Chris Longden

Writer in Residence Kirklees. Books not Looks. @robertreschid @DarkWoodsCoffee

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

If you love #Skipton and you love astounding hidden family history ...
Join us and find out about the secret, very northern Victorian Muslim mayor - #SkiptonLibrary #Yorkshire Weds 28 June 5.30pm @nylibraries @RobertReschid @Everyday_Muslim

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

Please help my friends at the marvellous @Everyday_Muslim as they seek to create a #Partition Memorial in #London
Click the link to give your ideas :-)
@MayorofLondon

[EverydayMuslim @Everyday_Muslim]

📣 Exciting Announcement: Introducing the Proposal for a #Partition Memorial in #London! Supported by the @MayorofLondon #UntoldStories fund, this project aims to preserve the memory of a significant historical event.

Share your ideas and thoughts: https://t.co/CmTZbrB0wO

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

Follow please... Love this #YORKSHIRE based, but international charity :-) 🌱🌱🌱

[Lorna Young Foundation @LornaYoungFound]

CELEBRATING CHARITY! And ourselves of course :-)
We're a Small But Mighty charity and we're making a huge impact for disadvantaged #smallholders @AnneFaulkner @sheldon1creates @i_agnew @martinmet @FarmersVoiceLYF

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

@YBirt @_TharikHussain @KirkleesLibrary That was his preference when I mentioned it's usually clogs up here.

[Tharik Hussain @_TharikHussain]

Good coffee and Muslim history books ... You know me too well @chrislongden 😊😍😎

Thanks for the lovely gifts!

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

@_TharikHussain @KirkleesLibrary Can't beat a northern audience 😉 And even the 6 year olds were totally engaged and contributing to the historical discussions!

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

That terrible moment when you're convinced you've broken the MRI machine... https://t.co/gIrlZS8ZQT

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

This looks fab! And v much in keeping with your work @FarmersVoiceLYF and with the LornaYoungFoundation & their #NotJustUs #ethicalenterprise work :)

[Naomi Mwasa2 @SocialNaomi]

Delighted to have had the first screening of our documentary trailer Added Value : The Cocoa Story. It shows work we have been doing over the past few years and still continue to do decolonising the cocoa value chain and creating from origin products. https://t.co/98vikojcAe

[Neil MacInnes OBE @macinnes_neil]

I love my library .. @MancLibraries @MCRCityofLit #FestivalofLibraries @ace_national @ace_thenorth

[Tharik Hussain @_TharikHussain]

Only four days to go! 🤩

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

#buylocal #buyglobal - #BUYETHICAL - Our brilliant friends - and farmer-producer partners @DarkWoodsCoffee @cafedepanama - Gorgeous beans from a fantastic community.

[La Huella | Cafe de Panama @cafedepanama]

Greetings from Panama @garyimbibe @DarkWoodsCoffee @kastillopulus

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

Parents' Evening. For the average parent in the UK, it's tempting to wonder if only Michael Gove had been stuck in a #BBC lift from 2010-4, then maybe the school experience wouldn't be so... 🙄 #freemichaelgove https://t.co/zJ8pWHnZvn

[Kirklees Libraries @KirkleesLibrary]

Welcome to KTS Podcast 43! So what's on our first #2022 edition for you? A feature about the Northern Belle #train, a #poem about an #Egyptian icon, and plenty of #Kirklees #news. Settle back and enjoy…

https://t.co/Dsr1HM5VSl

https://t.co/c2HgT4NaBK

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

Muslim? Jewish? Christian? Other? Celebrating #interfaith week, we're cheering on a fascinating talk about 'hidden' #Victorian #Muslim Reschid Stanley @Everyday_Muslim @YBirt @MarsdenHub @friends_honley @julianbond12 @shamim1

[Kirklees Libraries @KirkleesLibrary]

Celebrating Interfaith Week 2021 - Jewish? Christian?Muslim? The Life and Times of Robert 'Reschid' Stanley. Writer-in-Residence Chris Longden unearths an astonishing journey of faith(s) in her fascinating talk about her ancestor https://t.co/Y29rBNDGkC

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

Real Cultural Entertainment https://t.co/EhbFIdYgEo

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

A Menagerie of Terriers and Working-Class Folk https://t.co/c1oVPkIg1g

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE! Tis me and our Catherine Warr - where she'll be sharing her research on the history of our landscape and our people. Plus a pile-on of poetry and the ace @testamentonline Join us for an early #YorkshireDay Fri 30 evening #SocialHistory

[Kirklees Libraries @KirkleesLibrary]

🌟30th July 6:30-8:30 a celebration of Yorkshire day here with special guest @testamentonline (writer, Hip-Hop MC, theatre Maker and more!)
with live performances, a little chat about tracks with a Yorkshire brass band, dialect and poetry.. plus Q&A.
#YorkshireDay #poetry

[Friends of Batley Library @FriendsBatleyL]

This month we're celebrating #SouthAsianHeritageMonth with a selection of books by British-Asian authors.

[Kirklees Libraries @KirkleesLibrary]

My Kirklees Library Apprentice Journey July - Ambreen

@cr8tivekirklees @KirkleesCouncil @CILIPinfo @kirkleesapphub @Apprenticeships
#apprenticeships #librarian #library #Reading #Creative #Apprentice

[Chris Longden @chrislongden]

Absolutely fantastic and so well deserved!

[Kirklees Libraries @KirkleesLibrary]

We're so proud of our librarian Jude for being shortlisted for this prestigious award!