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jesus this is an Alexander Dumas novel

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Ending the night with this. Get your hankies A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.

submitted 2 days ago • 1197 comments

I would go further and say this is just Mason being bad at his job. I don't know how you can write this paragraph seriously after we've had threatened invasions of the Panama Canal, Canada, Mexico, Gaza and the reinvasion of Afghanistan. Trump is not a secret pacifist, he just hates Ukraine.

submitted 2 days ago • 35 comments

Has Starmer said anything yet?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Terrific stuff. "You may have sat with an aged grandparent, listening to them rambling on trying to pick the right moment to interject. Perhaps there was something you needed to persuade them to agree to: a visit to the doctor, a signature on a power of attorney, or Article 5 of the Nato Treaty. "

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

I have mixed feelings about Bernstein, but this is well worth a read.

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Only a few tickets left for my talk about writing history and Venice at the Fishbourne Literary Festival on April 5. And don't forget you can schedule in a visit to the stunning Fishbourne Roman villa nearby too. fishbourneliteraryfestival.co.uk

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 15 days ago • 2830 comments

A lot of Leopards around today. A lot of people who thought sucking up to a bunch of gangsters would somehow give them influence.

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

submitted 10 days ago • 1416 comments

Free speech latest

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

submitted 11 days ago • 463 comments

I wonder how many American politicians have heard of Arkell v Pressdram? proftomcrick.com/2014/04/29/a...

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

This story is deeply shocking. Mainly because I’m old enough to remember when The Guardian was a serious newspaper. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

You can also pre-order The Rest Is Death on iBooks, if that's your thing. books.apple.com/us/book/id67...

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extremely ‘I write editorial comment for the FT’ voice. Completely agree with this and also feel like it’s in part a manifestation of how UK has turned inwards. Even much of the political class seems unaware of how important and significant all this is for UK prosperity and security.

submitted 11 days ago • 51 comments

It’s the 101st anniversary of the birth of Lee Marvin, which can only mean one thing: yes, it’s time to hear the story of him going home on a roof rack, utterly arseholed

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

Booklist called it "the best Simon Westow yet" Between the Covers said it was an "excellent historical thriller" and right now Amazon has the hardback for £8.98 and the ebook for £8.54 Maybe you should find out what others know... shorturl.at/IrjvX

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

We talk a lot about how awful Twitter/X is now. We don’t seem to talk as much about Facebook which is full of utter nonsense. Not just political misinformation (often prompted by mainstream media clickbait stories) but also just general AI-generated bollocks and random crap. It’s almost unusable.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

I mean, I assume Blair’s on the phone already.

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Out tomorrow, folks. Available for pre-order. amzn.eu/d/0WKmAex

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

submitted 13 days ago • 443 comments

Farewell, Conservative Party. I can’t even really say it was nice knowing you. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Not even £5 - a mere £4.50 (or £3.75 if you get an annual sub)... The price of a Starbucks cappuccino and they're properly rank...

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Russia has literally invaded a neighbouring European state. Vance is absurd. The transatlantic alliance is dead as long as these folks are in charge on the US side.

submitted 16 days ago • 29 comments

Watching that 1979 #topt tonight. I was around at the time (aged 19 so at university and didn’t see it), but striking that it had TRB, Kate Bush, Darts, Rose Royce, Billy Joel, Sweet, Elkie Brooks, the Bee Gees, Magazine, ABBA on one show. Maybe why that time seemed so good. Also, I was 19.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Flipping marvellous!

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J D Vance just talked shit about Scotland banning prayer in their own homes as he slagged off European countries with a scattergun of specious 'facts' The Ferret is a well respected non-partisan fact checking organisation. theferret.scot/scottish-law...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

No, thanks. I’m going to sleep.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments