Iona Macduff

@jk_rowling What a bully you are being!

I've never seen film footage before where only one character has been sped up to 30x natural speed.

Every time I tried to write about the Isle of Eigg, I wrote about John the Bird. This piece gets at why: what one person can do if they truly know and love a place. Read in Paperboats Zine Issue 5, alongside other beautiful pieces - paperboats.org/2025/04/09/the…🌍💚 @paperboatswrite

'Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention. No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal released a day after he was attacked by settlers and detained by Israeli forces" theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

A Sacred Mountain, a Cable Car and Nepal's Indigenous Resistance to State Violence Sabin Ninglekhu✍️ thewire.in/south-asia/a-s…

‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: “arresting and threatening to deport students because of their participation in political protest is the kind of action one ordinarily associates with the world’s most repressive regimes”. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

This is illegal, and it endangers the rights of all Americans. In this country, people must be free to express their views — left or right, popular or unpopular — without being detained or punished by the government. npr.org/2025/03/10/g-s…

“Protests”. You keep saying “protests” @BBCNews - do you mean white supremacists are on the streets terrorising Muslims? What exactly are they “protesting” against?

It’s been horrific to see the scenes of violence in Rotherham & across the country targeting refugees & other minority communities over the last few days. Make no mistake, this is no accident. This is the result of years of divisive politics, demonisation, and dehumanisation.

University of Edinburgh solidarity encampment and “Anti colonial learning space”. Our university should listen to students and staff, divest from any complicity with Israel’s dispossession and ongoing annihilation of Palestinians, abide by ICJ the order, repair our Balfour legacy

A v useful read as to the legalities of the Rwanda Act and Treaty - righttoremain.org.uk/what-we-know-a…

On this unholy day, when so many migrants are made even more unsafe in the UK - learn what you can do in a raid✊

Join us for the webinar Freedom and Incarceration: A Run-up to Palestinian Prisoners' Day 2024 on April 7, Sunday, 6.30 pm Nepal time. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

A reminder to the folks in the comments/replies/quote-tweets saying 'But Hamas' & 'Release the hostages' - you don't get to punish an entire civilian population and use starvation as a weapon of war because you are against Hamas. That's a war crime. It's also heartless.

This is the top UN humanitarian official. How people can still be ok with what’s being done to the innocent people of Gaza, in plain sight of the entire world, and despite all these clear warnings, is beyond me. Famine.

Paging Edinburgh writers: Excellent opportunity of an residency @EdinCityofLit with stipend. Go here: cityofliterature.com/writers-room/

Next Thursday 21st in Norwich, come hear from me and other climate writers at the launch of this special @HinterlandNF issue that I was honoured to guest-edit . Get yer free ticket here - eventbrite.com/e/launch-event…

Attention Norwich fans! We’re hosting a launch event for our climate writing special next week, complete with readings, chat and wine - it’s free but you do need to register for a ticket here: eventbrite.com/e/launch-event…

There is NO question. In light of the provisional measures judgment @CIJ_ICJ, the 🇬🇧 must halt arms exports to Israel with immediate effect @David_Cameron @KemiBadenoch The Court found a plausible risk of genocide & the UK has an obligation to prevent genocide & not be complicit

The lack of coverage of the ICJ hearing today in the U.K. should be profoundly worrying to anyone concerned with a free press or democracy itself.