Polly Clark

My novel OCEAN is published in paperback May 7th. I wrote it after crossing the Bay of Biscay as the worst crew member ever on a beautiful yacht, trying to understand what happens to a family under pressure. "A propulsive, visceral, gasp inducing page-turner" - Sunday Post

Sex is not "special category" data The EHRC guidance is mainly pretty good, but the section on "asking about sex" is unlawful and should be withdrawn. The new guidance claims that information on sex is, or should be treated as, “special category” data under GDPR It is simply outside the EHRC’s mandate to issue guidance about data protection. That is the ICO's job This advice in any case is wrong. And adding it to the guidance at the last minute at the government’s insistence undermines the EHRC’s independence.

@caileansiar Those are downright sexy!

@MsPollyClark I can sympathise, I can. Look at these beautes.

Poor Nicola having to shop at Asda while Murrell's at home fondling his grinders.

@Gillian_Philip This is a Damascene journey... 2014: I'm going down the posh coffee route. 2017: Not sure why I'm not enjoying this, is it the machine? Best get a better one. May 2018: BEANS ARE A CON, IT'S ALL SHITE, I'M GOING BACK TO INSTANT. Oct 2018:

Wait what

@SeeRedWoman1 That is a very lovely lamp.

A lovely spark fixed my lovely ancient lamp today

@DalgetySusan It's absolutely disgusting.

Some of retailers listed on Peter Murrell’s indictment - nothing from Primark or Aldi though Argos is there among Harrods and John Lewis: 🛍️🛒🤑 Frank Smythson, Herring Shoes, A Fine Pair of Shoes, Church & Co (Footwear), Richemont (UK) and its subsidiary Montblanc (UK), G. Ettinger, Estee Lauder Cosmetics, MAC Online, Jo Malone, Dyson Ltd, John Lewis PLC, Arredatutto, Utility Design, Hamilton & Inches, Wheelers Luxury Gifts, Speciality Drinks and its subsidiary The Whisky Exchange, Neville Johnson, The Conran Shop, Richmond Cookshop, AO Retail, The Royal Mint, Kato Group and its subsidiary Knives & Tools, Boots Opticians, Jura Luxury Watches, B&Q, Eden Springs, Jura Products, Fortnum and Mason, Davek Accessories, QS Supplies, Expert Electrical Supplies trading as Davek Accessories, Le Creuset UK, Lubkowski Saunders and Associates trading as LSA International, Let's Shop Airbus, Park Cameras, RE Dawson, Wayfair, Robert Welch Designs, Coggles.com, Welland Cane & Garden Furniture, Maufactum, Norah George Yarns, Tumi, a subsidiary of Samonsite, Binopolis, Simplehuman (UK), Ligo Electronics, Isle of Harris Distillers, Paint Direct, Lark and Larks, Peugeot Saveurs, Touch of DIY, Wood by Post, Victorinox, SPC Marketing, Sam Turner & Sons, Alex McDougall (Mowers), Caulders, Shetland Jewellery, Molton Brown, Naken Interiors, Ironmongery Direct, Helly Hansen, PerfectDraft UK, Homebase, Argos, Lalique, Prime Tools, Sensio, Selfridges, Leatherman, Getpotted.com, Amara Living, Coir Mats, Toolshack UK, A. Fulton Company, Waterford, Made in Design, The Folio Society, All Car Parts, EV Cable shop, Harrods, Imperial Yard trading as Yard O Led and others.

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@MsPollyClark 😃📚🌊🐋🌊☀️Scorchio Book Chancer☀️🤣🥰.

Looking for a book to read as you lie poleaxed by the heat? OCEAN is my new novel set in part on the delicious, ice-creamy waves of the Atlantic. You'll plunge into gorgeous chilly waters, and experience life saving cool breezes* ... * also orcas amazon.co.uk/Ocean-novel-pr…

@pequod51 100%. I wonder if this is driving the sheer intransigence (and silence) of organisations like Stonewall. The costs incurred and potentially incurred now for those who followed their training are surely devastating. And that's before the individuals suing for medical malpractice.

@MsPollyClark I would love to see this - and trans identified people should be first in the queue to litigate.

THIS. Surely Stonewall et al can be sued for misrepresenting the law? It has caused absolute mayhem in society. Women did not do this to trans people - the organisations purporting to support them did.

@jenksles14 @GrammarTsar @BradfemlyWalsh @raven_brah Omg Angel Delight is posh!

@MsPollyClark @GrammarTsar @BradfemlyWalsh @raven_brah I was just reading the current Waitrose food magazine… they sell strawberry angel delight… it’s a £1

Boomers seem to forget that fast food used to be a normal, everyday expense for them because it was affordable. You could get a burger easily on minimum wage, it wasn’t some fancy treat you had once a year as a reward for pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

@NABurkinshaw Lovely to read this Nicola. Thank you.

Everyone should read this. It's utterly beguiling and beautifully written. I devoured it quicker than anything else I've read in recent years.

@LindaRosewood Ha ha! Thank you Linda. x

@MsPollyClark It's a cool book.

@Jebadoo2 This makes me so angry.

Classic of the genre here

@Jebadoo2 This statement is everything that's wrong with politics.

lol I know lawyer’s drafting when I see it….

@bbvb50 Thank you Merle. X

@MsPollyClark This is a wonderful book

@HJoyceGender weirdly precise figure after 10 years of not spotting anything untoward at all...

Wooowwww

@treesey @Guto_Harri @LBC More men need to speak up like this. Thank you @Guto_Harri

We need more & more men to start talking about how they can welcome men who are gender non-conforming into their changing rooms & loos etc Here is @Guto_Harri on @LBC 👇

@glosswitch Sounds like a threat from Malcolm. It's what activists actually want it seems - chaos.

The heart of this argument is "it's just easier to ask women not to have boundaries than to ask men to behave decently". That should never be the standard by which laws are made.