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“Too introspective.” “Too dark.” “Too indie.” That’s what they said about Kylie’s Impossible Princess. This week’s Cultural Cwtch dives into the misunderstood album that still deserves your ears. Drops Thursday at 6PM. #Linkinbio

Wearing my other hat here, as also passionate about music as a tool for communication. Seeing sessions like this reminds me why storytelling—whether through words or sounds—is so powerful. 🎶 #WritingWithPurpose #CommunicationIsKey

There are literally millions of books on Amazon …and mine’s currently in the top 100k Earth-shattering? Hardly...but 📘 #32 in Historical Oceania Biographies 🎶 #498 in Popular Music 🏙️ #1,044 in Social & Urban Not bad for Mum of 4, juggling writing AND running a business

“As I look back at my life, As I move on through the years. Every time I reminisce, One thing rings loud and clear. “A friend like you, A friend like you, You simplify me, You stand beside me. A friend like you, A friend like you, You mystify me, You lullaby me.” RIP, Brian.

New Lesbian Stages post is live! This one explores playwriting as protest — how lesbian playwrights have used theatre to resist, rebel & rewrite the narrative. 🎭✊ 📖 Read: open.substack.com/pub/clarysaddl… New to my Substack? Subscribe for instalments 1–4 too. #QueerTheatre #Lesbian

Creativity while running on caffeine, 4am EDM, baby twins & a 7yo convinced Man City United is real is...bold. No, I’m not writing a baby book. No, a VR-driven wheelchair ballet won’t get funded. Yes, I did do the splits on a toy car. Still turning up. Just limping #writerlife

New post: Thoughts of an Optimistic Pessimist Our 16-month-old is bright, loving… and suddenly doing things that worry us. Possible Glut1 Deficiency. Now we wait. This is our in-between. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/clarysaddl…

Dolly Parton AND Lady Gaga?? Great taste!

It was lovely chatting about Brian Wilson and his unbelievable legacy. Looking forward to editing in the music clips for this one.

📖 Kylie Minogue: Album by Album – Stick or Twist is out now from White Owl Books! 💃🪩🎤

Reboots I will defend forever: ✅ BTTF: The Musical ✅ Cobra Kai ❌ Ghostbusters 2016 ❌ Quantum Leap reboot (sorry) New Clary’s Cultural Cwtch is live! 🕰️ clarysaddler.substack.com/p/clarys-cultu…

New blog for Pen & Sword Books! Wrote about Kylie Minogue’s Tension tour, fan reactions to Stick or Twist, and the magic of a disco-fuelled cwtch 💫 Plus sneaky peaks at my next projects… 👀 🧵 Read here: pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/cultural-… #KylieMinogue #TensionTour #StickOrTwist #BookBlog

#InTheSpotlight 📖 Kylie Minogue: Album by Album – Stick or Twist by clarywrites (Cwtch) ✨ ❓ What's your favourite Kylie song? 💃 🛒 buff.ly/akqOFya

New #CulturalCwtch: Four Flames and a Match 🔥 Poetry that shaped me — Maya Angelou, Blake, Patrick Jones, Elizabeth Clare — and one from my own 25-year-old vault (yes, it’s in Comic Sans). Let’s talk about the poems that lit you up. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/clarysaddl… #poetry #Substack

#OnTheBlog 💬 New on the P&S blog... Cultural Cwtches, Kylie & the Tension Tour: A Summer Love Letter: Author guest post from clarywrites (Cwtch) 🪩 🎤 💻 Read it here 👉 buff.ly/nyTQ0ZC

#OnTheBlog 💬 New on the P&S blog: ✨ Cultural Cwtches, Kylie & the Tension Tour: A Summer Love Letter – a post by @whiteowlbooks author clarywrites (Cwtch) 🪩💃✨ 🔗 buff.ly/nyTQ0ZC

🎧 New @MouthOffPod episode! Sense Memory: Knee Deep in Rainbows 🌈 A Pride Month special diving into my 1st funded project: 150+ students, 5 schools, 1 anthem screened at Cardiff Pride 💥 🎶 Memory, music, monologues & a bit of Cwtch 🔗 podbean.com/ew/pb-w2rs2-18… #PrideMonth #Wales

This week’s #CulturalCwtch is about the children’s book I wrote during lockdown… and couldn’t quite finish. Grief, galaxies, stardust, and stalled creativity. The one in my proverbial freezer. 🌌✨ 🟣 open.substack.com/pub/clarysaddl… #WritingThroughGrief #NeurodiverseParenting #Substack

Last Thursday’s Cultural Cwtch is one for the prom kids, and the anti-prom playlist crowd. 🎓👑 Buffy banter, Manics lyrics, cultural mimicry & the growing influence of the USA on our awkward British youth rites. New Cwtch drops tomorrow. Catch up here: tinyurl.com/PromCwtch