Laura Kelly
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Multimedia journalist, award-winning writer, podcaster. @BigIssue Culture Editor. #VenueWatch campaigner. SAY Women board. Witchy. 🖤🤘🏻 Views my own (obvs)
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Last Seen Profiles
It seemed everything was getting better last week. My brilliant husband was recovering from the cardiac arrest that very nearly killed him. He’d finally got home from hospital.
Then his heart stopped again.
We were in bed. I was the only one there.
All he had.
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What I’ve learned / had reinforced from this crazy few weeks:
- fight for the people you love
- defend the NHS at all costs
- my friends and family are amazing
- my husband is the bravest, strongest, hardest-fighting man I know
- we should all know CPR
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Thank you to all the people who saved my beautiful husband. And to all the people who’ve supported both of us through this horrendous rollercoaster.
Hug your people close.
🖤
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I’m not in any way medical. I’ve never had CPR training. But it was me or nothing. So I pulled him off the bed onto the floor and started battering Staying Alive onto his chest with two hands.
(Later the paramedic would tell me I did good. Thank fuck.)
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A couple of hours later he was spelling out “what happened?” with his finger on my hand.
A couple more hours, & they took the tube out. We were able to kiss goodnight.
He’s still in hospital, but getting better. I will get to take him home. So desperately unlucky / lucky.
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I’m not going to pretend I didn’t panic. But panic is sharp. It’s active. I sprinted for the spray the hospital had given us for if he experienced chest pains. I skidded on the wooden floor on my way back but righted myself…
In those few seconds I was away, he’d got worse.
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They had to shock him six times. They drilled into his shin bone to give him drugs. Those amazing people fought just as hard as I had been to save him. But with all their skill and knowledge and equipment. They got him stable enough to get him to hospital.
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I have very bad eyesight. I needed to phone an ambulance… but in that moment could find neither my phone nor my glasses.
Thankfully I remembered my Apple Watch could call out to the phone. It was caught up in our duvet, totally hidden. I’m so grateful for that little noise.
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I called 999 and yelled my address and that I needed an ambulance RIGHT NOW.
From the last time (only two weeks before) I knew D had almost no chance if I just sat and waited. I was losing him.
I had to do something.
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After two and a bit hours, the consultant came in and very kindly and gently, but also accurately and clearly, said D was still with us and heading to ICU. They’d got his heart rhythm back under control. We weren’t out of the woods yet, but it was good news.
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The paramedics came quickly. (Though it seemed an age as I kept repeating that motion.)
Two ambulances and two cars ended up arriving. I think there were seven people working on him at one point in our bedroom.
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It took hours of me talking to him without knowing if he could hear, but finally his eyes opened and he could follow the instruction to squeeze my hand. Wow.
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My amazing friend had arrived by this point to take me to the hospital. We followed the ambulance up to Golden Jubilee and then after all that high adrenaline, it was time to wait and see.
More brilliant friends arrived to support me. We sat in a tiny, very warm room.
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Then began the wait to see if his brain had been injured. Whether he was still in there in all his creativity and kindness and funniness.
He was intubated and sedated when I got in to see him. We were waiting to see if, and how, he came round. His skin felt so cold.
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@heatherjancos
Thank you so much for sharing. That’s really good to hear. Well done to your sister in law, and I’m so glad for your brother x
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The question we all need to know, following Theresa May’s resignation... is there a handover procedure for looking after
@Number10cat
?
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@runtleywood
Thanks for the thought. Worth discussing with the medical team. And, my god, keeping going for 25 minutes is incredible. I’m still aching from the 5 minutes I did. Wow. Hats off to you.
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Absolutely gutted to hear about Sinéad O'Connor. She was such a warrior. Fighting for what was right even when it hurt her. Finding power in vulnerability.
“They tried to bury me. They didn’t realise I was a seed.”
