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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 2d

Watching the Two Ronnies and that bloke who's in charge of Argentina has turned up.

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 1d

Showing my age by not using the lavatory until the train has left the station 🚂

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 1d

The Empire of Sleep at Musée Marmottan.

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 1d

Métro seating on Line 10.

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 2d

Claude Monet, his painter’s palette, specs, and me.

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 2d

Kirill Serebrennikov’s Hamlet/Fantômes at the Théâtre de Châtelet is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Won’t forget that in a hurry. Mesmeric.

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 2d

Four from Paris.

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 3d

And then we bumped into a pro-Frexit on the Boulevard Saint Michel. Quoi qu’il en soit. 🤷🏼

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 3d

🇫🇷 “La France est sauvée!” says Ali Akbar with a big grin on his face and he sells me a copy of today’s edition of Le Monde. Mr Akbar has been hawking newspapers in the Quartier Latin for more than 50 years and he’s set to receive France’s highest honour.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 3d

There are four house martins feeding above my head. They’re six inches long and are about to travel 6,000 miles. That’s about 63 million times their body length. The lunatics.

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Hell Iween @derbren.bsky.social · 3d

the legend says that if you appoint Lecornu three times, you can summon a functioning government

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 3d

It’s déjà-vu all over again.

Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/m...

Renato Casaro, ‘Michelangelo of Movie Posters,’ Dies at 89

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 3d

A story that could’ve found its way into The Life of Brian.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3d

if only he'd renamed it the DEPARTMENT OF PEACE

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 4d

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes · Story: ‘There Goes Valzer’

My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I...

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 4d

Do I win a prize if I’ve known men with names of 2,4,6, and 10?

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 5d

From the archive, 3 years ago: #Top10 Extinct Boys’ Names independent.co.uk/voices/top-1...

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 5d

londonist.com/london/books...

The Greatest Buildings Of Battersea And Clapham

50 of the greatest buildings in Battersea and Clapham.

londonist.com

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 5d

@rufustsuperfly.bsky.social Yeah, but Superman’s apples 🍎

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 5d

Mr Dumbstruck has got another season. #GrandDesigns

Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 5d

Japanese anemone!

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 5d

(PS I see Patisserie Valerie has now shut up shop)

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 5d

Andy’s started out on the market square and moved to the Grafton Centre. Garon Records was on King Street, selling jazz for the most part. Those were the days!

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Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social · 5d

You’re right! I’d quite forgotten there was a record shop there. Do you remember Andy’s on the Market Square. Ever use Garon Records?

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