- Tue, 12:56: Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, an Unexpected Hero https://t.co/jCwjsfBwOS Thought-provoking.
- Tue, 15:00: The Saint Zita Society, by Ruth Rendell A rich white man kills his wife’s black lover, perhaps accidentally, and though only the au pair knows about it, the secret tears apart the local social microcosm. #nwbooks https://t.co/qVCZTA8SIv https://t.co/OhzpOqVx8d https://t.co/RU1JUodt2t
- Tue, 15:06: RT @worldcon2021: We’re pleased to announce that the nominations for @TheHugoAwards are now open. #DisConIII #Worldcon2021 #Worldcon #Hu…
- Tue, 16:00: Streetlethal, by Steven Barnes It’s a decent techno thriller set in a degenerated California in about 2020, the protagonists a zero-gravity MMA fighter and a dancer, both black in a world that is still ruled by racism. #nwbooks https://t.co/Bd0vA9OjNP https://t.co/KJoUyrdChY https://t.co/61E3vPry92
- Tue, 16:05: Polish coal exit talks heat up https://t.co/tmlzJuxiOI Hugely significant. Not that long ago Poland was the climate denier of the EU27. Now the coal sector has accepted that their time is up.
- Tue, 17:00: War and Turpentine, by Stefan Hertmans 1) impoverished Flemish life pre-war; 2) how Flemish soldiers were treated by francophone officers during the war; 3) the hero’s later love life. All very heartfelt. #nwbooks https://t.co/casnSN7M5E https://t.co/o9xRL3j2NM https://t.co/X0z0IMUuuT
- Tue, 17:11: Rare Violin Tests Germany’s Commitment to Atone for Its Nazi Past https://t.co/5GEdOAN3j7 A grim story.
- Tue, 18:00: Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain, by Charlotte Higgins Brilliant. Goes around GB looking for Roman stuff, places I know (London, Bath, Silchester, Wroxeter) and places I don’t (Roman Scotland, Kent, Essex). #nwbooks https://t.co/Lnng2FPdpq https://t.co/4AYkXtl7Z6 https://t.co/4aJE6p6wlI
- Tue, 18:45: The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern https://t.co/Gqsg90SVSk
- Tue, 20:48: Philip Smith: New research shows that for ‘neithers’, the problem with the Union is unionists https://t.co/fUVWgmURxp All bets are off.
- Wed, 09:04: RT @UKandEU: “Is it symptomatic of the future [UK-EU] relationship that one of the first major post-transition disputes should be on the sy…
- Wed, 09:30: Whoniversaries 27 January https://t.co/B9cqEEEkZR
- Wed, 10:45: Britain’s Pandemic Story Can Still Be Rewritten https://t.co/w6bz47C8Pq As usual, great stuff from @tommctague on how Boris Johnson may rebound.
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