Tanya Gupta

Latest Issue - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write. Latest Issue - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

'The historical silencing of women has clearly created an appetite for angry and vengeful female characters that doesn’t look like it will be going away any time soon.'

Lucy Nichol explores narratives of female vengeance in Issue 107 mslexia.co.uk/magazine/lat...

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Hands up if you think this is one of the best views in Shropshire! I’ve photographed Ludlow from Whitcliffe Common more times than I can remember, and I never get bored. It looks fantastic whatever the season, but the autumn colours this year make it extra special. #Shropshire

Screen grab from the Windy App showing the coast of East Sussex, and lines of prevailing winds from the south, moving north. It has a small flag on it pinned near Newhaven showing the gusts right now are around 58 miles per hour. Having walked out on the cliffs earlier in the evening, I believe it!

The reason why Sussex is a 'shipwreck coast' -- prevailing winds are usually from the south or southeast, and drove vessels towards the cliffs. Spending the windy evening looking at ship "wrecking" cases for two upcoming talks. #SussexCoast

New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief The man allegedly tried to steal the diamond-studded egg named after the James Bond film Octopussy.

New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief

A cropped screenshot from a Canadian government website with the prompt "What's your occupation?" The answer "Writer" has been provided, generating the red text error response "Please enter a valid occupation."

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

NASA discovers that space lettuce is not a solution for feeding astronauts Lettuce grown in space loses calcium, raising concerns about critical nutritional risks for future missions to Mars.

Note to Elon Musk & others: trying to preserve life in space is far from simple.

#Unlearn the idea animals, including human animals, and plants are like machines
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❄️ #Winter is sweeping across the country which means #Winterwatch will soon be back!

Capture short clips on your mobile in landscape & include a short piece to camera telling us what you love most about this time of year, then upload here www.bbc.co.uk/send/u203684...
#BBCWinterwatch

📸 Anna Bilska

November 21st, 1974 two bombs devastated two Birmingham city pubs killing 21 civilians and wounding 182. While the Provisional IRA were blamed for the attack, and six innocent Irishmen were deliberately wrongfully convicted of the crimes, 51 years later, no one has been convicted of this attack.

Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm Activity on the surface of the Sun means the chance of the Northern Lights shining over the UK is high this week as Elizabeth Rizzini explains.

Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm

Viz letter. Three months of the year end in ember and the 5th is not actually rhymed with anything in that poem. But apart from that, remember remember the 5th of November is a great mnemonic device. Christina Martin, Bexhill on Sea.

Artichokes and chrysanthemums from Columbia Road Market this morning

Prada is actually selling this for £775
A few stitches on a safety pin
*shakes head in disbelief*
🤔
🧶 #knit #designerripoff

I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.

When you erase words, you erase worlds that were, and worlds to come.

Readers resist

#BannedBooksWeek #books #livres #censorship #FreedomOfExpression
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg

There's a book called "Modern Ghost Stories of Yellowstone" which has a tagline of "Not all who wander are living."

I absolutely love that.

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

📸 Neil Nevinson
Tunbridge Wells Central Station, 1950, England.
#photography

Which? launches super-complaint against 'broken' insurance industry The consumer group said making a claim can be more distressing than the original incident itself.

Which? launches super-complaint against 'broken' insurance industry

The photo booth flashes. My license preview shows someone else's face—older, tired, content. "That's not me." "It's who you'll become," the clerk says, snow globe water pooling around my documents. "DMV upgraded. We photograph futures now." I study the stranger's smile, the laugh lines I haven't earned. "Can I choose different?" "You already did." She slides the license across the counter. "That's why he's smiling." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #SciFi #Fantasy #TimeTravel #Future #Surreal #Identity #Fate #MagicalRealism Your daily treat from TinyTalesDaily.com

Publisher criticises Reform council’s ‘Trumpian’ boycott of Nottingham Post Reach’s chief content officer says issue is part of a national trend that goes wider than the party The publisher of the Nottingham Post has spoken of an “increasingly Trumpian approach” to the media creeping into British politics, amid a Reform-led council’s continuing ban against the title. The 150-year-old paper, as well as its website, Nottinghamshire Live, have been prevented from speaking to Reform’s Nottingham county council leader, Mick Barton, while he has also prevented the titles from receiving updates and press releases. Continue reading...

Publisher criticises Reform council’s ‘Trumpian’ boycott of Nottingham Post

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, #TheHobbit (Pub: 21 Sept 1937)

A hare running at you through wild flower meadow daisies and orchids. Original pastel painting. 30x30cm. #hare #pastel #wildlifeart

At Greggs in High Holborn there is - according to this eighteenth-century newspaper at least - 'as good CHOCOLATE as can be made in England.'

Well done Greggs!

(I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)

Photo showing the sheer cliffs between Newhaven and Peacehaven. Evidence of several rockfalls can be seen on the shore. No, I wasn't this close. That's what zooming in is for!

Photo of the cliff, showing the other walkers to the right. They look tiny compared to the height of the cliff.

Photo showing tumuli at the cliff edge. There are three 'lumps'; we were told the middle on was used for shooting practice during the Second World War. This site has lots of war remains, including a cement road and pillboxes (not shown in the photo).

We went on a walk to Harbour Heights Nature Preserve. What a fascinating place! There are fears of development there (I would NOT buy a house on that geology!); the biodiversity is impressive. We saw swallows, lots of rabbit signs, a tumulus (Iron or Bronze Age?), and cliff views. #SussexCoast

Solstice

#NationalLibraryWeek
#LiteracyMatters

Knitting is cool again. Here’s everything you need to get started – and what you don’t From needles and yarn to pattern resources, here’s the essential kit to get you hooked on this affordable hobby (some of it is even free)

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🧶 #knit

The Fox & Hare narrow boat moored at Fradley Junction.

Taken on 120 Kentmere Pan 400 film and negative scanned with a a digital camera.

#rolleiflex #canals #blackandwhite #filmphotography

💜International Womens Day💜
'Mother - The Strength of Women'
Created by a most amazing artist, teacher, mother, friend and woman....my Mum.
Metal and paua shell pieces. 2001

Victims of second Post Office scandal criticise 'grinding wheels of bureaucracy' as they try to get compensation Victims of 'Capture', a second faulty Post Office accounting system, say their redress scheme may not be in place until the autumn.

Victims of second Post Office scandal criticise 'grinding wheels of bureaucracy' as they try to get compensation