Poetry film comes to Bath! Poetry Film Live are showing a curation of poetry films on the theme of 'home' Burdall's Yard 14th May 7pm including the poetry/dance collaborations BSU Creative Writing This screening is an explosion of words, images and sound! 🥳🥳ticketsource.co.uk/bathspalive/ch…

By far the most hilarious political story of the year is the Tories finding out their cunning voter ID law has suppressed their own supporters

Disorder is not violence. Camping is not violence. Trespassing is not violence. Genocide is violence. Knocking people to the ground and choking them is violence. Shooting people with rubber bullets is violence. Just feels like we need to remind each other of the meaning of words.

'But I'm Boris Johnson. You can plainly see that. Why do would you need ID when you can see I'm Boris Johnson?'
'Because of your law, Boris Johnson.'
'I didn't bring it in for people like me.'
'That does seem to be something of a theme for your laws.'

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Hundreds of people formed a human chain around a coach meant to transport Asylum Seekers from a hotel to the Bibby Stockholm for preparation to be transported to Rwanda.

They won and the Government was forced to give up.

The people are not powerless.

Just had an email from Royal Court literary dept to say they couldn't take the play forward. However it was a supportive, encouraging and generous email with feedback. If only all theatres could be so considered and just straight out kind to writers in these tough times.

What do you say/do when your union votes against stopping a genocide?

How disappointing. And disheartening. The Society of Authors members vote against a resolution to make a statement re the killing of fellow writers, the destruction of Palestinian cultural institutions in Gaza. And to call for peace. 786 members for: 883 against. How very sad.

We send our solidarity to the many thousands of university students and staff across the world who are taking a stand against their institutions' complicity in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.

Full statement 👇

'In 10 years’ time we’re going to turn around and say ‘where are all the artists, where are all the stories, where are all the good ideas?’'

David Byrne, Royal Court Artistic Director, has called for a “rescue package” to keep young people in the arts.
theguardian.com/stage/2024/may…

English lessons: make classrooms more creative again theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

BREAKING: University College London (UCL) has begun an encampment on campus for Gaza.

UCL is the alma mater of the late poet and academic Refaat Alareer.

Key demands from students include divesting from “Israeli war crimes” and pledge to rebuild Gaza’s universities.

30 aid trucks reached the north of Gaza,

It was because of the pressure made by the students protests.

KEEP PROTESTING.

Every single UK university should offer at least one scholarship for a Palestinian student from Gaza. It is frustrating to see very few universities doing this. If your university isn’t offering scholarships, demand that they do. This is the least they can offer in support now…

BREAKING: UCL and King's College London King's College London students have set up their encampment calling for the end of Israel's #genocide in #Gaza and demanding our universities to divest from Israeli institutions and war machine. #CeasefireNOW

💔 I’ve spent years fundraising to support artists. It breaks my heart that I’ve more words in my fundraising folder than in my PhD. When grants aren’t forthcoming I feel I’m letting down lots of freelancers, even though I’m only part-time and do this work often in my own time 💔

Poetry film comes to Bath! 14th May Burdall's Yard 7pm Dr Lucy English and HelenDewbery of Poetry Film Live are showing a curation of short films on the theme of 'home' including poetry/dance collaborations from BSU Creative Writing students 🥳🥳🥳
ticketsource.co.uk/bathspalive/ch…

Poetry film comes to Bath! 14th May Burdall's Yard 7pm Dr Lucy English and HelenDewbery of Poetry Film Live are showing a curation of short films on the theme of 'home' including poetry/dance collaborations from BSU Creative Writing students 🥳🥳🥳
ticketsource.co.uk/bathspalive/ch…

Sending the first 300 migrants to Rwanda costs £1.8m each. To put that in context, school funding is around £7,600 per child per year. So the cost of sending one migrant to Rwanda would get 234 children education for a year. Is that a good use of money?

🇵🇸WE’RE STAYING THE NIGHT🇵🇸

Day one of the encampment is coming to an end and we’re still going strong. Our numbers are growing by the hour and we are ready to stay as long as it takes for the Newcastle University to accept our demands!✊

FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA.