There Must And Shall Be Aspirin
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There’s more to life than books you know…
Memorial Device ANT
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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“Pay attention to the moments of contradiction & uncertainty threaded through character dialogue & self-reflection…Watch his tone. Watch his humour. For me, that’s where the sharpest lessons are”
@dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social on Iain Banks for @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
@dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social on Iain Banks for @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading the late Iain M. Banks’s Culture novel The Player of Games. Fellow science fiction author Bethany Jacobs reveals how his work inspired her
www.newscientist.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Pay attention to the moments of contradiction & uncertainty threaded through character dialogue & self-reflection…Watch his tone. Watch his humour. For me, that’s where the sharpest lessons are”
@dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social on Iain Banks for @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
@dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social on Iain Banks for @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Just finished The Secret History read by Donna Tartt. Hadn’t re-read since buying it in paperback at Waterstones Deansgate when it came out. Loved it then.
My goodness it’s still great. And Donna Tartt reads it so brilliantly. You’d think she was a professional actor.
(See also True Grit.)
My goodness it’s still great. And Donna Tartt reads it so brilliantly. You’d think she was a professional actor.
(See also True Grit.)
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Just finished The Secret History read by Donna Tartt. Hadn’t re-read since buying it in paperback at Waterstones Deansgate when it came out. Loved it then.
My goodness it’s still great. And Donna Tartt reads it so brilliantly. You’d think she was a professional actor.
(See also True Grit.)
My goodness it’s still great. And Donna Tartt reads it so brilliantly. You’d think she was a professional actor.
(See also True Grit.)
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Today was a good day, albeit a touch nippy. Off Skervoy, Arctic Norway. It’ll take me a while to process this one.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today was a good day, albeit a touch nippy. Off Skervoy, Arctic Norway. It’ll take me a while to process this one.
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For anyone who now has an extra hour this afternoon and would like to read about the pre-‘disastrous budget leak’ career of Hugh Dalton: www.penguin.co.uk/books/452994...
Believable Lies
The true story of the the misfits and mavericks who waged psychological warfare against the Nazis
September, 1939. While Britain hovered on the brink of the Second World War, a team of unlikely and i...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
For anyone who now has an extra hour this afternoon and would like to read about the pre-‘disastrous budget leak’ career of Hugh Dalton: www.penguin.co.uk/books/452994...
I was today years old when I realised that this is “Penry” the mild-mannered janitor.
Shocked.
And now questioning everything.
Shocked.
And now questioning everything.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I was today years old when I realised that this is “Penry” the mild-mannered janitor.
Shocked.
And now questioning everything.
Shocked.
And now questioning everything.
Love it when the kids are home from university. ❤️❤️
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Love it when the kids are home from university. ❤️❤️
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Fortnum & Mason looking canny
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Fortnum & Mason looking canny
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Please enjoy this smashing Pub Dog
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Please enjoy this smashing Pub Dog
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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They can’t have got far.
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
They can’t have got far.
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They’ll have left a trail to follow
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
They’ll have left a trail to follow
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When I’m feeling miserable I lean into miserable music, which I find strangely cheering.
#NowPlaying open.spotify.com/track/21F3fM...
Lesser known track. With which I’m currently obsessed.
#NowPlaying open.spotify.com/track/21F3fM...
Lesser known track. With which I’m currently obsessed.
Homesick - Remastered
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
When I’m feeling miserable I lean into miserable music, which I find strangely cheering.
#NowPlaying open.spotify.com/track/21F3fM...
Lesser known track. With which I’m currently obsessed.
#NowPlaying open.spotify.com/track/21F3fM...
Lesser known track. With which I’m currently obsessed.
Re-reading - DeLillo hits some kind of high pitch of perfection in the first fifty pages of this.
But he could write about anything.
Look at how deep he goes in this description of the day you go to the supermarket and they’ve re-arranged the shelves.
But he could write about anything.
Look at how deep he goes in this description of the day you go to the supermarket and they’ve re-arranged the shelves.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Re-reading - DeLillo hits some kind of high pitch of perfection in the first fifty pages of this.
But he could write about anything.
Look at how deep he goes in this description of the day you go to the supermarket and they’ve re-arranged the shelves.
But he could write about anything.
Look at how deep he goes in this description of the day you go to the supermarket and they’ve re-arranged the shelves.
Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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'Oh, an arrow, sooo original.' You had to hand it to St Agnetha, she remained an eighteen carat bitch right to the very end.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'Oh, an arrow, sooo original.' You had to hand it to St Agnetha, she remained an eighteen carat bitch right to the very end.
Mark Lamarr once said on his radio programme with Jo Brand that he’d just realised that at 36 (ish) he had probably eaten half the bananas he would eat in his lifetime. Often think about this. Especially as I am now in my 50s. I really better get around to reading The Brothers Karamazov.
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mark Lamarr once said on his radio programme with Jo Brand that he’d just realised that at 36 (ish) he had probably eaten half the bananas he would eat in his lifetime. Often think about this. Especially as I am now in my 50s. I really better get around to reading The Brothers Karamazov.
#NowPlaying
I love David Sylvian. And I love this song.
That’s it - that’s the take.
open.spotify.com/track/2br8SX...
I love David Sylvian. And I love this song.
That’s it - that’s the take.
open.spotify.com/track/2br8SX...
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning To The Womb - Remix
open.spotify.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I love David Sylvian. And I love this song.
That’s it - that’s the take.
open.spotify.com/track/2br8SX...
I love David Sylvian. And I love this song.
That’s it - that’s the take.
open.spotify.com/track/2br8SX...
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Going to the bookshop annual party this week, and they’ve asked everyone to come as book cover or in a costume inspired by a book. I’m not really a dress up person, so I’m going lowkey with a prop to make a favourite book cover. Can you guess what it is?
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Going to the bookshop annual party this week, and they’ve asked everyone to come as book cover or in a costume inspired by a book. I’m not really a dress up person, so I’m going lowkey with a prop to make a favourite book cover. Can you guess what it is?
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Those who know me IRL probably know that I'm bit obsessed with this bit of the moor where the vast forestry plantation of Fernworthy rubs up against Dartmoor proper.
It's a weird place of often unsettling contrasts, but that perimeter wall is also a reassuring handrail when the weather turns sour.
It's a weird place of often unsettling contrasts, but that perimeter wall is also a reassuring handrail when the weather turns sour.
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Those who know me IRL probably know that I'm bit obsessed with this bit of the moor where the vast forestry plantation of Fernworthy rubs up against Dartmoor proper.
It's a weird place of often unsettling contrasts, but that perimeter wall is also a reassuring handrail when the weather turns sour.
It's a weird place of often unsettling contrasts, but that perimeter wall is also a reassuring handrail when the weather turns sour.
Chapeau! 🤣🤣🤣🙏
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Chapeau! 🤣🤣🤣🙏