Claire Armitstead
@carmitstead
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Former Guardian writer/editor. Now at large. Editor of Tales of Two Londons: Stories from a Fractured City.
London
Joined June 2009
My obituary on the Great Tony Harrison. First time I’ve posted here for years but he deserves it
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Outspoken poet and dramatist admired for his stage adaptations, including The Mysteries
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Please do come to my talk with @carmitstead in aid of Oxfam, about inspiring and encouraging the next generation 💫💫💫 https://t.co/Ap5Tiy0f2M
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Yes, do
This time next month @benokri will be joining @carmitstead to talk about his latest novella, Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted at Hatchard's. Grab your ticket now:
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Join Hatchard's for an evening with @carmitstead and @benokri to celebrate his extraordinary new novella Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted on 5th March. Tickets available now:
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Join us for an Evening with Ben Okri to celebrate his extraordinary new novel “Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted”.
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Get an exclusive 20% off tickets for our debuts event with the code QPBF2024! Novelists @FeeWilliams75 and @aetwigg will join us in conversation with @carmitstead on 1 Sep to discuss their outstanding books, exploring grief, love and female rage. https://t.co/SIcCS8EAJq
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Well this was a treat. But quite complicated to write. Looking forward to seeing it
‘Each time I read one of her books, I wanted to read more’: five actors on bringing Annie Ernaux’s memoir to the stage
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Beautiful, sad, true @gdnlongread on how our libraries became our council offices, our community hubs, the fraying thread of local government and charities. Great reportage by @AidaE
https://t.co/dBPxJsCfHK
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The long read: In 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities
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How can I not have known about this?
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Editorial: Donald Trump’s military ran a covert campaign to discredit China’s Sinovac vaccine at the height of the pandemic
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Naomi Klein, on the Doppelganger as the shadow side of the self and society (and we all have one). Essential thinking.
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The Doppelganger writer and winner of the Women’s prize for nonfiction on the war in Gaza, current credibility of the left and posters for her book being torn down in London
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Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh: ‘All this solidarity from the world – yet nothing has changed’
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The Palestinian human rights lawyer and author Raja Shehadeh talks about his hopes and fears for his homeland, and finding a place of refuge amid the chaos of war
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This Sunday's cover: playwright @jeremyoharris and actors Kit Harington and Olivia Washington on bringing Harris’s controversial Broadway hit, Slave Play, to London ✍️ @carmitstead 📸 @sukidhanda
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JLF London at the British Library 2024 will have Lynch in conversation with journalist Claire Armitstead. [3/3] @paullynchwriter @carmitstead Register now!
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‘Tragedy, injustice happen all the time. You have to hope and hold on, sometimes with all you got.' Inspired by the autobiography about Anthony Ray Hinton fight for justice, check out the official trailer for The Sun Does Shine and hear some of the fantastic music @VoxHolloway
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I’m interviewing the great Colm Toibin at @CharlestonTrust festival on May 27. The last time we met there was on the evening of Ireland’s gay marriage referendum. Such a thrill. It felt like living a bit of history.
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Delve into the Irish Fiction Laureate's extensive literary career and new novel 'Long Island', the highly anticipated follow-up to 'Brooklyn'
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Also in Sunday’s issue: 🔸Director Lulu Wang AKA @thumbelulu speaks to @carmitstead 🔸@stuartmcgurk on how @limebike took over our streets 🔸@TheRoyalBallet's @MarcelinoSambe's cultural highlights Plus the week’s new arts and books reviewed by our team of critics
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RIP @davidsoul, with whom I became newly besotted over his fabulous championship of Neruda. Charisma chasing charisma. You can hear him here:
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The Starsky and Hutch actor talks about the life and loves of the Chilean poet, and performs Your Feet, Ode to Clothes and more of the literature laureate's work
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All important reads. Thanks @official_foz for the reminder
This year's most-read pieces on #PENTransmissions all testify, in their different ways, to the impossibly difficult times in which we live. But they also, in their different ways, remind us that hope and humanity are in fact possible – essential. https://t.co/2EfIxVJH09 [1/5]
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I haven’t posted on X since it was twitter but I’m so angry and upset that I will do anything to explain my atom of experience of this horrible, exclusionary new world.
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This increase to the spousal visa salary threshold means UK residence for them and their partners is out of the question, says Guardian associate editor Claire Armitstead
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Thanks Lizzie for this reminder. I can’t believe he’s gone
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