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I took a stupendous amount of photographs at the Tim Burton exhibition, because I’m a nerd & I also have a bad memory so I needed to note down what I saw. A fantastic exhibition, really nicely presented. The young art student me was very happy with what was there & the dull middle aged me was too!

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So this is what I’ve been doing all day: hanging out with my pal, master chocolatier Dave Greenwood-Haigh, making chocolates in my kitchen for THE ONE SHOW…

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Christmas and birthday vouchers finally spent. Absolute haul. #excited 💙📚 @kitdewaal.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social

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Todays Times. NHS leaders, are you listening? As Sir David Dalton used to say (and I am paraphrasing): How often do we ask coal face staff: ‘what can we learn from you and what can we do to help you work more effectively?’

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We have a wonderful night of healing poetry for you tomorrow Sat 26 April - join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

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So lovely to see poet Bethany Handley on the front cover of The Bookseller!

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Had a lovely walk (not run as I think I’ve damaged my foot) around the place I grew up today. Always full of memory here & lots to negotiate but so much beauty. Swans nestling on an island in Maynooth harbour; the canal & Dublin stretching east; the sharp tip of the 1902 spire. The rain.

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We're very excited to announce the first publication from Carmenta, our new poetry imprint. A love the weight of an animal by Elizabeth Gibson will be published on 3 July. 'A love song to Manchester life', it will be Elizabeth's first full-length collection. Pre-orders: tinyurl.com/carmenta

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Happy Birthday to Us! Today marks 8 yrs since the bookshop (re)opened its doors in its Lighthouse incarnation! That’s almost 3000days of bookselling &I’m grateful for every one of them. Grateful to every reader & Lighthouse keeper that helped build, craft, curate & nourish this extraordinary space.

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It's #PillarofPopularity time - the books that have sold THE MOST in our shop in Swindon! Jennie Godfrey's back on the Pillar with The List of Suspicious Things in fifth place!

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It was a real treat to sit down with Ione Gamble for Polyester to chat about Who Wants Normal? We spoke about the left’s silence over disability rights, media representation, and why I wrote a manifesto (but I’m definitely not running for office). www.polyesterzine.com/features/fra...

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Shared my review for the utterly brilliant The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social over on IG today I honestly enjoyed this one so much, and I devoured it in just a couple of sittings Out May 1st. Link to buy and full review in bio

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First copy in my hands. #TheWomanWhoMetHerself, coming on 23 May.

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I am incredibly excited that the super talented @franhill123.bsky.social is joining my book club this weekend to discuss this brilliant book! I've promised to pick her up from the station in a chariot, so if anyone has one I can borrow that would be awesome 😂 #booksky

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Spotted by a reader last summer as far south as Newton Abbot’s Waterstones.

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#Blueskybooks💙📚

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www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Too many 'ifs' currently: - If the GP can contact the Consultant - If the advice is accurate & useful - If the initial GP/Consultant over phone diagnosis is correct - If the delay doesn't exacerbate the condition And where is shared decision making in all this?

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From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner. Please share :)

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I went to the Tate Modern yesterday. In the Rothko room with all the Serious Art Connoisseurs there was a ~5 year old kid who walked up to each painting, pointed at it and shouted 'RECTANGLE' at each one in turn, then left the room.

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I look forward to FlashFlood every year! Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for the quick acceptance. Do send in your entry, up to 300 words, and join the stories floating in the flood 👇🏽👇🏽

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12th century Self-portrait by German nun Guda, possibly the earliest surviving self-portrait of a woman in Western art #womensart

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The ritual of the back-to-school shoe shop (1966) Artist: Kenneth Inns

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Sanford Burnham Prebys scientist shared research on pancreatic cancer podcast - goo.gl/alerts/GBcW2t #GoogleAlerts

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Last call! Buy a book before midnight tonight, 21 April for a chance to win a £250 Bookshop.org gift card! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust.

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Reflecting on the life of Carla Rinaldi who understood play as a child’s search for meaning. “Play is the way that children deal with their reality and make sense of their world."

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True

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Today’s blossom report - the blossomest blossom

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#Easter is traditionally observed after the Paschal full moon, 1st full moon on or after 21 March, the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (March equinox) with links to pre-Christan beliefs. Artwork by Jackie Morris, artist, illustrator, author #womensart

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I’ve had two excellent ideas already this morning. I may take the rest of the day off.

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Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #womensart

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Great article, Alice @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ! I was finally diagnosed with hEDS a few years ago, but have been battling the accompanying chronic pain and comorbidities for over 30 years. I cried when they took Norco away. It was the only thing that gave me a semblance of a normal life.

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No shit. The early years provision warned this would happen.

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Mike Bernard. Mixed Media artist and teacher ‘The Angel and Crown’

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Nancy Tankersley ‘The Widow’s Garden Fab palette here

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This is a first for me on BlueSky! I'm giving away a super early signed proof of 59 Minutes, months before publication. To enter, just make sure you’re following me and then reply to this post with '59'. A winner will be chosen at random on 30th April. Open worldwide. (Please like and share!)

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Andre Henri Dargelas - Le Tour Du Monde - 1860

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Half way through this and it's one of those books that sucks you in and keeps you there All the Colours of the Dark By Chris Whitaker #BookSky📚

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Here's a zero-gravity parody song about this week's coverage of #BlueOrigin's rocket launch. Sorry we forgot to turn the clicker off but we were more worried about getting the pitch (nearly) right. It's called "Flight from Earth" based on the anthemic #Firework by #KatyPerry 🎇🎶 youtu.be/YJF6NcwkZbc

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The Beginning Place was first published in 1980, which, yes, means it turns 45 this year. This is the first Harper & Row edition, with jacket design by Griesbach Martucci.

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