First MP by-election win, record high polling, and over 15,000 new members... the Green Party is on the up 📈
More than 2,000 people a day have joined us since our historic win in Gorton and Denton 🥳
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Do I know any lawyers/solicitors who work in the consumer law area? Do you? I'd be grateful to hear. (Everything is fine - a minor inconvenience, in the scheme of things, and I just need some advice) All help very much welcome!
"Fears in the night can be abated by the knowledge that dawn, soon enough, will come. But there, in that unnatural place, hope was entirely absent..." Join us, if you dare, for 11 Newstead Grove: A Very Dark Tale. Tuesday 24 March, 7.30pm. Pay What You Decide.
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Headpress is celebrating 35 years of books on cults films, TV and music with a one day event.
I will be on the panel The Kneale Inheritance discussing the influence of Nigel Kneale with @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @bronteschiltz.bsky.social @accordingtojond.bsky.social
"Fears in the night can be abated by the knowledge that dawn, soon enough, will come. But there, in that unnatural place, hope was entirely absent..." Join us, if you dare, for 11 Newstead Grove: A Very Dark Tale. Tuesday 24 March, 7.30pm. Pay What You Decide.
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I’ll be at @headpress.com’s 35th anniversary event in Manchester on 23 May. Check out details below!
Headpress is 35 years old! To celebrate the continued vibrancy of #indiepublishing, join us for a day of talking about music and films + a Q&A with Jörg Buttgereit:
⏰ 23 May 2026, 10.00 - 5.30 (UK time)
📍 International Anthony Burgess Foundation, #Manchester
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...
Blimey. Sky News reporting YouGov / Sky News / Times voting intention
*Greens leapfrog Labour into second place*
RefUK 23% (-1)
GRN 21% (+4)
LAB 16%(-2)
CON 16%(-2)
LDEM 14%(nc),
Pollster note: This is the highest we've had the Greens, the first time we've had them in second
For any of you who listen podcasts, I recently had the opportunity to chat to the lovely @drrachelknightley.bsky.social about academic writing as creative practice. #horror #gothic www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP5W...
Very excited about the latest addition to the Horror Studies series. Huge congrats to @maireadcasey.bsky.social! #horrorstudies #horror @uniwalespress.bsky.social
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The covers of both books with quotes in praise of them, and of specific stories: “‘Modern Buildings In Wessex’, which pulls a compelling horror narrative out of several architectural reviews, is an all-timer. Can’t recommend enough... Fans of Ghostwatch and Inside No. 9 – run don’t walk.” Trevor Henderson “...a tremendous collection, hugely enjoyable, and essential... for anyone interested in the English ghost story... ‘Men Who Live in Caravans’... is one of my very favourite stories of recent years: a future classic of the English weird, full of an almost unbearable sadness, quite exquisitely told.” Seán Padraic Birnie
Between them ‘Municipal Gothic’ and ‘Intervals of Darkness’ have 27 stories full of haunted buildings, haunted people, and working class weirdness. Obviously *I* think they're great – but so do strangers who owe me nothing!
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go...
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...
We’re told the BBC belongs to us. The truth is we have no power over how 'our BBC' is run, governed or funded.
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This Saturday is the Goths for Breakfast charity day. Goths unite! We're raising money for Magic Breakfast to feed hungry kids with a teaching marathon of fascinating talks and writing workshops. Pop in and out as you like - the talks are recorded!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982926549...
Chair of INSP North America, Will Connelly, gives his analysis of the main discussion points of the Knight Media Forum in Miami: www.insp.ngo/articles/str...
A final reminder to @igagoths.bsky.social members that the call for nominations for the IGA Book Prizes closes soon! www.globalgoth.org/blog/call-fo... #gothic
If you haven't seen this last week's talk on short ghost fiction, it is well worth a look. Not only offering a deep dive into Robert Aickman, it looks a theorising the creepy tale in fascinating ways!
youtu.be/xcJ7yf72kpQ
INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚
The reaction from our volunteers in Manchester! 💚
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Did you miss this weekend's excellent talk on Robert Aickman and the Artifice Short Story?
@bronteschiltz.bsky.social gives us a deep dive into what's so very unsettling about Aickman's work!
youtu.be/xcJ7yf72kpQ
The deadline for IGA Hull 2026 has now closed: we're delighted to have received a large number of submissions, and will be informing potential delegates as soon as possible.
Don't forget to register for IGA membership if you'd like to join us there: www.globalgoth.org/join/
Inspired by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social talk on Robert Aickman and the art of the artifice ghost story, I’ve continued editing my own works in progress: tales of a strange supermarket night shift, a soft play poltergeist, and a love beyond death. Who or what should I haunt next? 👻📝
This is so lovely to hear, Rachel! Good luck with your editing and writing!
Calling on Manchester’s storytellers 📜
I’m collecting folklore, urban legends, and local tales from Central Manchester, especially around the Manchester Art Gallery and nearby buildings.
Do share if you have any to pass on.
One week until I’ll be chatting with Mark Norman about my forthcoming book on the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas at QUAD in Derby.
And it’s just one event amongst a plethora of eldritch endeavours at this year’s UK Ghost Story Festival
Thank you so much for sharing!
If you’re looking for something ghostly for this afternoon👇🏻
I’m very excited to teach a free online class on Robert Aickman and the art of the artifice ghost story as part of @romgothsam.bsky.social’s brilliant Romancing the Gothic series on 21 February!
Join me: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-aic...
The class is running again at 7 if you’re interested! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-aic...
