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I enjoyed Lee Cole’s novel Fulfillment [sic - US spelling], with its fizzy energy of people on the make - even if they don’t really know what they want - and its astute ear for the verbal racket of modern life, even if you can sometimes hear the clunk of the author pulling the levers of the plot.

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Any agents/editors in this line follow me?

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subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz346bs

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I asked “What do you do with books you don’t want anymore?" More than 600 people responded: s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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Genuinely thought there was a rabbit in the grounds of the school I walked past earlier.

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Listening to Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief, an album I’ve long mentally filed as underrated, to discover that it is in fact accurately rated.

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"Did you get that picture of JRR Tolkien for the calendar?" "Yeah, all sexy just like you asked for." "Sorry, what...?" (H/t @kaiserofcrisps.bsky.social )

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[Killing Me Softly voice] Chessington World Of Adventures

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RECREATE the joy of buying cinema popcorn by pouring melted margarine over some polystyrene and setting fire to a £20 note.

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“A holiday wouldn’t do any good, or make any difference. I should have to take myself with me.” Not quite sure how this book is so much better the second time around. Sadder, funnier, more layered. Books, eh.

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Questions for the age: what is the singular of Munchies? Munchy? Munchie?

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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

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“Next to the giant spider? Perfect, darling!”

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I never fail to laugh at this packaging for some generic microporous tape we bought on Amazon. Not just the brand name, Nanacare, but the slogan on the sides of the box.

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stupid game even though I got it today Connections Puzzle #734 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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Gonna find out a little more about this guy y’all have been going on about

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My advice to MPs wavering is: think of all the people you'd love to see dead.

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My sons' viewing experiences aren't radically different from my own as a child.

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