Caroline Bradley (she/her)

Freelance arts consultant/producer working with venues & festivals. Love to sing, dance, write, read, travel & eat, sometimes simultaneously…😁

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@Johnny_Marr @TheBillyDuffy @saydemesne You were genuinely brilliant yesterday Johnny & thank you for playing my all-time favourite Smiths song, How Soon is Now with the legendary @TheBillyDuffy Special Manchester memories! 🤩

[The Piece Hall @ThePieceHall]

Debbie Harry was our number 1 tonight! 💃🏼

What a start to @TKMaxx_UK presents Live at The Piece Hall. Huge thanks to @BlondieOfficial and @Starsailorband for putting on a stellar performance for the crowd.

We're back on Sunday to do it all over again with Blondie and The K's!

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

Things Can Only Get Better is of course the most appropriate song for today, but let me throw another one into the ring to add a little variety…

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

Nick Robinson: "there were three different prime ministers in a year, four different chancellors in a year, a home secretary sacked for six days then hired again and sacked again a year later, a prime minister who was forced out of office because he was judged to be lying by his own colleagues in Parliament, and another who even *you* think crashed the economy: Why on earth should people give the Conservatives another team?"

Rishi Sunak (long pause) "I'm really proud of what the Conservatives have done in office, when we came into office 14 years ago Labour had bankrupted the economy"

[Prof Colin Talbot @colinrtalbot]

@PickardJE By the 2010 Election the economy was not wrecked, it was recovering well. The public finances were ‘challenging’ but interest rates were so low it wasn’t really a big problem.

And the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8 was not caused by the Labour Govt.

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@TheLisaOHare 😂😂 Mine is called “I looked out of my window, couldn’t see anything so carried on drinking gin & carching up on “I Kissed a Girl” 😅 Is that too long….?!

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

Great to see amazing John Lyons’ 60 years of art & poetry in a stunning major retrospective. Carnivalesque, a colourful celebration of Caribbean carnival & culture @whitworthart curated by them & @Alnoor1 Still creating work daily at age 91, John is an inspiration so go see! 💖

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@Joseph_Houston @hopemilltheatre Already looking forward to the big birthday next year 🙌💝🙌

[National Literacy Trust @Literacy_Trust]

Yesterday was Michael Rosen's birthday - happy belated birthday @MichaelRosenYes!

Teachers, why not give Michael the best birthday gift of all by signing up to his online author event for Refugee Week, taking place on Monday 17th June:

https://t.co/4KOXGZmCya

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

I just signed the petition calling on Rishi Sunak to drop the plans for mass bank spying powers. Will you sign too? https://t.co/nfuC6sqAq5 via @38degrees

[Sayeeda Warsi @SayeedaWarsi]

This is absolute nonsense Kemi and you know it.
I met you alongside other colleagues over a year and a half ago and the definition was explained to you in detail - you were asked to detail your concerns / any objections and the basis of it .
You DID NOT follow up.
Instead all work on Islamophobia ( or whatever you feel we are allowed to call our racism ) has stopped.
Ministers do not even engage with the governments OWN cross government working group on your preferred “anti Muslim hatred”
The government has dragged its heels on any work to tackle this form of racism.
The only structures and programs that still survive are what we put in place during a Cameron government over a decade ago.
Amazing flagship programs like Remembering Srebrenica have been defunded.
No new initiatives , no engagement with communities , no definition
Instead culture wars , othering and blatant anti Muslim racism.
As for “blasphemy laws” - you know this isn’t true , as was explained and evidenced in our meeting and as you are well aware the definition like the IHRA definition on antisemitism is a NON legally binding working definition not a “law”
PS- just so colleagues word sensibilities are not triggered - the World will in a few weeks mark the United Nations International day to combat #Islamophobia.

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

Really enjoyed singing with our lovely Hope Mill Community Choir & the fab theatre school kids @HMTOutreach at the pre-drinks reception for @hopemilltheatre fundraising gala of Gypsy last night @PalaceAndOpera 🙌💖 Feztastic meal at @ComptoirLibanai afterwards 😋🥂😍

[Hope Mill Theatre Outreach @HMTOutreach]

Whether you are an experienced singer, or just fancy learning a new skill, then this is the group for you! Come on down on Monday nights and enjoy singing a variety of music!
Find out more by following this link and apply- https://t.co/0U9uunwW3N

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@Keke_Thom Brilliant, Keisha, exciting news! 💖

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@ContactMcr A shock & huge loss to everyone who knew & loved Sam. Missing him already. Hope his legacy can carry on for all the young artists & Asian music scene he did so much to develop & support 💖 💔

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

Mancland, Manchatten, Womanchester you are so many moments, memories, movements, manifestations. Microcosms of all our stories live on in your streets & we the mixed & the multi breathe them in. We power you & you make us strong. Manchester you mean the world to me #micropoem24

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@Bruntwood_UK So shocked & sorry to hear about the tragic loss of Kate & Archie. She was an invaluable support for us through the capital project @ContactMcr & great company at many events & nights out since. She’ll be really missed. Sincere condolences to all her family & friends

[Hope Mill Theatre @hopemilltheatre]

Last Night we attended the #ILoveMCRAwards and received the Most-Loved Community Hub Award!❤️

We were overjoyed to be the recipient of this award and can’t Thank Everyone enough for voting for us⚙️

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@greigburgoyne Yes am good thanks, Greig, hope you are too 👍

[Caroline Bradley (she/her) @carolinejb17]

@JeremyFilet It’s official! 🙌🙌