#Wortley
I spoke to a young man from Wortley whose life was turned round by Mansoor's urban regeneration programme. Real change for real people. #lufc
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham: “I'd be really concerned to lose Manchester City's owners. They’ve been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester, and obviously in building Manchester City into the global force that it is.”
October 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
A Farnley & Wortley councillor has announced he will be stepping down from the role next May.
Full story ⤵️
westleedsdispatch.com/farnley-wort...
Farnley & Wortley councillor to stand down in May - West Leeds Dispatch
By John Baron Labour’s Adrian McCluskey has announced he will be standing down as a Farnley & Wortley ward councillor at next May’s local election. Councillor McCluskey, who was elected […]
westleedsdispatch.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“Do I think anything has changed? No. If anything I think we should be concerned that some of the social indicators of crime and crime causation are actually becoming worse over the last 30 years,” Scot Wortley (@utoronto.ca) tells @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social.
ANALYSIS: Has Toronto learned anything about gun violence? | TVO Today
Why one researcher says that, 30 years since the summer of the gun, nothing has really changed.
www.tvo.org
September 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Roadworks report for #Barnsley, Sat 26 Sep, 2026:

CLOSED: Barugh Lane, Clayton Lane, Hawkins Avenue, Thompson Hill, Wortley Road, Bretton Road, Colewell Close, Crane Moor Road, Greenfield Cottages, Hallgate, Kexbrough Drive, Lytham Avenue

+79 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/barnsley/
September 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Roadworks report for #Barnsley, Fri 25 Sep, 2026:

CLOSED: Barugh Lane, Thompson Hill, Wortley Road, Colewell Close, Crane Moor Road, Greenfield Cottages, Hallgate, Kexbrough Drive, Lytham Avenue, Moorbridge Crescent, Park Avenue, South Road

+81 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/barnsley/
September 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Roadworks report for #Barnsley, Thu 24 Sep, 2026:

CLOSED: Barugh Lane, Thompson Hill, Wortley Road, Colewell Close, Crane Moor Road, Hallgate, Kexbrough Drive, Moorbridge Crescent, Park Avenue, South Road, Sparkfields, Winter Terrace

+76 more: https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/barnsley/
September 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Mr Wortley being as forceful & pellucid as usual in in his championing of the teaching of legislative interpretation.
New blog entry by @scottwortley.bsky.social (@uoelawschool.bsky.social) on 'In Support of Teaching Legislation and Legislative Interpretation as a Discrete Subject' blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/...
September 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
September 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Kudos to the organizers of the first Irish Fest on the Green in Wortley Village! Bilingual signs, 4 music stages, re-enactors, wolfhounds. And more red heads than you've ever seen in one place. #LdnOnt
September 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Excited to participate in the opening of London, Ontario's inaugural (unbelievably so) IRISH FEST. A chat and a reading of new work by our own Emma Donoghue, followed by music from Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps. Lots more music and fun on Saturday in Wortley Village if you're nearby! #LdnOnt
September 19, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The Tourist’s Guide to Thomas Jefferson
written by: Wortley Clutterbuck
 

Thomas Jefferson was quite
the gentleman, if hist’ry’s right;
he was among the best of guys —
now, who am I to criticize?

He’s rather rich, with fancy #Fiction #Poetry #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Literature
The Tourist’s Guide to Thomas Jefferson
spillwords.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:20 AM
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿️ Oxspring, West Riding of Yorkshire 💮

📌️ 53° 30′ 53″ N, 1° 35′ 42″ W
September 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Buy from the Society's online shop and support our work campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian architecture. www.victoriansociety.org.uk/shop/publica...

Chelsea Lodge (demolished), the double house and studio in Chelsea, for Archibald Stuart-Wortley and the caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini (‘Ape’).
September 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
... smallpox inoculation was still unfamiliar to European societies on both sides of the Atlantic.
It was only in the 1720s that Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who had been exposed to the same “folk practice” in the Ottoman Empire, began to promote the measure for the first time in England.
By both ...
September 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
September 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
#SupergirlSunday

I have a new personal favorite Supergirl Story!

It's from the Anthology SUPERGIRL: THE WORLD, full of short stories by Global Creative Teams.

Here's highlights from "TOUCH GROUND", set in Argentina:

Art by Rocio Zucchi, Words by Tomás Wortley, Letters by Camila Jorge

#ComicSky
September 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
🤝 Saturday began with my weekly surgery, this time at St John’s Church in Wortley. Thanks to everyone that came, and massive well done to my new caseworker Rob for completing his first in-person surgery.
September 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
September 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Mary Wortley Montagu would have crazy takes on The Amazing Digital Circus
September 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
>entirely misses the point of the poem
>assumes depicting a character doing something = endorsement
>labels it misognynist based on their knee jerk reaction
>writes a clearly seething rant about his dick not working in repsonse

the first twitter user? allpoetry.com/The-Reasons-...
The Reasons That Induced Dr Swift To Write A Poem Call'd The Lady's Dressing Room by Mary Wortley Montagu
Read the full text of Mary Wortley Montagu's classic poem "The Reasons That Induced Dr Swift To Write A Poem Call'd The Lady's Dressing Room." Explore poetic themes, analysis, and share your own criti...
allpoetry.com
September 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
📣 September Surgeries 📣

There’s still a couple of appointments left for my surgery at St John’s Church in Wortley this weekend.

If you’d like to book in or have any questions, please email my office:
📧 mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
September 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Smallpox was eradicated in 1980, but its immunisation story began centuries earlier.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was a remarkable pioneer of smallpox inoculation, whose contribution deserves to be remembered.

My article for The Conversation - theconversation.com/lady-mary-wo...
September 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Observations from the Edge of the Abyss by Peter Johnson
Purge by Luke Wortley
Return to the City of White Donkeys by James Tate
Makers of Empty Dreams by Ian Seed
re: f (gesture) by Percival Everett
Chickenhead by Richard Garcia
The Parachutist by @josehernandezdz.bsky.social
September 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM