
Nina Welsch
@CleverclogsNina
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“A leading Scottish commentator” -Scottish Daily Express. Writing mostly in @TheCriticMag. Essayist in Sunday Times bestseller The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht.
The library, mostly
Joined August 2022
I wrote in @unherd about the shameful intimidation of Jewish performers at the Edinburgh Fringe and why, for a party obsessed with hate crimes, antisemitism doesn’t seem to register much as a problem for the SNP.
unherd.com
Last year at the Edinburgh Fringe, I saw precisely two shows — which, for a Festival Grinch like me, was more than usual. By coincidence, both of them happened to be by Jewish performers. The first...
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RT @davidspiersiii: Huge shoutout to @tribunaltweets: absolutely outstanding work. I know those of us who can't be there in person are extr….
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RT @joannaccherry: It’s not ok for fringe venues to cancel bookings for Jewish comedians because their staff allegedly feel “unsafe”. Raci….
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LN is like the personification of the old adage "With friends like these, who needs enemies?".
JR Why so unhappy?.LN Possibly she's a bit homophobic. Asking how u shld cope w it. I feel u dont have to cope. Possibly she [missed] and hid her true feelings.JR What might her true feelings be?.Shes homophobic but obviously loves her daughter.
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Outside of writing, I work with very young, sometimes disabled, children. I take them on trips to the museum sometimes. I can promise the threat of assisting/changing them in the ladies and a male walking in will ensure I never visit or donate to that museum again.
Rules banning trans people from using toilets aligned with their gender identity could force some museums and galleries to close, the industry body has warned.
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RT @unherd: Several Jewish performers have had their Edinburgh Fringe shows cancelled. This is deeply worrying for the arts in Scotland, w….
unherd.com
Last year at the Edinburgh Fringe, I saw precisely two shows — which, for a Festival Grinch like me, was more than usual. By coincidence, both of them happened to be by Jewish performers. The first...
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RT @SoniaRGallego: This also applies to journalism, and, imo, has contributed to a depreciation in news outlets.
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RT @euanmccolm: my @MailOnline column about the tyrants of the lanyard class:
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It was supposed to make my life easier, but within an hour I was the most loathed man in the room.
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RT @BDSixsmith: I wrote about how Blair and his successors have consistently interpreted policy failures as PR failures..
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“Immigration is an issue of real concern to people,” and Britons “feel they do not have permission to freely express their fears.” Was this taken from a government paper from this week? No…
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RT @msjlindsay: I wrote about why, with the Peggie case, I feel more hope than I ever have that I might live long enough to see the end of….
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RT @jk_rowling: Obviously it would take time away from tweeting vapid slogans and hiring men to be women's representatives, but perhaps @UN….
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