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@David_M_Writing
I’m so glad to hear you stepped in and that you are both still fighting the good fight. Thank you for sharing.
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@DeniseAB6
I’m so sorry for your loss. But I’m glad to hear you find comfort in your own incredible actions xx
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@MissTweeter66
I’m so sorry for your loss. His poor wife. I have thought a lot about what would have happened if I had been in the shower or downstairs getting a coffee.
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@JNRaeside
The member of a huge girl band who told me I "sounded fat" on our phone interview.
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❗️Personal news❗️
As
@BigIssue
's new Future Generations Editor, I'm working with an exciting team of young journalists from underrepresented backgrounds. We're exploring how to act today for a better tomorrow
Follow new voices
@sofidimitro
@NaomiForbes1234
@justtjade_
@katsivis01
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This man is my love and my hero. 💖
My wife La’s thread on her helping save my life has nearly 10 million views, over 60K likes. Everyone replying with their own stories and experiences. Everyone talking about CPR and how important our NHS is. Today I got fitted with a mini defibrillator in under 40 minutes.
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Actually tearing up at Salman Al-Dukheli's story about being
#transgender
in Saudi Arabia - & the incredible support of his dad.
#TWC2016
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I've rarely heard a better celebration of love than in
#RussellTDavies
' incredible, moving
#DesertIslandDiscs
. And his memories of Doctor Who made my heart soar too. He's a real national treasure, if anyone is. Perfect radio from
@BBCRadio4
@laurenlaverne
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Thanks to
@ChrisGPackham
and
@johnrobb77
for visiting us in the
@BigIssue
offices today. They’ve left me inspired and determined. We have to fix the
#ClimateCrisis
. Every one of us can do our bit. (Even the grumpy goths.)
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Everything. PULP is everything.
Brothers, sisters, can't you see?
The future's owned by you and me
There won't be fighting in the street
They think they've got us beat
But revenge is going to be so sweet
@welovepulp
@TRNSMTfest
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Is Dave Grohl the most charming man alive today? This is absolutely possible.
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As seen on TV! After many years of playing it at Christmas with my brilliant brother being Xander… I’m on
@TVsPointless
now with the great
@Woodhouse_72
, representing
@BigIssue
🖤
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“Every time you read ‘great conqueror’ see if ‘genocidal maniac’ will fit just as well” - fantastically (and typically) iconoclastic take on the ancient world from
@wmarybeard
at the
@GiffordLectures
tonight.
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Massive thank you to
@BBC6Music
for playing the full 22 minutes of Autobahn. It felt good to celebrate him together.
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Tell you what... if London actually wants to fight for Scotland’s place in the UK, calling the good people of Glasgow a “mob” ain’t the best way forward.
Home Office source: "It is completely unacceptable for a mob to stop the lawful removal of people living in our country illegally. We 100% back the frontline in removing those with no right to be here."
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Yesterday I lost one of the foundations of my life. My talented, argumentative, music-loving, art-creating, sci-fi exploring dad is gone.
This picture is the last time he visited me in Glasgow. We met Bill Shatner together. It was a good day.
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“Which one of the Corrs will he kill next?” Best plot summary of The Fall on
@TheGNShow
Aye. This is why we all love
@siobhni
. The pair of them on there making NI look great. YEOOOO!
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MoD documents show the British Army was involved in the horrific murder of lads who were just trying to bring music to NI. Should be headline news everywhere.
@MiamiShowband
deserve justice after all these years. Their story mustn’t be forgotten.
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Goodbye Dad. You were the best. Going to raise a glass in your honour. If anyone wants to join me tonight please do. Here’s to kindness, decency, art, music, science, love.
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In Irish folklore, bees are very nosey. You must tell them about all births, deaths and marriages, or they might take offence and stop producing honey.
