A £5 meal deal? Or gift book packs to 3 pre-school children living in women's refuge centres. Books help overcome disadvantage and nurture a life-long love of reading, but for many they're a luxury families can't afford. Spread joy this back-to-school season with a monthly gift.

Okay I’m tired of being distracted. Let’s talk about Kamala’s plans. Part 1. What’s an opportunity economy? 1/12

Elon saw the shooter was a conservative who has all the same beliefs he does and immediately nuked his account

Hundreds of millions of pounds of profit are being extracted from children's homes by private equity and other owners. This week’s The Rest is Money podcast is a special episode on the disastrous deterioration of support for families in crisis and the escalating scandal of

“I moved to a country called writing” Here's the stunning cover of The Tattoo Collector from tim tim cheng 🐸 (she/they), exploring family history, migration, politics and protest. Artwork by Au Wah Yan Pre-order: use FREEUK at checkout for UK freepost: buff.ly/4fjw0da

this is an insult to genuine storytelling which presents itself as openly fictitious yet revelatory of universal truths. what T***p/Vance do is spread deliberately concocted lies to stir fear & hatred in the hope that low-information voters will vote for them.

Sam Missingham (Sam Missingham) has launched a global community for booktokers, authors and publishers 👇 thebookseller.com/news/sam-missi…

The first graders who survived the school shooting at Sandy Hook are now old enough to vote in their first presidential election. Many are supporting Vice President Harris. "It's no-brainer for me," says survivor Lilly Wasilnak, 18. "I'm casting a vote for the 26 who can't."

My review of My Hummingbird Father by Pascale Petit FRSL🌿🐅🌳🐆🌱🦜 published by SALT · Independent trade publisher, est. 1999 "Pascale Petit's descriptive writing is dreamlike yet interrogates what she sees with an artist's perception of her surroundings" Thanks to Helen Richardson 🌺🌿🌷 for the invite. nutpress.co.uk/2024/09/book-r…

In honor of National Voter Registration Day tomorrow, the Broadway company of Hamilton headed into the booth to record “The Election of 2024”. We’re proud to partner with When We All Vote and VoteRiders to make sure everyone’s voice is heard at the polls. Register to vote now!

Join us at British Library for Mapping the Future: Celebrating The Complete Works Poets! Enjoy poetry readings from Mona Arshi, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Yomi Ṣode 🇳🇬, Dr Nick Makoha, and Will Harris, with appearances by Bernardine Evaristo and Dr Nathalie Teitler 🎤 Sign up at bit.ly/RSLWorks

What’s almost gotten Trump killed twice is the radical gun laws Republicans force us all to live under. Dude with a previous conviction for possessing a weapon of mass destruction flew to Florida, bought a gun, and tried to kill Trump all in one day.

Love this characteristically lyrical piece by Deborah Jenkins about queues and rules and the things that stress us (which needn't) Women Writers Network @acw1971 stillwonderinghere.net/2024/09/16/aut…

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In Episode 1 of #ClassClinPsych Podcast we spoke with Kerry Ardern about being working class in clinical psychology. One topic was social class barriers. For Kerry these seemed most prevalent when accessing higher education 🧵 1/6

This is just the most joyful #MustWatch video! Gratitude 🙏🏾 Duglas T Stewart / BMX Bandits for making my day!

The difference: The upsetting things said by Trump and Vance are not true. The upsetting things said about Trump and Vance are true. Trump really did mount a violent coup against the Constitution. He and his relatives really did take bribes in office, including from foreign

STARMAN JONES One of the first, and most important pieces of advice David Bowie ever gave me - and this was in the early 1990s - was to make sure I noted down the names of secretaries and assistants I came into contact with. This would help me later, he explained, when I needed

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Proud to bursting to be mentored by the incredible Glyn Maxwell for my representing Wales year. Thanks, Llenyddiaeth Cymru Literature Wales for making it possible for me to benefit from Glyn's expertise, knowledge, skill and unparalleled kindness as a poet. #GlynMaxwell @glynofwelwyn