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Alex Johnson
@shedworking.bsky.social
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Writer of non-fiction books. Latest: My Year of Reading Welshly. Next: When Books Go Bad, out October. Online editor at Fine Books magazine, columnist at the Idler. Coined term "shedworking". Half-decent snooker player. https://thewritinghut.substack.com/
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 9h
Looking smashing.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 13h
Good to see my recent book 'My Year of Reading Welshly' having a decent showing at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 14h
It’s Frankfurt Book Fair set up day! Look at all the lovely books from @uniwalespress.bsky.social and @calonbooks.bsky.social 📚 🤩
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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 14h
It’s Frankfurt Book Fair set up day! Look at all the lovely books from @uniwalespress.bsky.social and @calonbooks.bsky.social 📚 🤩
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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 14h
Brock Brothers Original Illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels to Auction
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Brock Brothers Original Illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels to Auction
A selection of original drawings by the Brock Brothers of scenes from Jane Austen's novels is running in Christie's' Fine Books and Manuscripts sale which ends October 16.The suite of 28 drawings are ...
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 16h
I'd like to see a couple of double page spreads of adverts every 20 pages or so too.
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Sal Cap0ne @salimotxo.bsky.social · 16h
Chapters should start with a little recap like telly
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 20h
Other work by the Ladybird artists
Autumn Scene
(Magazine cover, 1953)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
This was the cover illustration for the weekly magazine John Bull. It looks down on a wooded incline where two working horses help clear a glade after felling.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
Much better!
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
If she thinks vintage tech is cool, surely you should get her a gramophone and some vinyl?
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
Had a dream last night that today's Wordle was going to be CLAIM so very disappointed to discover that I am not a nocturnal seer.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
Equally bold, eerie, and cosmic I feel. Let's go.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
"author's" - it's only me here, scribbling away in my garret.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
Authors' copies of my latest book When Books Go Bad (published by the fine @blpublishing.bsky.social British Library folks) have arrived. Officially out later this week but I daresay already in a fine bookshop near you.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 2d
About a dozen foreign editions, all the usual suspects plus Bulgarian and Norse.
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Paul Frightlaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 3d
Farewell, Diane Keaton. She was wonderful.

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Annie Hall (11/12) Movie CLIP - Seems Like Old Times (1977) HD
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 3d
If you’ve never watched Annie Hall, you’ve got a treat ahead of you.
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St Albans City FC @stalbanscityfc.com · 3d
⏱️ FULL TIME

🏆 The referee brings an end to the game which ends a goal a piece. See you on Tuesday for another huge battle Saints fans!

⚽ Today's goalscorer: Leo Sery

#SACFC 😇
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 3d
There’s so much in that photo in addition to the faux spats
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 4d
Tickets booked! Looking forward to the nibbles afterwards.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 4d
I think this is the best example I've seen yet of how people who aren't, for a better word, 'creatives' completely misunderstand the potential use of AI.
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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 4d
Absolutely remarkable stat. If you don't play snooker, this is a bit like Liverpool beating Manchester City 20-0 with City only touching the ball at kick-offs. h/t @greenidris.bsky.social
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Totally Snookered - Snooker news and fan community @totallysnookered.bsky.social · 4d
Shaun Murphy conjures up a staggering session as he outscores Kyren Wilson by 533 points to 6 in a 5-0 whitewash of the reigning Xi'an Grand Prix champ.

Murphy made breaks of 74, 141, 133, 84 & 84, whilst Wilson didn't pot a single ball - his 6 points was from a foul by Murphy!

#WeLoveSnooker
Shaun Murphy plays a shot on a snooker table.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 4d
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
October (Shell Guide, 1957)
Artist: SR Badmin
Finally detailed mixed media illustration looking down into a mature glade of autumn trees. In the foreground the picture is framed by leaves and fruit of the same trees.
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Daniel Jenkins @greenidris.bsky.social · 5d
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Spem in alium, 18th Oct, 2025, 5pm - St Albans Chamber Choir
The Bass and beyondThis concert will split the choir into 40 parts and showcase the bass line as the fundamental anchor to the harmony. Thomas Tallis’s Spem in alium was written around 450 years ago f...
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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 6d
This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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