Tim Ralphs

@fearlessknits @JackalPants Just ordered a copy!

Looking for some weekend reading ahead of the election? Check out How To Be Free, an introduction to democratic communism written by me and @JackalPants that you can read for free: maryjamesauthor.wordpress.com

I want to posit a new military maxim: the existence of a military problem does not necessarily mean there exists a military solution.

1/7 We are deeply concerned that Arts Council England’s new guidance for funded organisations will censure the freedom of expression of arts institutions and gag artists, especially those working in the activist or political space.

5 years ago Milton Keynes was dubbed ‘tent city’ by the media. Today, no one needs to sleep rough on our streets. How did we do it? A thread by the Cabinet Member responsible 👇

Which event are you coming to? To see the full YFOS programme head over to yorkshirefestivalofstory(dot)com - there is so many events to choose from, why not come to a few?

Reading @StepheHarrop's wonderful, searching new book on the current generation of women storytellers, while devising & rehearsing a new performance myself, is like setting off a box of firecrackers in my head. And on a Sunday morning too! /1

@JackalPants I spent so much time in this museum as a kid.

This has always been my gender

The latest British Social Attitudes survey, released today, shows a sharp rise in prejudice against trans people. Only 64% say they are ‘not at all prejudiced’ - a huge fall from 82% in 2019. We are alarmed, but sadly not surprised. And this is a shift that benefits no-one.

@DebsNewbold @StepheHarrop And yes to it being a little incendary! The section calling out waistcoast wearing men made certainly made me check myself. Ha! Go @StepheHarrop

I am incredibly proud to be one of the artists whose work forms part of this brilliant, witty, incisive, groundbreaking and possibly incendiary book by the wonderful @StepheHarrop. This will be a fab online event. 🔥 #femaleartist #storyteller #theatremaker

@DebsNewbold @StepheHarrop Reading this book is simultaneously incredibly informative and like getting to spend long evenings nattering to lovely people with a glass of wine. Looking forward to seeing you at the launch!

Usually, the folks who think the only true war is class war are on the side of the workers. This is telling.

@JackalPants It's not like there isn't a better model out there. First truth. Then reconcilliation. Then you can move on.

A steadily growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates that "rapid-onset gender dysphoria" claims do not reflect transgender adolescents’ experiences and that “social contagion” is not causing more young people to seek gender-affirming care. trib.al/nSQ70Fq

@tamareluned @BTBStorytelling Oooh interesting! I had missed this was happening.

@tamareluned This is an amazing thread. Thank you for sharing so candidly.

Among the dead, none is king, none is subject, there is no division of the seasons; for us the whole world is spring, the whole world is autumn. No monarch on his throne has joy greater than ours. youtu.be/k0bjykX3D30