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Chris Longden

@chrislongden

Writer in Residence Kirklees. Books not Looks. @robertreschid @DarkWoodsCoffee https://teapaw.org/t.co/gdWJdFv5vU https://teapaw.org/t.co/nZPG8poC7i

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kirkleeslibraries.co.uk/writer-in-residence
Joined August 2010
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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
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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) profile pictureEverydayMuslim@Everyday_Muslim22 Jun 2023
📣 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: bit.ly/PM_survey23
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Follow please... Love this #YORKSHIRE based, but international charity :-) 🌱🌱🌱
Lorna Young Foundation (@LornaYoungFound) profile pictureLorna Young Foundation@LornaYoungFound5 Sep 2022
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
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Good coffee and Muslim history books ... You know me too well @chrislongden 😊😍😎 Thanks for the lovely gifts!
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That terrible moment when you're convinced you've broken the MRI machine... funnylass.com/messing-up-the…
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This looks fab! And v much in keeping with your work @FarmersVoiceLYF and with the LornaYoungFoundation & their #NotJustUs #ethicalenterprise work :)
Naomi Mwasa2 (@SocialNaomi) profile pictureNaomi Mwasa2@SocialNaomi13 Jun 2022
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. youtu.be/VDY-yzGZt4g
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I love my library .. @MancLibraries @MCRCityofLit #FestivalofLibraries @ace_national @ace_thenorth
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Only four days to go! 🤩
Habitats & Heritage (@habsandheritage) profile pictureHabitats & Heritage@habsandheritage26 May 2022
Just 4 days until we join with the celebrated travel writer, #TharikHussain for a #tour of #Brookwood's Muslim cemetery, the #ShahJahanMosque and the Muslim war #cemetery in #Woking. Click here to book tickets: tinyurl.com/4puc69zr
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#buylocal #buyglobal - #BUYETHICAL - Our brilliant friends - and farmer-producer partners @DarkWoodsCoffee @cafedepanama - Gorgeous beans from a fantastic community.
La Huella | Cafe de Panama (@cafedepanama) profile pictureLa Huella | Cafe de Panama@cafedepanama8 Jan 2022
Greetings from Panama @garyimbibe @DarkWoodsCoffee @kastillopulus
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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 funnylass.com/the-domino-ral…
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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… bwbf.org.uk/player/?url=http… bwbf.org.uk/localtns/kirklee…
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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) profile pictureKirklees Libraries@KirkleesLibrary18 Nov 2021
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 youtube.com/watch?v=YALg6FzY…
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Real Cultural Entertainment funnylass.com/real-cultural-…
A Menagerie of Terriers and Working-Class Folk funnylass.com/a-menagerie-of…
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) profile pictureKirklees Libraries@KirkleesLibrary27 Jul 2021
🌟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
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This month we're celebrating #SouthAsianHeritageMonth with a selection of books by British-Asian authors.
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My Kirklees Library Apprentice Journey July - Ambreen @cr8tivekirklees @KirkleesCouncil @CILIPinfo @kirkleesapphub @Apprenticeships #apprenticeships #librarian #library #Reading #Creative #Apprentice
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Absolutely fantastic and so well deserved!
Kirklees Libraries (@KirkleesLibrary) profile pictureKirklees Libraries@KirkleesLibrary28 Jul 2021
We're so proud of our librarian Jude for being shortlisted for this prestigious award!
One of my sketches ('Big Mother Is Watching You') will be featured on BBC Radio Manchester this eve, 7.10 pm. Do join us! @BBCUpload
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If you missed our first live Oldham @MACFESTUK video event, don't worry! It is available on VOD, here: facebook.com/211261082854473… Enjoy an interesting talk between @chrislongden and @shamim1 about #RobertReschid and hidden figures in history. #SpreadHoneyNotHate #OldhamMACFEST
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