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Muriel Spark, beginning a letter in style.
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Andrew Crowther
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Unprofessional writer, author of "Down to Earth" published by Stairwell Books and also "Stupid Stories for Tough Times" published by Renard Press, Secretary of the W S Gilbert Society, brunch liberal, and twit Bradford, Yorkshire
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I know a lot of people who knew Jimmy Cricket, and they all say he was as lovely as you'd imagine and hope.
waltydunlopI once sat in a pub beer garden during festival time in Edinburgh, and the time I was there coincided with the audience from a Jimmy Cricket show spilling out and into the pub grounds. I swear, you never saw such a silly, delighted, just downright *happy* bunch of people. Not a bad old epitaph.
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RIP Jimmy Cricket. A life well spent, pouring daftness and joy into the world.
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Remember to be kind to yourself today. You can be evil to yourself tomorrow. On Wednesday you should be kind to ducks. On Thursday the ducks will be evil to you, so watch out for that
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"That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life." - Kate Bush Happy Birthday to the truly original and influential Grammy-nominated English singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and record producer, who was #BOTD on 7/30/1958.
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Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
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Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illness
Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illnessFilm-maker’s drama Tender Loving Care ‘likely’ his final one as he manages myositis, a disease affecting immune system
Film-maker Mike Leigh has said his next film is likely to be his last.
According to Indiewire, the Oscar-nominated writer-director was speaking at a recent Golden Globes-hosted roundtable in London about his next film Tender Loving Care, a drama set to premiere during this fall festival season. Continue reading...www.theguardian.com
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Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illness. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illnessFilm-maker’s drama Tender Loving Care ‘likely’ his final one as he manages myositis, a disease affecting immune systemwww.theguardian.com
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I've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10
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Tamara Łempicka, Polish-American (1894-1980), Her Sadness, 1923, oil on canvas, 116 x 73 cm, private collection
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Monday: The Workman's Curse Tuesday: The Day of Bastards Wednesday: Heavy is the Burden of Sisyphus Thursday: The Second Day of Bastards Friday: Business in the Front, Party in the Back Saturday: Me Old Ham, My Good Time Charlie Sunday: Fairweather Friend
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Good morning Bluesky. Leaving this here for anyone currently reading reviews....
Andrew CrowtherOriginally written by Sarah Harrison and published in the magazine “Slightly Foxed” in Autumn 2010…
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One of the most pleasurable parts of being a media scholar of any sort (literature, art, music, theater, film etc) working on reception is reading the BLISTERING critiques that even the most canonical works provoked when they came out.
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Here's a cartoon from @privateeyenews.bsky.social #doctorandpatient #medicaldiagnosis
