Yes! So excited about that - it is so fun and also injected a bit of much needed optimism about humanity...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Love this piece by Fiona Sampson on the criminally underrated George Sand and her new biography, Becoming George.
The saddest thing about going cashless is you never find a random fiver on the floor or in a jeans pocket any more. The death of free money 🥲
A Russian proverb: 'He throws the fur coat onto the fire because he's angry at the fleas.'
now for the traditional eating of the christmas tree
Haha okay - loser sucks it up. Coin toss for preference.
one gets their preference and also pays?
“FFS it’s 4 COLLY birds, not ‘calling’ birds! Colly bird means Blackbird. It’s a specific type of bird, like turtle dove, or partridge - you see?! What even is a ‘calling bird’? Nothing! NOTHING!”
[slipping free from wife and running back into kids carol concert]
“And it’s GOLD rings, not golden!”
I really hope Serkis reels in the public with the funny jokes then hits them with a harrowing 15 minute one-shot of Boxer being turned into glue
😭
Where else but @thefence.bsky.social could you read the collected life advice of Robin Lane Fox? (Though I'd swap 'fox hunting' for 'exploring')
Just got out of "Who Do We Think We Are?", a series of talks at Theatro Technis (+ excuse to gather with food) about being a Cypriot working in the arts in Britain.
Cypriotness is complex, and with every passing year I realise how much of me is tied to it. An enriching, invigorating event.
This is how you blurb
On my way to Frankfurt Book Fair - this in the @financialtimes.com made me chuckle
Thank you!
I'm so pleased to be shortlisted for the London Hellenic Book Prize alongside some wonderful other books on the Hellenic world!
Alex Christofi's Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus, published by Bloomsbury. @christofi.bsky.social @bloomscontinuum.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
This is the only proper way to watch Beckett. This person understands Beckett on a level you and I cannot even hope to.
Can't wait for this! It's so exciting.
So grateful to @mmagency.bsky.social, esp. @agentbal.bsky.social who helped me figure out this book (and how to not write like an academic!), and to @christofi.bsky.social at @torvabooks.bsky.social and @sarahhaugen.bsky.social at @harperbooks.bsky.social who are excellent editors. I got so lucky. 🥰
I find it so funny that royals give themselves so many badges and buttons to show they are good at kinging, it's like a 5 year old found the teacher's sticker drawer. Bless
Thank you!
Honestly - one of the mysteries of my childhood was why none of the grown ups ever produced said tooth comb. I imagined it must be a kind of multi-flosser.
This has shaken me to my core
'what is your citation house style?'
'plagiarism'
I did it.
The new Terry Deary book has my favourite endpapers I have ever produced. It's like something by Francesco Bassano but way more surreal
And you thought all the news in the UK was doom and gloom
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
