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Lorelei King

@loreleiking.bsky.social

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Actress, narrator, writer, loves ancient Greek. Charity ambassador for DementiaUK. 💙 Covid bereaved. Trustee for the National Covid Memorial Wall. ❤️ Immigrant.

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1h

This thread... 😆🏺

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
This is great news. We've hired the classicist Spencer Klavan to teach at New College of Florida. Goodbye gender studies; hello, Greek literature.
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Spencer A. Klavan
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Aug 19, 2024
Truly excited to be teaching an online survey course in Greek literature this fall semester @NewCollegeofFL. Even more excited that it's open to the public. Please join in here! We'll be reading Homer, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and lots more.

https://ncf.edu/youngheretics/
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 18h

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

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 4h

😆😆😆 Thank you for starting my day with a laugh. x

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 20h

Defying gravity... #London

The Regent's Street Christmas lights are up but not lit. The picture is of one of the huge angels that spans the street.

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1d

Not mine. Pinched off t'internet- but agree. So pretty!

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1d

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1d

Well done, Jo - an amazing accomplishment!

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1d

Monday.

A tabby cat lit from underneath, his eyes wide open with a combination of wonder and horror.

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1d

Today was a perfect blue and gold October day, just like 29 years ago.

My boy always did love a spotlight... ♥️

Vince's headstone in Highgate Cemetery. There are pink roses in front of it, and a single pink rose lying on top of it. A strong ray of sunlight coming from left of frame illuminates it like a spotlight.

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1d

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

I was so, so happy. I know you know what that's like. x

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

12 October 1996. ♥️

A photo of my husband and me on our wedding day. I'm laughing and showing a lot of gum, deliriously happy. He is at the edge of the photo, smiling and looking at something offscreen.

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

My love (we were married 29 years ago today) got me an engagement computer. 😍

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

One of those ageless goddesses I thought would live forever... ♥️

Diane Keaton in black trousers, white shirt, and black hat, smiling and in animated pose, standing on two chairs.

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

Very much enjoying the @michaelhogan100.bsky.social #strictly live blog... 💃🕺

Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.social · 2d

The first themed week of #Strictly 2025 is go! You are cordially invited to come and watch along with my snogging-on-the-back-row Movie Week liveblog #scd #StrictlyComeDancing www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Strictly Come Dancing: week three – live

It’s Movie Week! Miss Congeniality, James Bond, K-Pop Demon Hunters and Mary Poppins are some of the films whose music will get the stars dancing – but whose hoofing will flop? And who will strike box...

www.theguardian.com

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

Oh! That is beautiful.

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh! I love this cover. Intriguing.

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 3d

That is hilarious.

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 3d

Love this autumnal display outside a restaurant. London is in my good books these days - she's at her best this time of year. 😍🍎🌹
#London #ColorADay #ColourADay #RedWed #YesIKnowItsFriday

A huge bright red display on the outside of a restaurant made up of enormous apples and tons of fake flowers.

Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 3d

The light is especially gorgeous. 😍

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 4d

Friday.

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 4d

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 4d

Is that real?? Stunning!

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 4d

That look. I laughed out loud.

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