Mat Coward

Semi-retired British writer. Still doing Morning Star, Fortean Times, short stories. Weekly strange history newsletter: 'Rebel Britannia'

[Mat Coward @MatCoward]

Special loft-clearing offer: last few copies of my future-set police procedural “Acts of Destruction” just £5 a copy, which *includes* 2nd class postage in the UK. Go to PayPal and send £5 to [email protected]. “Both dead serious and hilariously funny" - EQMM.

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D-Day veteran at 15, chart-topper at 90 - and in-between a squatter's leader, political prisoner and peace campaigner: the action-packed life of Jim Radford, in this week's Rebel Britannia https://t.co/J6etpYDRk8

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Reviews of Jane Harper, Luca Veste, Steve Frech, Kirsty Lockwood in this month's Morning Star crime fiction column: https://t.co/28SctSkpN2

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A pig, a rat and a fat cat walk into a picket line ... the story of Cedric the sow, and her US cousin, Scabby, in this week's Rebel Britannia:
https://t.co/ckrqLhcvio

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Just because they didn't have the vote didn't mean they didn't vote - the mock elections of Garratt, near Wandsworth, nationally celebrated for being "ludicrous," in this week's Rebel Britannia https://t.co/7p2RR4L1oz

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

"You were correctly outraged by how Ben-Gvir treated your nationals. Please think of how he treats
ours.

Ben Gvir gave barely a glimpse of the treatment reserved to Palestinian prisoners. Over 100 of them died in custody under torture or due to starvation and medical neglect in the last two years.

They are subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment, assault, sexual abuse and rape. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of Palestinians who were detained and disappeared and their families ache every day not knowing what is their fate. The evidence of these horrors is undeniable, the perpetrators known and shielded."

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“Red Menace in Public Schools! Moscow Attempts to Corrupt Boys.” - The short, surprising life of Winston Churchill's communist nephew, in this week's Rebel Britannia:
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Reviews of Chris Brookmyre, Maz Evans, Joseph Incardona, Susan Barrett, in this month's Morning Star crime fiction column: https://t.co/MGZd8RQFEZ

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Please retweet.

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I'm not a member of Labour any more so it's not really my biz, but Ed Miliband *has* to stand now, doesn't he? As the Stop Palantir candidate. Streeting will kill the party quicker than Starmer ever dreamt of.

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How to steal the Crown Jewels - if only for a few minutes. The adventures of Colonel Blood, in this week's Rebel Britannia: https://t.co/YpXkWM1vNP

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From communard to pétroleuseto political prisoner in a lunatic asylum - to piano teacher in Fitzroy Square, London. The explosive life of Louise Michel, "la Grande Républicaine," in this week's Rebel Britannia https://t.co/8WfCCVVjR2

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When the government tried to ban barmaids the barmaids fought back - and Winston Churchill lost his seat in parliament. This week's Rebel Britannia, free as always:
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How sailors invented "the strike" - a touch of etymology amid a lot of riots and shootings in this week's Rebel Britannia: https://t.co/2AcMojSpHS

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Britain had three new superheroes in 1937: Captain Potato Jones, Captain Corn Cob Jones and Captain Ham & Egg Jones. The blockade busters, in this week's Rebel Britannia https://t.co/cBkPImpSrJ

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Reviews of Evelyn Clarke, Christie Watson, Emma Styles, Dana Stabenow in this month's Morning Star crime fiction column: https://t.co/p29SQptHrk

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“Sir, Your Name is Down amongst the Black Hearts in the Black Book”- the glorious Captain Swing, and how one of his daughters ended up exiled in Tasmania. This week's Rebel Britannia https://t.co/ejAlLpc9Iz

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Worked in a mill at 11, campaigned for staff toilets to have doors on them, went on to make electoral history, become a nationally famous public speaker - and an amateur midwife! The ordinary life of The Belle of Brierfield, in this week's Rebel Britannia: https://t.co/Rzb4bpGWzO

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@MarkSeddon1962 "Hi, is that the Telegraph news desk? You're going to want to clear the front page for this ... "

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@andrewhunterm Well done, Andy. That's the first time in decades they've had a programme in the Friday comedy slot witches actually funny.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

“A toddler in Gaza released from Israeli custody has been returned to his family with suspected torture wounds.”

Read that again.