Vicky MacKenzie

One week to pub date.

#booksky #penelopefitzgerald #mexico #fiction #historical-fiction

GOP Senate chief changed consent law as relative faced rape charge involving 13-year-old The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old. Newsweek reported a Salt Lake City Tribune piece that Senate President J....

To help a relative...

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The DoD Rapid Response team on Twitter writes: "The Secretary of Defense has great jeans." The attached photo shows Sec. Pete Hegseth wearing a blue sport coat, white button-up shirt, blue jeans, and a big buckle Western belt.

I disagree. I will tell you what's wrong with his jeans. 🧵

sorry but this is still my president

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Happy Birthday Guy de Maupassant! Born #OTD 1850. Author of over 300 brilliant short stories, 6 novels, 3 travel books, some shit poetry, a smutty play - all in about 10 years. Died from syphilis age 43.

Here's the bar named after him in Étretat, Normandy.
He's buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.

Upon A White Horse: Peter Ross - Whitby Lit Fest Join award-winning author Peter Ross (Tomb with a View, Steeplechasing) in discussion about his latest book Upon A White Horse, a celebration of landscape and people – and all that […]

I'm delighted to be appearing at the first ever Whitby Lit Fest. Please come and join me in my favourite town in England, on Saturday 8 November at 11am.
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MP Mark Sewards launches AI version of himself - West Leeds Dispatch Mark Sewards has become the first British MP to launch AI version of himself. The MP for Leeds South West and Morley has worked with a local constituent’s AI start-up […]

Jesus fucking wept

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Fragonard Think Bellini — that Venetian cocktail of prosecco and white peach purée — only with liquidised strawberries in place of the peaches. It’s the taste of lyrical, wide-skied, blossom-scented summer, hen...

#RecipeOfTheDay is a drink with the taste of summer. It’s made with Prosecco and strawberries, and I call it the Fragonard! www.nigella.com/recipes/frag...

No, I do not want to take a workshop on how to use the new AI tools for faculty on Brightspace, thanks. I'm trying to figure out how to talk with my students about how AI is destroying the planet and our minds--and to convince them that slow learning and intentional artistry are valuable. WTF

All details on this poster are available on my website: https://wendyprattauthor.com/work-with-me

#poetry Are you a poet looking to hone your poetry skills? Come along to my in person short poetry course, running for four weeks from 5th September, Friday afternoons 1-3.30pm at Beeforth’s Hive in Scarborough. Full details on my website: wendyprattauthor.com/work-with-me

And his beautiful ceramics. Not to mention the incredible collection Kilner jars... 🤩

Oh, don't be so easily fazed Marguerite! Imagine the dinners!

I am here for all his aubergine sentences! 🍆

A picture of Bach

Bach's face when he remembers there's still some cheese left in the pantry.

the home office are not fit for purpose. I will say this every day if I have to. A completely dysfunctional government department that has contributed to the fracturing of our social fabric. And it has zero morals.

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

"A brilliant press." - Ian McMillan
"You'll never see a dud from Longbarrow." - Charlie Connelly

Current publications
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Not just one, a triptych.

Photo of A Thousand Feasts by Nigel Slater, a burnt orange hardback with gold maple leaves. William Morris tablecloth background. I love chintz.

Slightly stained but they're marks of devotion! I've been reading a few pages of this a day for the last few months and it's been an absolute pleasure - delectable nuggets on every page. Life-enhancing stuff. Thank you so much @nigelslater.bsky.social

11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.

Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.

As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.

A true professional! 😇

Is that what you replied to them?? Well done if you didn't retaliate!
"I thought people who came to my events would be respectful and polite... " 😂

Michael Grade too lazy and old to lead Ofcom, says BBC official historian Prof Jean Seaton, speaking at Hay festival on future of BBC, says Grade appointment is act of bullying

I'll just drop this here...
Michael Grade too lazy and old to lead Ofcom, says BBC official historian | BBC | The Guardian share.google/GsbjshnARGMF...

Whaaaaat! 😂 Just never know what people at a book event are gonna say!

Today is National Underwear Day so here’s a briefs thread of international phrases about underwear, starting with this one…

A slang Finnish word for getting drunk at home in just your underwear is kalsarikännit. It means “pants drunk.”

A photograph of a stack of books at the base of a tree, sitting on grass with text to the left-hand side reading 'nature writing shortlist 2025' and the Wainwright Prize logo.

We are delighted that #TheAccidentalGarden by Richard Mabey is shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for nature writing 🍃

In Richard Mabey's Norfolk garden, nature is an equal partner.

profilebooks.com/work/the-acc... #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect @wainwrightprize.bsky.social

On Wednesday I'll be in conversation with @sallyhayd.bsky.social and @horatioclare.bsky.social at the Big @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in Charing Cross. Come along, say hi, ask questions, get books signed, 7pm. See you there!

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I'm cackling like a mad witch over this... 😂

Angela Rayner gives councils green light to sell off allotments Labour's Angela Rayner has approved the sale of eight allotment sites in England since the party came to power, according to a report in the Telegraph. The move has been branded a "kick in the teeth" ...

In a food insecure, climate collapsing world, we need MORE locally grown, preferably organic food NOT less. We need more working people with skills to make local areas resilient

This nature & climate illiteracy from @angela-rayner.bsky.social pushes against what makes life worth living for many

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza