My new book just arrived, my first with shiny gold on the cover.
Supine photo of me by Phoebe Grigor.
Readings from it, rare film clips etc this Friday, lots of talk about movie stars, directors etc, @qft Belfast.
@irishpages
🧡 Judy and Sue explain their actions.
💬“Our governments announced exploration for more oil and gas. It's total madness. Everyone can see that".
"We in our 80s feel we must do all that we can.
🦺 Take action with people like them, every day at 12pm at Trafalgar Square or donate to support those that can at https://t.co/qowDZSZn3O
@paddygrant Quite. The giving of crony gongs sounds the end of the party- surely?! Hello by-elections, bye-bye tories. And the House of Lords too: BoJo has just made the case to tear it up and start again.
Reminder, 12 noon today, outside Filmhouse, Edinburgh: Demo to protest lack of progress on Filmhouse, to demand restoration of cultural cinema in Edinburgh.
@ruth_wishart Agree- I can’t bear the pain and suffering of animals- all of them: wild, domestic, or ‘farm’. I’ll skip those bits too- and ping you some easy-ways-to-be-vegan if you like? 🌱 🐮 🐱 🦁 xx
I'm calling for the RESIGNATION of the BBC Board Director Robbie Gibb, former Tory Comms boss & co-founder of right wing GB NEWS, on grounds of lack of impartiality...quotes from 2020 @BylineTimes
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It has taken a long time, but we're at last getting to grips with the enormous environmental impacts of the livestock industry. The struggle to defend the living planet against its predations will be familiar to anyone involved in fighting the fossil fuel industry 20 years ago.🧵
It’s not surprising. We want to forget that we kill 76 billion farm animals a year to please our palates. We call ourselves animal lovers, yet if we did to dogs and cats what we do to farm animals, we would find ourselves in prison. The cognitive dissonance is deafening.