#FolkloreThursday
Artist: A.L.O.E
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@tomwilliamsisme
@caitlinmoran
Hey Tom - this a great spreadsheet! Also worth mentioning Dr Martens shops were some of the earliest to close, and are paying their staff while they have to be home. (this from Facebook, on their 17 March announcement)
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Some timing to announce this. Just before a four-day weekend, is it lads? We’ll not have forgotten by Monday. Bunting won’t cover it.
BREAKING: The UK govt has just approved the Jackdaw gas field.
It’s atrocious that even though the science is clear that we can’t have new oil and gas projects, they’re giving the green light to yet another climate wrecking project.
But it's not over!
📢 WATCH THIS SPACE 📢
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I am a dual national under the Good Friday Agreement. The British government does not have the right to take away my Irish nationality, nor my EU citizenship.
In response to the UK Governments position that the people of Northern Ireland are British I'd like to share this & declare to Home Secretary
@sajidjavid
that I am Irish
I am Irish under the Belfast Good Friday Agreement - not British.
Will you join me?
#WeAreIrishtoo
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I’ve just has a message from the great
@youngvulgarian
with some incredible news... I’ve only gone and won Comment Writer of the Year at the
@WBWAwards
!! I am completely made up. I’m so sorry I couldn’t be there to celebrate with all you brilliant women.
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Wow. Finally watched
#BlacKkKlansman
and it has really shaken me. What an incredible film. That last sequence is like a punch to the face. It feels more than important, it feels vital.
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What is actually WRONG with Jeremy Cl*rkson? Sick pervert.
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Have the stars of
#BBCGhosts
seen a real ghost? Find out here…
(What do you reckon
@IdiotsAssembled
?)
"It’s a warm show, and it’s an open-minded show." With humour & heart, Ghosts finds a way to talk about difficult issues in a way that cuts through.
@MarthaHD
& Charlotte Ritchie told
@laurakaykelly
why they're tackling homelessness this Xmas.
Read more:
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This amazing band has given me 28 years of joy... and they are every bit as great right now as they were when I first heard them in 1990. Equally loved Hey Mr DJ and The Communists Have the Music in tonight’s career-spanning set.
Thank you
@tmbg
!!
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Removing access for ordinary people - from all parts of the city - to great art is not the answer. So patronising to say that only posh people care about art. They’ll be able to pay to see works any way. There’s huge value in having your life enriched by art you can see for free.
Appreciate there will be gnashing of teeth in Hyndland.
The city is drowning in debt and Glasgow’s women are still owed hundreds of millions.
No help from Scottish Government, tough choices need to be made.
Our people need to eat
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"We’re in the dressing room and Robert’s sorting out his hair and all that stuff..."
One for all my Cure friends!
@vcarroll100
@TheCureForever_
@CureGig
@curefandoc
@liqueurband
@AaronLaw92
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A year ago today, my dad and I met
@WilliamShatner
. I knew even then it was going to be one of the last really good memories I would get with dad. It’s now been a little less than two months since he died. I love him and miss him so much.
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I’ve not been on here much recently. It’s because I’ve been too busy watching
@thecure
&
@thetwilightsad
. I’m extraordinarily fortunate to have caught 6 dates on
#thecurelostworld22
. It’s been some of the best music I’ve ever seen, and the best community I’ve experienced. 🖤🖤🖤
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Big personal work news out today. As of next week, I'm (re)joining
@BigIssue
as Digital Producer. I'm incredibly excited about the opportunity to help shape the digital future of this incredible, vital magazine.
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So delighted that I could “be there” for
#ComicConAtHome2020
@Comic_Con
’s
#BillandTed3
panel. Thank you to everyone for bringing my heroes back.
@ThatKevinSmith
, you did a great moderating job.
@Winter
@ed_solomon
@Wm_Sadler
@BillandTed3
- I can’t wait 🎸
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“I’m just rattling through life.”
I can’t believe it’s been three years. A donation making its way to
@tinychanges
in your memory, Scott. Still deeply missed.
