Writer, trainee Librarian, Welsh & German | Ysgrifennwr, Llyfrgellydd dan hyfforddiant, Cymraes & Almaenes | she/her
Aberystwyth, Wales
Joined April 2011
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I'm very happy to say that my novel, Windstill, is now available for pre-order! It's out on Oct 20th 😃with lovely @honno. It's set in Hamburg 2016 - a family drama with secrets, split identities, historical expulsions, questionable relationships, & much coffee & cake.
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the other night at a party in Oxford this guy called Paul asked what I did for a living,I said “a lecturer in philosophy”.He was angered & demanded more info. I said I’m “mainly a philosopher of art etc” He replied: “wtf, it’s so embarrassing that you’d call urself a philosopher”
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So it seems the Crewe stretch of HS2 (in light blue) is back on.
Apparently it is possible to amend the project...except for its classification...which remains, inexplicably, "England & Wales".
You will notice from this handy map how much of this "Welsh" project is in 🏴.
This has robbed Wales of roughly £4bn.
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Anna Brown Ehlers, master weaver of the Tlingit tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast #UnravellingWomensArt
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Ancient Light ✨
There she is.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in all her full-tailed glory, streaming though the sky above Eglwys St.Cwyfan ☄️
A visitor who last graced our skies 80,000 years ago, when Neanderthals still existed!
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This is absolutely spot on and Deborah Smith, who is as humble as she is talented, played a really crucial role. I will say this again: no proper representation of international authors would be possible without outstanding translators.
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The Academy of American Poets has published this poem, and that is a very, very good thing.
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Yuko Tsushima taught me motherhood, Banana Yoshimoto helped me thru grief, Mieko Kawakami showed me the depth of loneliness, Sayaka Murata explored alienation that I can relate, Nastuko Imamura taught me being different is okay, Yoko Ogawa let me embrace the childhood's innocence
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not dunking on neil’s joke here, but something i think about a lot is that, with vanishingly few exceptions, the great artists, thinkers etc of history who have entered the canon simply never did their own housework
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A medieval English birth girdle, an amulet offering protection for women during childbirth. It's inscribed with protective prayers, charms and other talismans.
One of over 130 items featured in our upcoming exhibition Medieval Women: In Their Own Words!
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
ALT An image of an unfurled birth girdle, featuring inscribed prayers and image-based talismans, including a life-size representation of Christ's Side Wound and the Three Nails used during the Crucifixion.
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I’m at a conference today. The organisers just told me that I can’t bring my daughter to the networking session or the dinner tonight. I couldn’t get a babysitter. This is one of those times, as a single parent, that you really miss out. It felt like a gut punch.
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Universal free school meals means that no child risks going without at least one nutritious meal a day
Yet Labour voted against this on several occasions
If this is what we can achieve without being in power - imagine the difference a Plaid Cymru government can have 🏴💚
Wales becomes first UK nation to offer free school meals to all primary pupils itv.com/news/wales/2024-09-0…
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This is the leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies.
I think there is a very strong argument to be made that he is the worst political leader in the UK.
His leadership is a gift to the Welsh Labour Government.
Let me explain why he is so bad...
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This is the last photo from ICU in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. We have been forced to evacuate hospital, there will be no doctor or nurse, and patients will be left to inevitably.
Please any one can see this post do any thing to stop this genocide
I will not leave the hospital
