Sophie Cooke

@misssophiecooke

Novelist (The Glass House; Under The Mountain: pub. Random House), Short Story Writer, Poet, Lecturer, Tutor.

Edinburgh
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Joined July 2010
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  1. Feb 18

    “There’s never been a Covid-19 outbreak linked to a beach ever anywhere in the world,” he said. “That’s to the best of my knowledge. So I think we do have to understand where the risks are, so that we can do as much as possible safely without over-comp…”

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    Feb 3

    Looking forward to being part of Conversation #6 ‘A Story for the Future’ on communities, culture & a new vision for land use, with

    To get a flavour of what SEDA’s will be like, here is our new taster video. Join us for one of the biggest events focused on land use in Scotland this year, to discuss new shared ways forward.
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  3. Jan 22

    This really bothers me.

    "Google's influence on the choices and behavior of the totality of individual human beings translates to real power to influence the course of history” Julian Assange
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  4. Jan 22

    Hooray! 😀 CWB + trees... Love this news. ❤️

    Next week my Cabinet will approve a tree planting strategy that will see plant 108,000 trees as part of our commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. More info, including how this links with Community Wealth Building 👇
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    Jan 22

    An exciting opportunity from for Muslim and BME women aged 16-26 to feed back on our campaign w & . If you know a young woman passionate about gender equality encourage them to take part and receive an Amazon voucher! 👇👇👇

    Are you passionate about gender equality? We are looking for Muslim or BME women aged 16-26 years old to participate in a focus group to feed back on young Scot’s new campaign called Thats Not Okay. Receive a £15 Amazon voucher. Thursday 4th Feb. 11am-1pm. Register by emailing info@mwrc.org.uk or calling 0141 212 8420
    Are you passionate about gender equality? Join us and to take part in a focus group to feedback on their ‘Thats Not OK’ campaign! Participants must be Muslim or BME women aged 16-26. You will receive a £15 Amazon voucher for participating!👇
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    Jan 13

    I’m a postie on the frontline at the minute. It’s hard. Please share this video.

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  7. Jan 12

    Delighted to have produced a new poem for this online Land Use conference with SEDA in March. If you live in and care about food, farming, forests, rural life & new approaches to land use, please join.

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  8. Jan 11

    When are we going to have a plan for coming out of this lockdown? The health impact is awful: lower diagnoses for cancer, heart disease; higher suicide, depression; higher drug & alcohol use; higher domestic violence & child abuse. Where's cost/benefit analysis?

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  9. Jan 9

    Finished a new poem about food. It's always struck me how amazing it is that an activity so essential to life should be so pleasurable!

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  10. Jan 8

    On the ice.

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  11. Jan 8

    warning: this is very distressing to watch. Have just learned there is going to be a review into what took place. Deeply worrying situation.

    4:45
    "Protecting public health". stormed into a family home yesterday - on suspicion they had guests around... In fact their seriously ill daughter had just been discharged from hospital. This is disgraceful. Serious questions must be answered - now.
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    Jan 7

    Facebook officially silences the President of the United States. For better or worse, this will be remembered as a turning point in the battle for control over digital speech.

    BREAKING: Facebook blocks Trump from accessing his accounts indefinitely, per Zuckerberg. "We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great."
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  13. Jan 4

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  14. Jan 4

    Great news, of course! But again, there remains the need to urgently reform the UK's Official Secrets Act (to provide a public interest defence).

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    Statement from Rebecca from ⁦⁩ on case
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  15. Jan 4

    WOW. Just can not believe they have decided not to extradite Assange: best decision! :)

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    Jan 4

    Julian Assange will NOT be extradited to America. An excellent ruling by the British judge. Congratulations to all the dogged campaigners on Assange’s behalf.

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    7 Dec 2020

    TODAY: Julian Assange has been detained in the UK for 10 years. Facing extradition to the US for award winning publishing revealing war crimes, corruption, abuse of power & human rights abuses. Here's a graphic look at what happened in 2010:

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  18. 8 Dec 2020

    I love our local kids. Quite right! 🙂

    Today's best tweet! Wisdom from the young. 👍
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    5 Dec 2020

    Here’s my four questions of Scottish democracy - don’t rush to answer, think about them abs consider the best option for the country

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  20. 5 Dec 2020

    Loving this snow poem.

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