and had all her records stripped. The papers called her a man The next year she gave birth to a son. She never received an apology

Publishing: should we consider the fact that we didn't adequately market any of those Black authors we threw £££ deals at in 2020 and reflect on our failings and structural racism? Publishing: Nah, let's just start another mentoring scheme

The Labour Party are serving the country reheated austerity. It was awful the first time and it will be disastrous this time around.

We’re back! There’s been some news in the last month or so. We confront this. Careful where you sit. 🎧JD Vance: Sofa King Weird: thebuglepodcast.com/the-bugle

To really get the 90s vibe going, instead of a support act Oasis should put up a big projector screen and play two episodes of The House Of Eliott.

“Zionist” isn’t a race or an ethnicity. It’s a political ideology. Next up “white supremacist” will be a protected class.

Are you a trans ally in London? If so, these trans kids are doing AMAZING things in taking action against the Department for Education and their increasingly trans-hostile stance. These kids need adults to watch over the kids at night so they can sleep. #AlliesAssemble ✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️

The #TransKidsDeserveBetter protest is happening at the Department for Education, 20 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT If you can spare some time during the nighttime to watch over them and keep them safe, that would be incredible ✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️💕 #AlliesAssemble maps.app.goo.gl/GkG5tFPZDoXys4…

"Language is something that every human alive has to interact with, yet I was taught pretty much nothing about how it functions!" HZ on Allusionist live tour August/September 2024 on the Allusionist, language, and 18 years of podcasting ⬇️ podcastrex.com/five-minutes-w…

"Austerity is the idea that the global financial crash of 2008 was caused by there being too many libraries in Wolverhampton." -Alexei Sayle

Sick to my stomach reading this entire report. Our healthcare colleagues are being tortured, while the world just watches Israel commit crimes upon more crimes against humanity. hrw.org/news/2024/08/2…

Reminder of prices in Gaza to the world per 1kg: Potatoes: $6 Cucumbers: $6 Tomatoes: $9 Chilli: $17 Meat: $90 Okra: $30 Fish: $20 Shampoo: $41 Another reminder: Thousands of workers here have lost their jobs due to Israel's war on Gaza. Education has also stopped since then.

What’s happening to trans people in the UK is a nightmare. A Gender Critical doctor responsible for inducting clinical staff into the NHS’s new trans conversion service. Supported by The Labour Party. No trans people involved - even though it’s trans healthcare. Can you imagine this

How can Labour ban conversion therapy while openly supporting it within the NHS at the same time? Genuine question.

The only 1990s reunion I want is the second season of My So-Called Life

the 199th episode is newly in your podfeed, and contains 199 ideas from my decade-long Google Docs of episode ideas that I haven't made into episodes yet theallusionist.org/199ideas

Never thought I’d need to write an email rejecting an audition opportunity due to the personally held beliefs of the creator of the franchise, but if I a broke actor who’s relatively unknown can reject blood-money, so can all the bigger stars - there’s no excuse.

Yup yup!! Come to see the new The Allusionist live show #Souvenirs in London this Saturday at the very civilised time of 4.30pm. And this week we’re also playing Bristol on Thursday theallusionist.org/events

Bristol, it has pretty much stopped raining, so why don’t you leave the house and come to see The Allusionist live at 7.30pm at the Watershed tonight theallusionist.org/events