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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 6h

Just had some very good news about the audiobook of this, which is now confirmed and, with a bit of luck, is going to be read by my favourite audiobook narrator in the whole world.

Fingers crossed audio of Villager, 1983 & Notebook will follow soon after, to join existing ones of Yokel/Witch/Hill.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Sep 11

Publication Day for me today. Finally, 6 months after it was originally supposed to be out. What a battle it's been - due to the terrible behaviour of my ex-publishers - to stop this being completely lost.

Emotion of "THANK FUCK" has rarely been more strongly felt.

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My new novel Everything Will Swallow You on an aptly lichen-blotched bench.

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Alison @finger-post.blog · 8d

My favourite Jilly Cooper story is recounted in Graham Hoyland's 2013 book Last Hours on Everest. What a trooper.

"We lay in a tent for three days in a blizzard. After the first morning we had each told our life stories, and we lay there gazing at the roof of the tent, wondering what to do next.

Luckily Mark had brought a copy of Jilly Cooper's Rivals, a breathily written romance, and Brice had a penknife. We carefully cut it up into three parts. Mark, as owner, was allowed to read it in sequence: A, B, then C. Brice got B, C, then A, but I - as the youngest - was lumbered with C, A, then B, and struggled to comprehend both the plot and the characters.

On our return Mark contacted Jilly Cooper and told her the story. She was delighted to have been able to satisfy three large men at once with only one book."

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

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Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

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Chris Washington 🧛‍♂️ @cwashington.bsky.social · 10h

Mr Benn's whole life has been leading to this moment.

Mr Benn, potential Antifa agent.

He is wearing a black suit and bowler hat. He is waving at us.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 11h

‘I was stopped by police while driving my silver Bentley stuffed with cash and I told them I’m a journalist’

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 11h

and then I found the silver Bentley I borrowed from a friend whose name I can’t recall had £13k in used notes in the glove compartment, which was nice.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

Solidarity is the only way

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12h

William the Conqueror killed Harold II at Hastings on this day 1066. Of his Harrying of the North, one writer said: 'So terrible a famine fell upon the humble and defenceless people, that more than 100,000 Christian folk of both sexes, young and old alike, perished of hunger.'

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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 11h

I’m so sorry, sending lots of love to you.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 13h

“There were three of us in this marriage.”

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 15h

I need to know what Bob Hoskins said to Princess Diana in front of Roger Rabbit at the London premiere of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988).

Bob Hoskins meets Princess Diana as a full size Roger Rabbit costumed character stands next to them.

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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 1d

Fuxsake … This nasty little man is not a journalist. How dare he claim that?

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Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'

The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 13h

Someone’s stolen my rabbits!

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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 13h

They could make artisan cheese and put Helen's nose out of joint. #TheArchers

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Simon @ellisuk.com · 1d

Some of us are so old as to remember when it was 01 811 8055 for Swap Shop.

The Film Canary @thefilmcanary.bsky.social · 1d

I can still do the Live & Kicking 081 8111 81 81 song at the drop of a hat!

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

He is far from alone.
Do you know how many people I know, journalists, thinktankers, civil servants, politicians, who always excel at explaining to you why what is currently happening was always bound to happen, from which they conclude that it should happen?

Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 1d

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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 1d

We didn’t have to remember hundreds of stupid passwords so we had more space in our brains.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 1d

You boy!
How can an unemployed far right loudmouth drive a silver Bentley?

Don’t know sir, but he has a helluva lot of dumb friends though!

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 1d

I had the most incredible time at the Women of the Year Lunch Awards celebrating with a room full of diverse inspirational women ❤️

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

COLUMBUS DIDN'T DISCOVER ANYTHING 1,000'S OF NATIVE NATIONS WERE ALREADY HERE

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Bob Hawkins @bobhawkins.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t get to be any more of a silent character than Mulligan. #thearchers

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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps the Maliks will take over the farm. #TheArchers

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 1d

Well #sophiefromromania ran further and faster than she ever has before but she still couldn’t catch a dog called Bibi..

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Louise McLaughlin author artist she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

Two of my favourite authors.

Jodi Taylor @www.joditaylorbooks.com · 1d

Join bestselling authors Jodi Taylor and C. K. McDonnell for a brilliantly entertaining evening at Battersea Bookshop, Battersea Power Station, as they celebrate the publication of their brand-new books — Out of Time and Ring the Bells. youtu.be/ueOFj79pIvo

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 2d

Truth. 😳👇

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College which when he attended was more expensive than Eton

He earns £1.5m a year, 92% of which comes from dodgy donations

His girlfriend pays £885,000 in cash to buy houses but she's a waitress.

He's not a 'working man' he's very rich and corrupt

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