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I’ve always believed in the sheer gorgeous energy of rock’n’roll. The power to bring us together. To make the world better. Never have we needed a gig with the scale, the staggering force of love, more than we needed
#taylorhawkinstribute
right now. Thank you
@foofighters
🖤💔
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#Partygate
was a painful watch. I’m still so furious.
Worse, I feel stupid. And guilty. I wasn’t there for my dad in his final months because I tried to do what’s right. To protect him.
We had to have a closed coffin. No wake.
Number 10 was laughing at us. Never forgive them.
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It was a delight to talk about festivals, The Cure, the power of music, & the vital importance of radio with
@shaunwkeaveny
for
@BigIssue
. I only wish I'd had four times the word count.
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For this final
#FolkloreThursday
, I’d like to celebrate Maedbh, the Irish warrior queen. Legend has it she was so beautiful, she robbed men of two thirds of their valour as soon as they saw her… but she was also cunning and strong-willed.
Image by Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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When you wake up and it’s a normal Tuesday, but then it’s 14 hours later and you’re on stage with
@amandapalmer
and
@KTTunstall
and goddamnit if art isn’t the thing that’s going to save us all. MAN THE BARRICADES! IT’S THE REVOLUTION!!! 🤘🏻
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@sturgios
@clairehopple
I, too, would go Duran Duran... but it would have to be "I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found". A lyric so awful it has attained the status of shining genius.
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@jonronson
@OwenJones84
It was Okja that changed my husband’s mind, after living with me (a veggie) for 20 years. Thank you Jon!
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@Seagull11151
@runtleywood
Thank you for sharing. That’s really comforting to hear. I’m glad you’re doing well.
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@HullCity1972
Wow Steve, 20 minutes is a very very long time. I’m in awe. I’m so glad to hear your wife is doing well.
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My friend. My boss. My editor. The goddamn greatest!!!!!
Hall of fucking fame!!!!
@BigIssue
FTW 🖤
@PauldMcNamee
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Off Ireland’s Cliffs of Moher, surfers revere Aileen’s Wave. Legend says the perfect 12m wave comes from the Tuatha Dé Danann, Irish gods who - angry at St Patrick for bringing Christianity to Ireland - turned into foals and galloped over the edge of the cliffs
#FolkloreThursday
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Honoured and moved to be able to celebrate 100 years of suffrage for (some) women today in Edinburgh, as part of this incredible artwork. And completely delighted to have marched beside the
@womenslibrary
banner!
#PROCESSIONSEdn
#PROCESSIONS2018
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We’ve earned a glass of fizz… Finishing week 1 of
#COP26
with exciting news. The talented
@sarahirwilson
won
@behindlocalnews
Women in Local News Award for Digital Journalist of the Year & I’ve been nominated for Writer of the Year at the
@PPAScotland
Awards!
@BigIssue
FTW!
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Such a delight to write about one of the funniest, most big-hearted shows on TV...
@IdiotsAssembled
, you'll want to grab your gorgeous Christmas
@bigissue
this week!
Inside the edition,
@laurakaykelly
speaks to Ghosts writer and actor
@MarthaHD
and co-star Charlotte Ritchie about the creation of a new national favourite
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Turned 40 today but still got out for a 5k! Powered by Manics, NIN and Hole 🤘🏻
@runningpunks
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NEW TALENT THREAD
I was recently honoured to win
@WBWAwards
Comment Writer of the Year. As part of my prize, I have a £300 award to give a journo who's starting out. I need your help! Help me find new, female, Scotland-based talent. Let's build a thread of great writers. Pls RT!
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In Irish mythology, Abhartach was a cruel tyrant dwarf who was slain by Fionn Mac Cumhail. After his burial, he returned from the dead to drink the blood of the living. Some say he is the true origin of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
#FolkloreThursday
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@housetoastonish
@fairycakes
@WilsonDeluxe
My favourite HMV moment actually comes courtesy of my brother... a wee woman came in on Christmas Eve looking to buy “the dancing grannies” for her grandson. To his external credit, Ryan worked out she meant The White Stripes.
