It isn't healthy to be regularly lied to about big and important things, to see leadership in mayhem, to be gaslit about genuine concerns. It isn't good for a people as a whole, or for the heart and morale of a country to be deceived daily.

Mighty Ru Callender Ways with Weirds is in the Guardian! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Turned yesterday's thread into a little blog. #WorldMenopauseDay #postmenopause #postmenopause research #menopauserevolution #menopauseEvolution
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Salena beanie is number 3 of the best selling beanies this month

Named after author Salena Godden Salena is amazing

Now Newbury Soup Kitchen we support with lots of stuff and beanies. masato.co.uk/products/salen…

Buy a beanie we donate one to homeless outreach

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Here is the link for the Salena beanie

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✨💛 Fabulous news! Come on everyone let’s get the gorgeous sunny yellow beanies to number one best seller! Order your Salena Beanie today and support the good people Beanies Masato & Homeless charity! 💛✨

It happens to around half of the population, but it's still not considered appropriate for polite conversation.

Sod that, says Mona Eltahawy, and we couldn't agree more.

#BloodyHell is a menopause anthology.
Read all about it: bit.ly/3Hx6MGI

#WorldMenopauseDay

Need a menopause poster for #WorldMenopauseDay ? We have just the answer (and in more than one language, too)

Free at pausitivity.co.uk

It's time to #KnowYourMenopause

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We are delighted to announce that the WINNER of the #BookerPrize2022 is ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida ’ by Shehan Karunatilaka.

Discover more about the winning book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…
@shehankaru @sortofbooks Shahidha Bari 📻 🎙️📚🖌 Helen Castor Alain Mabanckou Mike Harrison

roast butternut squash, whole garlic, carrots, onion in salt and olive oil. meanwhile gently soften celery, ginger, shallots, cumin, turmeric. add chunky roasted veg. peel garlic cloves and add whole. stir in coconut milk and stock. simmer. season. golden. delicious. autumn

Absolutely brilliant time watching Dizraeli on Saturday afternoon at Tate XR Writers Rebel check out all@of his work and this sustainable tour, lots of love Dizraeli Xx

Not long until MORE FIYA!

Be sure to book your place for a night of exciting live performances from
Jackie Kay, Malika Booker, Jason Allen-Paisant, Rommi Smith and Keisha Thompson FRSA.

Presented by Manchester Literature Festival

👉 22 October
🎟️ From £12
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Here’s some amazing mushrooms, happy #flowerreport Alyssa Harad 🍄💚

This promises to be an absolutely brilliant night - come and join us for Letters Live with Benedict Cumberbatch and a host of other amazing readers at the end of October!

🖤 NEW | 'God is guiding this plane, she thinks. God will lead me through.'

Inspired by his mother's past, join the Desmond Elliot prize winner Derek Owusu on Thu 3 Nov to celebrate the release of his new book: #LosingThePlot .

📝 Register FREE: fane.co.uk/derek-owusu

“There is not a single degradation of the body which I must not try and make into a spiritualising of the soul.”

On Oscar Wilde's birthday, Patti Smith reads the stirring letter he penned while imprisoned for loving whom he loved themarginalian.org/2016/11/07/pat…

Who’s joining us at the iconic Royal Albert Hall later this month? 🙋‍♀️

We'll be bringing you two different back-to-back shows, both with phenomenal secret line-ups and there are a few tickets left!

Both shows in aid of Choose Love. Get your ticket now: royalalberthall.com/tickets/events…

You have just under TWELVE HOURS left to bid on items in the #BooksForPakistan auction! Time to start bidding like you mean it! airauctioneer.com/books-for-paki…