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One of the greatest to ever do it.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One of the greatest to ever do it.
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Increasingly sure this whole fiasco is in fact a long-running postmodern art/immersive theatre project designed to give us all something to laugh at in these difficult times. Perhaps put on by the Judean Popular Front's theatre collective.
Huge cheers as a speaker at Your Party conference shouts "no witch hunts, no expulsions" on stage and calls for all members of other socialist/communist groups to be allowed into the party (many have been booted out in recent weeks)
Many are astounded Corbyn's allies have expelled many Trotskyists.
Many are astounded Corbyn's allies have expelled many Trotskyists.
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Increasingly sure this whole fiasco is in fact a long-running postmodern art/immersive theatre project designed to give us all something to laugh at in these difficult times. Perhaps put on by the Judean Popular Front's theatre collective.
”I’m so sorry you got ambushed by British beer. You were an alarming shade of green. What I did: 1. We put you in the front seat. 2. And advised you to look at the horizon. 3. And stay hydrated.
”I fed you some pills from the little pharmacy I carry around. Mums do that, and the habit has stuck.“
”I fed you some pills from the little pharmacy I carry around. Mums do that, and the habit has stuck.“
‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more
Democracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary author
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
”I’m so sorry you got ambushed by British beer. You were an alarming shade of green. What I did: 1. We put you in the front seat. 2. And advised you to look at the horizon. 3. And stay hydrated.
”I fed you some pills from the little pharmacy I carry around. Mums do that, and the habit has stuck.“
”I fed you some pills from the little pharmacy I carry around. Mums do that, and the habit has stuck.“
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The only explanation for Zarah Sultana is that she has studied the history of socialist parties, written down every mistake they have ever made, and turned that into a to-do list
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The only explanation for Zarah Sultana is that she has studied the history of socialist parties, written down every mistake they have ever made, and turned that into a to-do list
Clicked on a link in a post by an author I follow and ended up here. Good grief. Hit me up if you're a writer, publisher, or "creative" and would like a website.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Clicked on a link in a post by an author I follow and ended up here. Good grief. Hit me up if you're a writer, publisher, or "creative" and would like a website.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
#NowPlaying www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
You put the boom-boom into my heart / You send my soul sky-high when your lovin' starts / Jitterbug into my brain (yeah yeah) / Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
👌
You put the boom-boom into my heart / You send my soul sky-high when your lovin' starts / Jitterbug into my brain (yeah yeah) / Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
👌
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#NowPlaying www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
You put the boom-boom into my heart / You send my soul sky-high when your lovin' starts / Jitterbug into my brain (yeah yeah) / Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
👌
You put the boom-boom into my heart / You send my soul sky-high when your lovin' starts / Jitterbug into my brain (yeah yeah) / Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
👌
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don’t cheapen your slides! there *are* places to get free, human-created, rich, visual content on this bitch of an internet, some on this list: livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
don’t cheapen your slides! there *are* places to get free, human-created, rich, visual content on this bitch of an internet, some on this list: livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...
“... ought he confine his activities to writing comparatively unremunerative verse, etc at a time when even the most successful find it difficult to make a living by literature?”
“Comparatively unremunerative verse”. Poor Dylan.
“Comparatively unremunerative verse”. Poor Dylan.
From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers
Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show aut...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“... ought he confine his activities to writing comparatively unremunerative verse, etc at a time when even the most successful find it difficult to make a living by literature?”
“Comparatively unremunerative verse”. Poor Dylan.
“Comparatively unremunerative verse”. Poor Dylan.
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The cast of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Oregon State Hospital, Salem — Mary Ellen Mark, 1974
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The cast of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Oregon State Hospital, Salem — Mary Ellen Mark, 1974
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I know it may be hard to find something to be thankful for this year, but remember, there are always cats.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I know it may be hard to find something to be thankful for this year, but remember, there are always cats.
Ordered a whiteboard to put on my bedside table, in front of the books, to protect them from sunlight - and to protect me from forgetting everything.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ordered a whiteboard to put on my bedside table, in front of the books, to protect them from sunlight - and to protect me from forgetting everything.
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The latest budget was actually political genius because it has reminded me of how much I hate so many people in the British political establishment even more than I hate Starmer's Labour.
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The latest budget was actually political genius because it has reminded me of how much I hate so many people in the British political establishment even more than I hate Starmer's Labour.
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Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
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Well, that ramped up quickly. #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Well, that ramped up quickly. #Thanksgiving
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we reported after Rayner's departure that employment rights bill would be watered down, and ministers denied it over and over again:
here is the first new major compromise:
www.ft.com/content/3391...
here is the first new major compromise:
www.ft.com/content/3391...
Labour retreats on ‘day one’ rights for workers
Government has softened its package of measures to boost employment rights
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
we reported after Rayner's departure that employment rights bill would be watered down, and ministers denied it over and over again:
here is the first new major compromise:
www.ft.com/content/3391...
here is the first new major compromise:
www.ft.com/content/3391...
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What is the ‘labour’ party?
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What is the ‘labour’ party?
One sec... just looking up what Thanksgiving actually is, again. It will always be Planes, Trains and Automobiles to me, like a bonus Christmas.
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
One sec... just looking up what Thanksgiving actually is, again. It will always be Planes, Trains and Automobiles to me, like a bonus Christmas.
Birthday book. I just know I'm going to enjoy this, probably love it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Birthday book. I just know I'm going to enjoy this, probably love it.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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Our annual reminder, as we slide into the festive season, is that small businesses are run by humans & have feelings to match.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Our annual reminder, as we slide into the festive season, is that small businesses are run by humans & have feelings to match.
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I find it horrifying how many people support the two-child benefit cap, knowing that it forces children to live in poverty. Sometimes the voters are morally dreadful and you need to ignore them
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I find it horrifying how many people support the two-child benefit cap, knowing that it forces children to live in poverty. Sometimes the voters are morally dreadful and you need to ignore them