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@wweisawesome123
@Autism
@DMcIntyreWWE
@charliegirl0527
@JaniceDean
@MaryLTrump
@LydiaCornell
@AngelaBelcamino
@TankSchottle
@MuellerSheWrote
@joncoopertweets
Happy birthday from Glasgow! Today I am 40, so we share our birthday day. I hope you’re having an excellent one!! ✨
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(Some of) my thoughts about the spectacular
#BanksyGlasgow
exhibition, for
@BigIssue
.
Cut & Run is a provocation, a celebration and a triumph of storytelling. Don’t miss it.
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This is, in many ways, the story I've been dreading writing since I started
@BigIssue
#VenueWatch
. One of the venues I'd profiled - the iconic
@MolesBath
- has closed. This needs to be a wake-up call for the industry. The future of music depends on it.
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Who's going to see David Duchovny while he's over in the UK this week? I'd the great pleasure to speak to him for
@BigIssue
#TheMusicThatMadeMe
recently... you can read & watch the interview here:
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After some egging on from the beautiful
@vcarroll100
… showing off my Wish artwork 🖤
By my amazingly talented friend Emma
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
#wishlisteningparty
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It never gets old to have my story on the cover of
@BigIssue
. And it was a pleasure to write this one. I love
#bbcghosts
.
Buy your mag now, if you can. The vendors really need you.
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I wrote a love letter to the
@Manics
’ brilliant, underrated 2nd album. Featuring the Troubles, Smash Hits, existentialism & feminism - plus me getting thrown out of the Guides - the essay’s now in an ace book with other great writers, all brought together by
@20thcenturymarc
🖤
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Dad was such an incredible artist. This morning, I woke up mourning that loss too.
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It is both
#Eurovision
Finals Day and
#WorldGothDay
and I feel like that must be some strong magick for me. 🖤🦇✨
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Back on Pointless in just 25 mins… how will we do tonight??? Find out soon!
As seen on TV! After many years of playing it at Christmas with my brilliant brother being Xander… I’m on
@TVsPointless
now with the great
@Woodhouse_72
, representing
@BigIssue
🖤
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@Terri_White
Presumably they’re all losing their mind about the fact that only 3% of UK hit records credited a female producer… wait, no? Nothing??
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Fab to see
@theskinnymag
back in print. Looking good... and proudly fighting the good fight to protect the creative communities of Scotland. 💪🏻
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Just a reminder why we’re angry.
The UK that has now the highest rate of confirmed deaths from
#COVID19
worldwide.
[Link to the source: ]
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My last day with my dad was two years ago today. We went up on the big wheel in Bangor. Dad was the absolute best. I can’t explain how much I hate that he’s not here now. It’s a lot. But I love all the amazing days he was there. I am so lucky.
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When walking on rural roads in Ireland, beware the mercurial púca... shapeshifters, they're apt to take the form of a black horse and carry you away on their backs for a terrifying ride.
(They're the inspiration for Pooka MacPhellimey in At-Swim-Two-Birds)
#FolkloreThursday
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At
@EventimApollo
with
@elizabethpitkin
watching
@Razorlight
playing a show for
@BigIssue
- supporting
@muse
. And I’d just like to say that the woman doing sign language is a legend and hero.
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Not only cruel but also utterly ineffective. Demonising people does not work. Try support and empathy (yes, I can hear myself asking the current govt to find their empathy and it does sound depressingly ridiculous).
What Rishi's done today is declare sick and disabled people the enemy of working people. All the attacks we already receive in the media and every day life are only going to rise and the government are sanctioning it
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This is incredibly beautiful.
I'm so sorry for your loss,
@robinince
. Thank you for sharing this tribute to your dad with us at
@BigIssue
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