- Mon, 12:56: RT @SpaJw: An Irish passport holder in the UK has more freedom than a UK passport holder in the UK. That’s quite a thing for the UK governm…
- Mon, 13:22: Blew all my Turkish Airlines air miles on pans. https://t.co/ugZyWMK2TE
- Mon, 13:58: RT @EuropeanUni: Prof Simon Hix will be joining the EUI in September 2021 from @LSEnews. He will take up the position of Stein Rokkan Cha…
- Mon, 14:45: This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace, by Swanee Hunt Interviews with 26 Bosnian women: perceptions of history, actual wartime experience, the chance of reconciliation. Moving and thought-provoking. #nwbooks https://t.co/MBcdl8BgKo https://t.co/8XY1pJRbfd https://t.co/3RkZnwH5JS
- Mon, 15:01: The Great English Pilgrimage, by Christopher Donaldson A somewhat rambling book by an elderly vicar attempting to follow the steps of Augustine from Rome to Canterbury in 597, written in 1995. #nwbooks https://t.co/IIQCRLXgOd https://t.co/hF5onJyLGJ https://t.co/4r3xofeYv9
- Mon, 15:17: Tintin and the Secret of Literature, by Tom McCarthy McCarthy finds all kinds of hidden material in Tintin, including sepulchres, mirrors, castration, and the true and incredible meaning of the Castafiore Emerald. #nwbooks https://t.co/CLWG6E6UAp https://t.co/qeu2qnEuNR https://t.co/P0nqZQsIDi
- Mon, 15:33: Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Never quite got the book (unlike the TV series which was great). #nwbooks https://t.co/l3DIEiSYbf https://t.co/6pxmSekEkR https://t.co/XThx1NczPv
- Mon, 15:49: Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson A story of sibling rivalry, or rather of how the narrator is completely overshadowed by her twin sister. The ending felt a bit rushed, but it’s still beautifully observed. #nwbooks https://t.co/cALd53DjvL https://t.co/ao4ixvwsLx https://t.co/CmRj4sv8Uf
- Mon, 16:05: Reamde, by Neal Stevenson There is one whacking huge unbelievable coincidence fairly early on, but apart from that it is pacy and enjoyable, with even the extensive detail final shoot-out crafted entertainingly. #nwbooks https://t.co/twZ6SoXzTs https://t.co/wclSO4zJB3 https://t.co/tUDMSB7MYf
- Mon, 16:23: There Will Be Time, by Poul Anderson I had read this as a teenager, and was very interested to find out how it stood up on rereading. It remains rather good. #nwbooks https://t.co/o4Y0iXr90y https://t.co/kAAzPx6vrK https://t.co/mK7GL9QR1B
- Mon, 16:39: Eyeless in Gaza, by Aldous Huxley Some fairly brutal commentary about lefties in British politics in the late 1930s, but tells the story in a narrative which is sliced up between decades. Some particularly grim scenes. #nwbooks https://t.co/R2VTlQGbsD https://t.co/79yQrFF28W https://t.co/HTHHzVIlnl
- Mon, 16:55: Bits of Me are Falling Apart, by William Leith Some of the observations were uncomfortably close to home, but in general I felt I’d had a better life than the writer and wasn’t learning much from this. #nwbooks https://t.co/rVjvh0L6W8 https://t.co/w9iEdgbr89 https://t.co/d1VmNDo5Qu
- Mon, 17:11: Dear Old Dead, by Jane Haddam Murder mystery in a New York hospital, in the present day (1994). The murderer must be one of a very few characters, yet neither the police nor detective Demarkian approach it in that way. #nwbooks https://t.co/W9Wd9yhHRf https://t.co/Zx0o8FJf8B https://t.co/NEpVymof52
- Mon, 17:42: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon Two young Jewish cousins in New York during WW2 become big in comics. Told with sympathy and humour, slipping into epic mode at the moments of tragedy. #nwbooks https://t.co/LtviilDwlb https://t.co/i34cWbmkxw https://t.co/l9XS5XS7VM
- Mon, 17:58: Pygmalion and My Fair Lady Shaw describes Higgins as “entirely frank and void of malice that he remains likeable even in his least reasonable moments”, whereas Harrison’s portrayal is not at all likeable at any time. #nwbooks https://t.co/eh0sOHDaHL https://t.co/aUyegyNLbr https://t.co/2lR5fKGRxs
- Mon, 18:20: RT @robtesh: @nwbrux I am loving the zingers in these pull-quotes. This is one of my favourites. 😀
- Mon, 18:28: The 2020 overnights meme: where have I been this year? https://t.co/tHfGEfxDNz
- Mon, 18:40: RT @john_chu: @nwbrux Two interesting facts about the recent B’way revival of MFL (which, perhaps, you already know) 1. She does *not* retu…
- Mon, 20:17: RT @paulwaugh: Full story by @singharj https://t.co/Cedq69Tbjd
- Mon, 20:48: RT @cstross: Disgusted by @guardian running a hit piece advocating censorship of trans views on the internet citing Paul Conrathe approving…
- Mon, 20:55: RT @HannahB4LiviMP: Statement on the suspension of Lord Maginnis for bullying & harassing me, a member of parliamentary security staff and…
- Mon, 21:01: Best #Blakes7 episode of the lot! https://t.co/so7UlR6GYz
- Mon, 21:48: https://t.co/Ee9GMNMzxX
- Tue, 09:30: Whoniversaries 8 December: Jennie Linden, Nightmare of Eden #3, Enemy of the Bane #2, Unicorn & Wasp https://t.co/lbBBEAPcTF
- Tue, 10:45: TIL that in 1955 disgusted MPs tried to cancel the repeat showing of the BBC adaptation of Orwell’s 1984, until Prince Philip said that “The Queen and I watched the play and thoroughly enjoyed it.” The repeat got the highest ratings since the Coronation. https://t.co/7uLlUOWcRd
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