Penny Dakin-Kiley
@PennyKiley
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Freelance writer/editor. Music journo archive at https://t.co/EqzcxaIr9D. Memoir Atypical Girl published by Polygon February 2026.
Oxfordshire, UK
Joined April 2009
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Writer, editor, former music journo, autistic.
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"We should be clear what we're talking about here. It's a kind of fascism.".
US election: God help us all. On the anxiety and borderline terror of waiting to find out if the world is going to fall apart .
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Review by me.
How Women Made Music by NPR Music – Book Review. "This book from the US-based public service broadcaster is a spin-off from a longstanding project aimed at putting women musicians centre stage.".
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My mother spent her last days in a hospice, and I don't know what we'd have done without it. Palliative care should not be dependent on charity donations.
Very few people realise that the vast majority of hospice and palliative care is provided by charity - not by the NHS. I think this is a national scandal. Please RT if you do too 🙏.
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RT @quakerpen: Please share. This deceitful tactic of false claim to a large audience followed by a brief and offhand correction needs to b….
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My review of @misscherrylala's memoir.
A Thousand Threads By Neneh Cherry – Book Review. ". Neneh Cherry was the coolest woman in pop. But there is another side to her story. " .
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National Autistic Society @Autism offers Badenoch "one of our excellent autism awareness training sessions".
autism.org.uk
The National Autistic Society has responded to Kemi Badenoch’s views on autism, as seen in the ‘Conservatism in Crisis’ pamphlet.
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RT @jamieclimate: Never forget that we had all the scientific evidence we needed to act on global warming over 50 years ago, but the fossil….
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The BBC should never have stopped using @metoffice .
Don’t be alarmed folks - Hurricane Milton hasn’t made it to us here in the UK!. There’s been a data glitch between our suppliers and the app/online. Folk are working to solve the issue. No need to panic buy plywood and candles
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I like the line "we're the Spice Girls not the Golden Girls" for "midlife" women, but it doesn't work for my age group. We're the riot grrrls and she-punks. #AgeismAwarenessDay.
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RT @CeliaRichards0n: Article by @Jan_Gooding on how women handle online misogyny. Includes the great @wmarybeard, & the scone wars and….
uk.themedialeader.com
As misogyny surges in the online space, here is how some women have tackled the tsunami of abuse to ensure their voices are heard.
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#JoinAUnion (and read Demon Copperhead).
I am told this piece, an interview by me with Barbara Kingsolver about the importance of trade unions, was the most read piece on @guardian website yesterday. Obviously, we would love it if even more people read it today !.
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RT @WaterstonesLPL: This time next week we'll be getting ready to welcome the brilliant @LedbyDonkey team @RoyalCourtLiv to discuss their n….
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RT @James_BG: Green groups remain highly critical of CCS, but there are very few credible net zero models that don't see it deployed to at….
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RT @katefoxwriter: A palindromic poem from my book “On Sycamore Gap” which is published today by Harper North. (Read from the crown & then….
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