@gill99.bsky.social
Curious & interested person.
We’ve Just opened our first open submissions window for working-class writers.
We’re looking for stories that capture something about being working class in Britain in 2025. Can be fiction or non-fiction, & 500-3000 words long.
Please pitch us.
Details here:
thebeemagazine.com/open-call-fo...
spotlight on @peoplestheatre.bsky.social new season and Newcastle Fringe traceysinclair.substack.com/p/the-people...
09.07.2025 12:50 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0A great variety of shows as ever.
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Be like this heron this Saturday and step onto Dunston Staiths!
July open day, 10am to 2pm, Saturday 5 July.
Entry £3 or free if you live in an NE8 or NE11 postcode. Please bring an official letter or bill with you as proof of address.
www.tynederwentway.co.uk/article/2746...
#TyneDerwentWay
Reviews for this week's STEEL MAGNOLIAS, playing until Saturday 14th!
🌸 ★★★★★ "wholesome and heartbreaking" - @reviewnortharts
🌸 "a cast that would bear comparison with any professional company" - Theatre Baby
🌸 "The stage is set to perfection" - Break A Leg
🎟 Link in bio
📷 Jess Williams
Review of the warm, witty production of Steel Magnolias @peoplestheatre.bsky.social
prodigalgeordie.blog/2025/06/11/s...
"Laughter through tears is my favourite emotion"
👀 A first-look at STEEL MAGNOLIAS on our stage!
Leg breaks and good wishes to everyone involved ahead of tonight's first performance ❤
🎟 Tickets available.
Book online #LinkInBio, or on the door from 6.30pm
Collage of images with the words inclusive voices over the top. The text at the bottom says short story competition celebrating audio braille and community
It's #HiVis2025 which is Reading Sight's annual campaign to highlight the importance of accessible library services for people living with visual impairment. Calibre Audio have launched their INCLUSIVE VOICES short story competition! More details below 👇
www.calibreaudio.org.uk/news/inclusi...
Thrilled to announce that I’m shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025! The voting is now open for the winner until Thursday 10 July, for more details visit bit.ly/TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsCrime
05.06.2025 08:10 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0🌺 With one week to go, it's time to meet the ladies of Truvy’s beauty parlour!
💗 Every one of them will steal your heart
✂ STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling
📅 Tue 10 - Sat 14 June
🎟 www.peoplestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ste...
📷 Mark Burden
🎞 Alison Carr
Poured my heart and soul into my latest book #HerSistersKiller. Voted one of The Times best books of 2025 when it came out. You can buy the #ebook for 99 pence if you’re interested. If you’ve already read and enjoyed, would love a retweet. Thank you. @orionbooks.bsky.social #kindlebooks
02.06.2025 12:38 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0That takes me back!! I remember an officer nicknamed Bungalow because there was nothing upstairs.
27.05.2025 10:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@alisoncarr.bsky.social
26.05.2025 05:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Honey. It's the eighties. If you can achieve puberty, you can achieve a past."
👀 A first-look at rehearsals for next month's STEEL MAGNOLIAS!
✂ STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling
📅 10th - 14th June
🎟 www.peoplestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ste...
📷 Ginny Leigh
Really enjoyed Sides @peoplestheatre.bsky.social A worthy winner of The People's Play Award. Beautifully performed. Congrats to all involved.
09.05.2025 22:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Three excellent performances, in a play written with wit and warmth. The production team created a brilliant set with attention to detail - everything from the blackboard menu to the condiments bottles was spot on."
spikemikeisbreakingaleg.blogspot.com/2025/05/revi...
"Alex Joynes [has] served up a sparkler"!
If Cultured. North East's review for this week's SIDES was a sandwich, it'd be a footlong with all the toppings 😆😋
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
We’re launching an open call for bold monologues from writers with lived experience of homelessness & poverty. Stories that challenge stereotypes and inspire change.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
07.05.2025 14:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Are you or do you know someone aged 16-25 with experience of being in the care system who would like to attend FREE workshops to help prepare for the world of work? Join us for a 6wk prog at The Customs House South Shields on Wednesdays 6-8pm. Find out more & apply at tinyurl.com/385sp9b9
06.05.2025 13:23 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.
05.05.2025 09:06 — 👍 1039 🔁 453 💬 34 📌 57
NEXT WEEK: love, belonging and sandwiches in our People's Play Award winner SIDES by Alex Joynes!
With thanks to Dene's Deli in Jesmond for providing the perfect location for the photo shoot 🥪
📷 Paul Hood
🎶 Rhiannon Wilson
🎞 Alison Carr
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Post Bank Holiday Blues?
We are giving away pairs of books from this stack across our social media channels.
Just share this post, like & follow.
UK only, closes at 8pm on 24 May (BST).
🚨 #GIVEAWAY 🚨
Who wants to win a copy of the much anticipated #HumanRemains by @jocallaghankat.bsky.social
To enter:
⭐️Follow me
⭐️Like
⭐️Retweet
🤞Good Luck!
UK only, ends 24/4. Enter here & on Insta (🔗in bio) & X/Twitter for more chances!
#bookgiveaway #booksky📚💙 #Giveaways
🎉🐧EASTER GIVEAWAY! 🐧🎉
Your chance to win this book & chocolate penguin. To enter please follow, repost and tag a friend who loves reading and wildlife. UK only ( sorry!). Winner picked on #worldpenguinday. Good luck!
#booksky
@alisoncarr.bsky.social
20.04.2025 21:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
✨GIVEAWAY✨
We are giving away 20 #eBooks and 5 copies of @rodwr.bsky.social's twisty, heart-pounding #PoliceProcedural & prequel to #ShatterCreek, #BlackReedBay.
To win a copy:
👍 Like this post
➡️ Follow us
📖 Tell us, eBook or physical*
* #UK only
#Giveaway closes Friday 18th April!
#Books
Physical Book. Always!!
11.04.2025 14:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Morning Blue Sky Thinkers.
Let’s spare a thought for the #penguins inhabiting the Heard and MacDonald Is. who now face redundancy as their factories close and jobs move to the US.
#trumptariffs
