Vicky Grut

Vicky Grut

@vickygrut.bsky.social

Writer. Short story collection 'Live Show, Drink Included' shortlisted for 2019 Edge Hill Awards. Pushcart nominated, 2023. Work in Masters Review XIII in 2025 and Best British Short Stories 2026. www.vickygrut.com

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BladeoftheSun
@bladeofthes.bsky.social

We had such outrage for one building burning down. But silence when Google illegally chops down an entire forest. Even though that has done far more harm.

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Oliver
@oliver48.bsky.social

Excellent letter supporting Zack Polanski showing Green Party support all over the UK helping ensure he doesn't succumb to the same #ItWasAScam antisemitism Labour traitors & billionaire press lies which ended Jeremy Corbyn's leadership not least to scupper #TaxTheRich & #GreenNewDeal policies

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Carla Denyer
@carladenyer.bsky.social

The government didn’t just approve Jackdaw, they also reiterated their support for so-called tiebacks - a dodge to allow yet more new drilling without new licenses. This deserves almost as much scrutiny as Jackdaw and has got barely any of it, so I raised it in the Chamber.

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸
@bebsdotteragain.bsky.social

92 kids were asked & 70 responded. Of those who responded 1 in 3 thought antisemitism was a problem They did not bother asking Muslim kids Consequently… Government decides antisemitism is a special category of racism & should be treat more seriously than others? open.substack.com/pub/councile...

open.substack.comHere is proof the report on antisemitism in UK schools is nonsenseAs expected, the Labour government has accepted 27 recommendations of a report into antisemitism in British schools.

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FreePalestine
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#Lebanon, 20 Oct 2026 #israeli artillery shells the town of Zawtar Al-Sharqiya, southern Lebanon, with internationally prohibited white phosphorus. #NetanyahuWarCriminal #Boycottisrael #TrumpWarCriminal #BoycottUSA #israel Enemy of Humanity

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Oliver
@oliver48.bsky.social

Meanwhile on the BBC a supposed 'expert' was allowed to say without challenge 'the UK will need gas & oil for decades' a "need" bought with political donations to stop the will to back renewables for prevent action based on the climate EMERGENCY climate scientists have warned about for decades

Mike Hudema@mikehudema.bsky.social

Finland is aiming to go carbon neutral in 15 years. They're creating jobs by boosting #renewables and saving trees. Its CO2 emissions have already dropped 21% since 1990s levels. We have the solutions, let's speed it up and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #vote

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Ian Critchley
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Urgent: the government is soon to decide whether to give the green light to Rosebank, a move that would lock us into decades more climate-wrecking oil. @friends-earth.bsky.social tool helped me ask my MP to say no to new oil and gas – will you do the same? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/deman...

action.friendsoftheearth.ukDemand an end to climate-wrecking fossil fuel projectsTake action The fight to stop new oil and gas is heating up. And it’s a fight we can’t afford to lose. After a summer of record-breaking heatwaves, climate breakdown is impossible to ignore. Yet Andy ...

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Rachel Millward
@rachelmillward.bsky.social

Jackdaw offers just 27 jobs, 35 million tonnes of carbon, and no change to energy security or bills. Greens offer a different vision. Our own homegrown, renewable energy, creating thousands of British jobs and investing in our children's futures. join.greenparty.org.uk

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Irish Studies@LivUni
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If you missed Prof Shovlin's chat to Oliver Callan, you can catch up at: The definitive biography of John McGahern @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #SpéirGhorm #booksky

rte.ieThe definitive biography of John McGahernFrom banned schoolteacher to literary icon. Professor Frank Shovlin tells Oliver all about his new biography 'John McGahern: A Writing Life'
Irish Studies@LivUni@irishinstitute.bsky.social

Our Prof Frank Shovlin will be on @rteradio1.bsky.social tomorrow morning, talking to Oliver Callan about writing John McGahern's authorised biography. Listen live between 11 am and 1 pm, or catch up later: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

rte.ieOliver Callan - RTÉ Radio 1Join Oliver Callan for the perfect mid-morning mix to bring you from morning to lunch.

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Natacha
@natacha.bsky.social

Francesca Albanese on why the perpetual conflation, by dishonest politicians like Andy Burnham, of Zionism and Judaism is dangerous.

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Defend Our Juries
@defendourjuries.bsky.social

AN EXTRAORDINARY, SYSTEMATIC ASSAULT Author Jonathon Porritt spoke at an open call last month about the rights of people to understand what is happening with the genocide in Gaza and repression in the UK.

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Defend Our Juries
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He is one of over 100 public figures who have signed an open letter in support of Sally Rooney. Join our Open Call this Sunday, 6:30pm, to find out why hundreds will defy the Terrorism Act outside the US Embassy on October 31st: wedonotcomply.org

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Palestine Festival of Literature
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London, you don’t want to miss this one! In her only UK event this year, Noura Erakat is launching “Confronting Zionism” with co-author John Reynolds. They will be in conversation with Rafeef Ziadah, followed by a book signing. 📍 Friends House 🗓️ 17 Nov, 6:30 PM 🎟️ £13

Vicky Grut
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So, AI tools have discovered a decades'-old weakness in the world wide web that 'would have been extraordinarily complicated for a human hacker to take advantage of' & now AI tools are applying fixes. Great. Is this what 'progress' looks like? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.comFlaw in PHP computer language leads to shutdown of websites around worldPrecautionary takedowns come as experts say vulnerability in PHP, which is used by 70% of sites, could be exploited

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RileyTChiweeieT14381
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Sam is a Jewish ✡️🌱 protective presence activist in the West Bank. His partner was fired from #HillelsOfGeorgia for her "relationship w/ people who speak disparagingly of Israel". This is wrong & #antisemitism Call, write: Info@hillel.org 202-449-6500 More info in video. @nytimes.com @cnn.com

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City Lit Writing Dpt
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Study with Vicky and turn your great idea into a short story on her fun practical course, 'Write a short story in a weekend'! 🗓️ Sat 7th & Sun 8th Nov 🕓 10:30-16:30 📍 City Lit, Covent Garden Learn more at the link below.

citylit.ac.ukWrite a short story in a weekend | Writing course | LondonTurn your great idea into a short story on this fun practical course. You'll be introduced to some key fiction writing techniques and encouraged to draf...

