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Sian got one of those texts from an unrecognised number purportedly from our oldest son who had lost his phone. But because he is overseas in the wilds she was concerned it could just be true. So she asked him to name his cat. Fair play to the scammer for having a punt:
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Bought this a couple of weeks ago in a cluttered bookshop in County Clare. Really enjoyed it. But the best line in it is in the introduction by Anthony Burgess, saying that this is Ireland’s natural medium - and that even Ulysses is really just an unusually long short story…
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Fabulous pub this afternoon- The Coach and Horses in Danehill, East Sussex even though it looks like it’s the Yorkshire Dales. An object lesson in how to run a modern pub without sacrificing atmosphere. Wonderful
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I’m quite surprised that Dalglish has it in him- he’s 75 now. But fair play to him
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john sturgis retweeted
Marina is a brilliant writer but this really annoys me - written at a desk by someone pontificating on news other reporters gathered. The intimacy of interviewing people about traumatic experiences often leads to friendships -that doesn’t make journalists weird it makes us human
I’ve written about the mega-weirdness of a Mail journalist making Meghan’s dad her “father figure”, and the mega-predictability of police incompetence where grim matters connected to the royal family are concerned
marinahyde.com/p/somehow-the-…
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To Ladywell Cemetery in Brockley trying and failing to find an old family grave
Lovely spot though
Lovely spot though
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Going to try to focus more on cutting flowers than vegetables on the allotment next year
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When we visited Bob Marley’s childhood home and despite warning signs ready rolled joints were repeatedly offered for a small cash donation in a comedy manner
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The London transport system has been an absolute clusterfuck all this week - no Piccadilly at all, critical Central, District and Circle failures. And the icing on the cake has been multiple overground trains cancelled ‘due to lack of drivers’
In half term week - fancy that
In half term week - fancy that
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john sturgis retweeted
@sturgios An old hand once told me: every column must have two stories that are definitely true, two that are probably true but you don't want to check in case they're not and two that are probably not true but you won't get sued
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Funny story in the Telegraph Patrick Stewart obit
But it is pretty much identical to an episode in the Kingsley Amis novel That Uncertain Feeling (and Peter Sellers film Only Two Can Play) involving a theatre fire so I wonder if it’s apocryphal?
But it is pretty much identical to an episode in the Kingsley Amis novel That Uncertain Feeling (and Peter Sellers film Only Two Can Play) involving a theatre fire so I wonder if it’s apocryphal?
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