Julia Bell

Writer. Professor of New Writing at Birkbeck. New book Between the Lines out May '26. Represented by @RebeccasBooks views my own

[Julia Bell @JuliaBell]

The algorithm puts us in boxes.

The workshop brings us together.

BETWEEN THE LINES - May 7

[Jools Writes @joolsdares]

New essay on the professor of new writing's inaugural lecture @BirkbeckUoL @JuliaBell
https://t.co/4ZFcVX3zba

[Gyll King Post Skip Diplomacy @GyllKing]

Tesco make £3 billion plus profits and yet nearly ALL of their shop floor staff are in receipt of universal credit. Shareholders and profits directly subsidised by the taxpayer.

Tescos are the benefit scroungers.

How hard can it be to outlaw this?

[Karen Hao @_KarenHao]

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[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

If you want to unite the kingdom, go and volunteer in your community, go and chat with your neighbour or join a local litter pick.

Don’t march through London with MAGA racists chanting “Allah, Allah, Who the F*** is Allah”

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Yikes, imagine if our national conversation sounded a bit more like this more often?

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

A retweet by Zack Polanski is now the main story across every single media outlet.

Two days ago, it was revealed that Nigel Farage failed to disclose a £5 million gift from a crypto-billionaire.

It gets nowhere near the media attention, for straightforward political reasons.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

A trick that I think @TheGreenParty is missing is mass, highly organised rubbish collections by Young Greens.

Flood an area like this, with 500+ activists from around country. Let young members lead it. Get skips. Recycle what can be. Be visible.

It’s time for a Green Guard.

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

Not enough focus on the fact that taxpayer subsidies for bars and restaurants are as high as £5.8 million per year (for the House of Commons alone, £7-8 million including Lords)

MPs base salaries are 93k PA.

They not only shouldn’t be pissed at work, but we pay for it!

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

Green Party: we will re-nationalise water, tax wealth, and lead a green Industrial Revolution.

Labour Party: we will defend to the death MPs right to get pissed at work on the taxpayers expense.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

And of course Farage misrepresents what Hannah is saying.

"An afternoon pint" is different to drinking on a work day and then going to vote on decisions for millions of people.

I'd explain this to him but he's been running away from a debate with me for months and months!

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Look, even if there is a case, a REAL case, for allowing MPs to drink in their work breaks before returning to vote, it is utterly indefensible that they drink at a rate subsidised by you & me.

All the fancy food is one thing, but tax payer funded booze is just a joke.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Hannah rocks up to Westminster and suggests that perhaps MPs shouldn’t be pissed at work, and the establishment goes into meltdown.

Nice work Hannah 💚

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Ok… this is a remarkable post…and very very damning. It’s not even hard to follow the money it is literally signposting itself…

[Julia Bell @JuliaBell]

@owenjonesjourno So far behind they think they’re first

[Julia Bell @JuliaBell]

Yet another aspect of human joy conceded to the machine… https://t.co/lzi3T4tYNr

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Farage has spiralled & self-radicalised, which is why Reform’s polling lower & lower.

Mass-stripping of recognised, settled refugees of protection & legal status is NOT something normal British people want.

These Trump-style evil & destructive politics are not wanted here.

[Julia Bell @JuliaBell]

Real copies are here!! May 7th out in the wild. Can’t wait for you to read it - preorder here: https://t.co/lNSyD6O1qG

[Julia Bell @JuliaBell]

New Substack - Soft is the New Hard https://t.co/D0QLUvFW0e

[Julia Bell @JuliaBell]

I wasn’t going to add another post. I am supposed to be writing my inaugural lecture. But stuff happened this week that I wanted to comment on. That stuff being the muscular, well-known writer who used AI to polish off his review for the NYT. Oh crikey.
https://t.co/noYk4iXaVe

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Did @BBCr4today really just do a whole package about drilling in the N Sea without once even mentioning #climate change? And not having anyone challenging the one-sided claims of former BP boss? So irresponsible #bbcr4today