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Caitlin Johnstone
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Military-Industrial Complex Assures Investors That Wars Will Be Endless Asked about concerns over falling defense stocks on CNBC, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet replied, “Investors need to know and understand that this demand is not fleeting — it’s permanent.” www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/military-i...

caitlinjohnst.oneMilitary-Industrial Complex Assures Investors That Wars Will Be Endless, And Other NotesVideo reading by Tim Foley:

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Comparison with European monarchies is not always straight forward but the UK royal family seems to receive generous public funding, £99.9m. It is around £42m in Norway £52m in the Netherlands £18m in Denmark £13.5m in Sweden £7.1m in Spain Zero in Liechtenstein Good value for money, or not?

leftfootforward.orgRoyal financial privileges show that we are not in it togetherThis week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...

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Scratch Books
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Out this Thursday! The phenomenal, haunting BLESSINGS by Caroline Albertine Minor! ‘Beautiful, subtle, atmospheric; devastating and precise, yet so tender and generous, too.' Harriet Armstrong Preorder it here to arrive on launch date: www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...

scratch-books.co.ukBlessings | Scratch Books‘Are you Anne-Sophie’s mum?’  ‘Yes, I am,’ she said. ‘Are you sad about it?’ ‘Yes.’   A sequence of seven haunting and gripping stories from the winner of the Danish Fiction Writers Prize.   Palpable and astonishing, Caroline Albertine Minor depicts lives as they piece back their sense of self, family, love, future – accruing and blending to form something unnameably greater.   Acclaim for Blessings  'Beautiful, subtle, atmospheric; devastating and precise, yet so tender and generous, too. Minor finds pristine, humane, elegant, often hopeful and surprising ways to speak about grief, love and loss.' Harriet Armstrong, author of To Rest Our Minds and Bodies   'In this collection of stories the lives of mothers and daughters are sketched with piercing attention, yet the mysteries at the centre of each character’s desires, losses and trespasses retain their depth at every turn. The effect is as chilling as it is expansive. There is not a word out of place.' Hannah Regel, author of Last Sane Woman   Seven stories that resemble life itself, each so pulsating with a vivacity of its own that they create connections with the lives of the other stories through its use of a rich, nuanced style that is both clinically clear and marvellously suggestive. Minor’s literary imagery is in a class of its own. She succeeds in depicting all this in her elegant, passionate, and unusually beautiful prose. Blessings has the potential to be one of the foremost works of Danish short prose in recent decades. The Nordic Co-operation   It can be difficult to explain what it is about Blessings that makes its short stories so good. Scene by scene and sentence by sentence, Caroline Albertine Minor writes with impressive certainty, but above all she writes completely unobtrusively and effortlessly. The Information     Blessings is a magnificent depiction of grief. In this telling, what hurts the most is what remains.’ Litteraturmagasinet Standart   ‘Caroline Albertine Minor writes with warmth and wisdom about the aimlessness of life.’ Politiken   ‘Caroline Albertine Minor’s marvellous short stories explore what happens when human relationships are stretched to breaking point.’ Weekendavisen   ‘Minor has produced something odd, in the best way—something that creeps in and makes this collection of short stories stand out from the crowd.’ Dagens Nyheter   ‘The 2018 P.O. Enquist Prize goes to Caroline Albertine Minor, for her extraordinarily precise dissection of her main characters’ complex emotions and relationships in this series of elegant and moving stories. In Blessings, grief and loss are explored as part of everyday life. The existential weight of the stories is masterfully counterbalanced by stylistic lightness and assurance. In this her second book, Minor shows herself to be a writer of international stature.’ Jury statement for the P.O. Enquist Prize. Caroline Albertine Minor has been nominated for the prestigious Nordic Council Literature Prize for Blessings (Velsignelser). She has won the P.O Enquist Prize 2018 as well as the Danish Fiction Writers Prize, the Michael Strunge Prize 2017 and the Special Award of the Danish Arts Foundation.  Caroline Waight has been a finalist for the 2023 PEN Translation Award and received a special commendation from the 2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

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Richard Burgon MP
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I've just signed the Palantir Pledge, joining politicians across the world in committing not to support any public contracts with this US tech giant. The next big battle here is to use the upcoming break clause to kick Palantir out of our NHS!

Vicky Grut
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Ex Conde Nast exec describes Google’s AI Summaries as “another sort of death blow” to the way people search online and reach media outlets. Because it cuts the link with sources: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/18/conde-nast-uk-profits-drop-vogue-publisher-magazine-group?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

theguardian.comCondé Nast’s UK profits drop by more than a third as sale of Vogue publisher ruled outMagazine group points to restructuring bill but says it ‘remains profitable in the UK for another year’