Seema McArdle

I had the honour of hosting Prof Keon West at #NorwichBookFestival discussing his groundbreaking book, THE SCIENCE OF RACISM.

Strongly recommend it, esp if you run your own business, are in management, work in #education #DEI #EDI & are interested in making our world a kinder place💖

100% this, Louie👌🏼
All of my parents' friends were Aunties & Uncles to me & my sister.
Some people's cultural ignorance is shocking and really p's me off tbh!

Very worrying...🇯🇲🙏🏼🥺

Happening this Sunday, 26th October @ 1-2pm, in The Forum's Auditorium - join us!!

Ask Emma Reynolds to base water policy on facts not water industry fake maths. Everyone deserves clean, affordable water. Lobbyists say it’ll cost £100bn to bring it back into public hands - but experts disagree. I’ve asked the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence ...

Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us.
So I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first.

Join me:

actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

@labourlewis.bsky.social #Water #PublicOwnership

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Did you watch The Hack?
I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation.
Join me:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
#press #accountability

BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.

#BBC and news agencies launch film calling on #Israel to allow foreign journalists into #Gaza

www.bbc.com/news/article...

#Heiresses US edition has arrived at my house! Out October 7th, available to pre-order now: a.co/d/ejxh4ph

Huge house spider found in my bath!
#SpiderSeason #spiders

Girls just wanna be in our history textbooks | The Observer Women are still largely missing from the history we teach in classrooms. If we want a fairer future, we must stop erasing half the past

We need an honest representation of #history in #education systems, including EVERYONE (religions, gender, colour, sexuality, age, abilities, class...) who played a part in each story.

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

#books #school #college #university #EDI #DEI #inclusion @neunion.bsky.social

The corporations/billionaires are not only crushing the opposition but remolding formerly time-honored institutions into something unrecognizable. There’s a reason Trump’s 2nd state visit involved King Charles 👑 entertaining numerous corporate heads from across tech, media, and business. 💰💷💶

Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR

Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights

They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.

Ooh good luck and have fun, Louie🍀

Keon West: The Science of Racism // Norwich Book Festival

I'm hosting this event, on Sunday 26th Oct 2025 @ 1-2pm, at The Auditorium in The Forum, Norwich.

'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...

Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.

Huge spider in my outdoor porch 🕷️🕸️

Without the ECHR justice might never have been served for Hillsborough Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered

"If you celebrated justice for Hillsborough, you have to support the European Convention on Human Rights

Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered"

😂👌🏼

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking."

-Haruki Murakami

Keon West: The Science of Racism // Norwich Book Festival

I'm hosting this event, on Sunday 26th Oct 2025 @ 1-2pm, at The Auditorium in The Forum, Norwich.

'KEON WEST: THE SCIENCE OF RACISM'
norwichbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on/keo...

Ground-breaking science cuts through rhetoric, debate and stereotypes to reveal shocking and tragic truths about racism.

Sunny Singh on Love, Endurance & Overlooked Voices in 'Refuge' Sunny Singh discusses 'Refuge', a 25-year journey of short stories on love, endurance, and overlooked voices amid a century of wars.

“Singh challenges readers to confront entrenched myths and to consider war from the perspective of those who endure it rather than those who wage it.”
#Refuge www.desiblitz.com/content/sunn...

Paperback copies of Jason Okundaye’s book Revolutionary Acts. The cover features the title and the authors name in green writing and it is overload with a black and white image of a black man wearing a tank top, trousers and studded leather gear.

If you’d like to buy a copy of my book, which looks at the lives and history of Black gay men in Britain, you can get a copy from a bookshop or any of the retailers on the attached link. And please do buy books from the other withdrawn authors linktr.ee/revolutionaryacts

Looking forward to reading 'Heiresses' by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social
Her previous book 'Black Tudors' was brilliant! 👌🏼

🤦🏻‍♀️

2/2:
There's also a political element to DREAM HUNTERS by @nazimapathan.bsky.social highlighting those who go to any lengths to satiate their need for power and wealth.
And Federica Frenna's fab illustrations throughout only enhance this unique page turner!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
#BookReview #MG #librarians #book

Loved DREAM HUNTERS by @nazimapathan.bsky.social 💖
In this fun #MG #fantasy Mimi & her friend use their unique skills to catch bad dreams & rid society of negativity.
But after stumbling on a plot to poison the king, they must leave the safety of the citadel to save him & Mimi's parents.
#BookReview

Thoroughly recommend #BlackTudors by @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social and can't wait to read her new book #Heiresses coming out soon!
#book #books #bookreview #teachers #history #BritishHistory

Awww I loved Babar and I still love elephants 🥰

Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

There’s a sick, twisted irony in the far-right protesting against asylum seekers for their alleged involvement in crimes, when 41% (!) of those arrested at last year’s far-right riots had previously been reported to the police for domestic abuse

Online #book launch:
'Gaza I Spy' by Feda Shtia,
Sun 27 July @ 5pm

My fab #Scottish #Palestinian friend Fed Shtia is launching her beautiful book featuring photos celebrating children in #Gaza

Pls share and join online by registering via the Zoom link here:

www.palestinemuseum.us/events/2025/...

Today I received some disappointing news and some positive news, both related to my journey as a writer.

I've been on an emotional roller coaster 🥺

You never know what's around the corner, so be your authentic self and never lose hope 💫

#WritingCommunity #writers #writer #publisher #publishing