Sarah Collins

"Greater Manchester has become more functional in a period when the country has become more dysfunctional"

"Manchesterism is the polar opposite of Westminsterism", says Andy Burnham at Centre for Cities event

Deeply worrying that a government minister is calling making an application for asylum "abuse". One of the most nonsensical uses of the word "abuse" I have encountered in a crowded field

Mindful life: Mad about the coat One piece of clothing can change your whole mental state

My latest column is about how a particularly good coat can change your life

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@shuhbillskee.bsky.social Hi Andrew! Could you possibly follow me back so I can DM you with an enquiry related to a project I'm working on? Thanks so much

Clerical life: Only God and my dogs truly know me Cats understand their people just as much as they need to, but dogs really see us

My new column's out. I wrote it somewhere between the shock at losing Cinnamon just before Christmas, and giving Stig all the love for as long as he's here with me.
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Perfectly normal day for Harry and Meghan who I am absolutely sure are not dancing around their house to Taylor Swift's Karma

It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.

At the time I spoke to them they were worried, but didn't provide any evidence of it happening. But it's clear that the massive safeguarding risks of the scheme have not been properly considered

UK and France asylum deal could violate human rights laws, warns UN Experts identify potentially serious breaches over treatment of people and call for ‘one in, one out’ scheme to end

People I spoke to from NGOs were concerned that the "one-in-one-out" scheme might directly incentivise the trafficking of women and children, as only single men can be detained and deported, which could encourage smugglers to create false family compositions.

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Not a single UK politician at the moment has an ounce of this man's charm. Bring back charisma! Especially on the left!

Thirty deaths in small boat crossing avoidable, inquiry finds Inquiry chair Sir Ross Cranston said

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A year ago I rather foolishly posted this about what a miserable January we had all had. Little did I know then that January 2025 was positively utopian in comparison to absolute bin-fire that January 2026 has been

Masked government agents arresting journalists is not a sign things are improving.

Spain: Mass regularization of migrants set to start The Spanish government is about to kick off a mass regularization of more than 500,000 irregular migrants. The Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree on Tuesday creating a fast-track path to leg...

Really interesting to see a total counterweight to the rest of Europe's migration crackdown—Spain proposing to regularise the status of 50,000 undocumented people

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Mindful life: My emotional geography has collapsed After a year of travel and adventure, I am searching for home wherever I go

Emotional geography and finding "pockets of home" in various places.
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Spoiler: it is not a very enjoyable experience!

Mindful life: My emotional geography has collapsed After a year of travel and adventure, I am searching for home wherever I go

My latest column is about what happens when you finish a year of travel and adventure to return to a very rainy South London in January
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Two Bare Feet Weatherproof Changing Robe with Changing Mat (Sea Green/Cream) {{block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" block_id="weatherproof_robe_short_description_2024"}}

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It's a knock-off green dryrobe type thing with white fleece inside. It's the best thing that's ever happened to me

I am currently enjoying the thrill of owning such a great new coat that it is actually sparking conversation with strangers, like having a dog or baby. Three women have enquired about my coat in public in the last 48 hours and googled it on the spot. Not sure I'll ever feel joy like this again

London’s murder rate drops to lowest in more than a decade Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world

An absolute nightmare for the 'London has fallen' brigade

"What will I do when they start murdering civilians & blatantly lying about it?"
I think a lot of people will, somewhere deep inside, be surprised to discover their actual answer to this question. Mostly 'free speech' campaigners, terminally online 'classical liberals' & self-styled 'libertarians'.

The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.

will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other

Why I should never have used ChatGPT as an OCD therapist I fear for people relying on AI for mental health advice

I fear for people relying on AI for mental health advice, writes @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social.

Such brilliant news about Britain rejoining Erasmus! So many young people have missed out on what is a genuinely life enhancing experience

Why I should never have used ChatGPT as an OCD therapist I fear for people relying on AI for mental health advice

It was unwise to seek mental health advice from a platform that isn’t regulated to provide it—and is incentivised to keep users online, writes @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social.