HaggerstonReads

Local women's book club reading all kinds of fiction in kitchens, living rooms and bars while our children grow. Proud to shadow Man Booker Prize 2017

[Robert Peston @Peston]

A friend of Lindsay Hoyle, a senior MP, has warned him he has lost the confidence of MPs, and should "resign before being pushed." This MP says Hoyle - fairly or not - is widely seen to have succumbed to Labour pressure in ditching convention on the Gaza vote. "This is more serious than anything Bercow did," said the MP - who normally reads the mood of the Commons very effectively

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Palestinians rounded up by Israeli forces in Gaza City have described being stripped, blindfolded, numbered and tortured while detained.

This group of detainees have now been released and are receiving medical treatment ⤵️

[Huwaida Arraf @huwaidaarraf]

BREAKING: Egypt & Mauritania have invoked UNGA Res 377 - Uniting for Peace - to address Gaza genocide.

Res.377 states that if UN Security Council, due to lack of unanimity of permanent 5 members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility to act to maintain intnl peace & security, the GA can promptly address the issue.

Emergency session set for Tues. Dec.12 #CeaseFirelnGazaNOW

[Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) @MABOnline1]

.@EveningStandard why do you have a picture of Pro-palestine protestors on a report of far-right thugs fighting at the cenotaph.

Our March hadn't even begun yet and we're nowhere near the area.

Absolutely disgraceful.

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

Channel 4 says Israeli tv reporting start of land invasion of Gaza. Critical time for Labour to be leading the call for a ceasefire. As the casualties tragically mount I don’t think we will be forgiven by many of our supporters for not taking a stand and we won’t deserve to be.

[Rep. Liz Cheney @RepLizCheney]

With Trump back on Twitter,
it’s a good time to watch this Jan 6 hearing. It covers each of Trump’s tweets that day, including those that have been deleted, and features multiple Trump WH staff describing his inexcusable conduct during the violence. https://t.co/pVSGKf5q0P

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

They broke the economy, the NHS and the immigration system.

Mortgages are £500 a month more expensive and you can’t see your GP.

Their answer? “We can’t fix it”

It’s time for a Labour government.

[EC1 Echo @Ec1Echo]

LSO Community Choir loses funding after 20 years

Members claim funding cut by London Symphony Orchestra without consultation. LSO says funding has moved to ‘project-by-project’ basis and offers support with business model ‘not funded by the organisation’

https://t.co/Q6rPJGdsoI

[HaggerstonReads @Haggerstonreads]

@badaude Before Curtis Sittenfield wrote Rodham , she wrote a short story called The Nominee, also about Hillary Clinton. In the collection You Think It, I’ll Say It.

[Samuel Fisher @fishersamuk]

I know it's terribly gauche to tweet your own reviews but I'm so excited to be in such lofty company in the @NewStatesman that I can't resist. You can take the boy out of Essex but you can't... Etc etc 😇

https://t.co/s0Emtqf5aY

[The Malcolm Bradbury Trust @MBradburyTrust]

Antony Sher: a consummate Shakespearean and a man of staggering versatility - and a brilliant and ground breaking Howard Kirk. We will miss you. https://t.co/nk13JDvspJ

[HaggerstonReads @Haggerstonreads]

@naomialderman Excellent thread. Thank you Naomi.

[HaggerstonReads @Haggerstonreads]

@KristaAverill @goodreads And buys the flowers herself.

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@goodreads Wealthy woman walks through St James Park to buy flowers for her party that evening.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Have you ever wondered what Harry Potter would have looked like if only he'd been made from a neep? Well this is the day you can wonder no more.

Today we have been carving a #HarryPotter themed neep for the @KirkwallBID #Halloween Neep Carving Competition. ⚡📚

[Annie Blackmore @annie_blackmore]

The Bottle Factory Outing with Maxine Peake , Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston is an absolute hoot and a labour of love from two lovers of this darkly hilarious novel @BBCRadio4

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Just 2 days left until the #WinterSolstice and this is St Magnus Cathedral taken from the archives this morning. The sun is as far from us as it can go. Hours of daylight today: 6 hours 11 minutes. Sunrise 09.03. Sunset 15.14.
#Orkney

[HaggerstonReads @Haggerstonreads]

⁦@KNolan1066⁩ Promise you will listen to this. You won’t regret it. Swear down https://t.co/OraVw88XEA

[Preti Taneja @PretiTaneja]

I learned from his caste snobbery, his misogyny. I learned from his exacting style and from what he left out - women’s lives and worlds. I learned that I had to critique what I was taught to revere. #InAFreeState and #IndiaAWoundedCivilisation changed my writing life. #VSNaipaul

[Annie Blackmore @annie_blackmore]

So looking forward to reading this book about the fight against Fascism in Italy through the story of the remarkable Rosselli family. #iamreading #italy #carolinemoorehead @ Hackney https://t.co/R4Jv6zq8IP