Fiona Lloyd

A Thousand Splendid Suns - gets me every time.

Congratulations!

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
― Oscar Wilde

Really depressing but not unsurprising to hear and see commentators across the networks scramble to weaponise the terrible events and loss of life in Manchester yesterday.

Maybe they could give it a day off and actually mourn the victims.

In memoriam...

When I said your story needed more excitement, I didn’t mean that you should just add three exclamation points to every sentence.

They have identified the person in charge of escalators at the UN:

When you're reading that someone saying this causes autism or that causes autism its important to know this.

The person in question doesn't know what they're talking about.

Bert’s Blackboard. I would do anything for books, I’d run right into Bert’s and back. - Meatloaf

Meatloaf actually came into the shop once to do his Christmas shopping. He had a list, but unfortunately, we didn’t have them all.

Still, two out of three ain’t bad.

Another gargoyle reading in the wild.

I’m not advocating ignoring it all, but remember to take time out every now and then ❤️

wow

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THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . .

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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.

The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

Good morning.

NEW WRITERS PRIZE 2025 - Nero Book Awards The Nero New Writers Prize in association with Brunel University of London seeks to uncover the best and brightest untapped writing talent and support them as they develop into the [...]

New Writers Prize for 5,000 word short story. Prize is £3K and scholarship for MA at Brunel University, runner up prizes too.

Details in link.

Please share :)

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94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.

The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

Hadn't come across this charity before, but it sounds like a great initiative.

Cool

"Allan Quatermain has been riding around on that gigantic letter H all afternoon. He looks exhausted! Drawn and pale."
"Yes, that's often the way with the H-rider: haggard."

I love B! It looks so peaceful and inviting.

I like A best - the puffin gets a bit overshadowed by the flowers in B.

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