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Don’t fall for it.

every British historian rn frantically trying to find examples of British royals being arrested that don’t end with their execution

He's there on the little plastic mattress with the metal toilet bolted to the floor right now. This is like Christmas.

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I just had the mental image of Andrew being given a pre-wrapped cheese & ham sandwich for his lunch and started laughing all over again.

Still a few spaces left for Thursday's performance of "Not Truly Dead" in Bristol.
Three ghost stories by M R James: "Rats", "An Evening's Entertainment" & "The Tractate Middoth."
Tickets here www.tickettailor.com/.../almathea...

Select paragraphs from the beginning of the text: The New York Times Hercule Poirot Is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective By THOMAS LASK Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective who became internationally famous, has died in England. His age was unknown. Mr. Poirot achieved fame as a private investigator after he retired as a member of the Belgian police force in 1904. His career, as chronicled in the novels of-Dame Agatha Christie, his creator, was one of the most illustrious in fiction. Mr. Poirot, who was just 5 feet 4 inches tall, went to England from Belgium during World War I as a refugee. He settled in a little town not far from Styles, then an elaborate country estate, where he took on his first private case. The news of his death, given by Dame Agatha was not unexpected. Word that he was near death reached here last May. His death was confirmed by Dodd, Mead, Dame Agatha's publishers, who will put out "Curtain," the novel that chronicles his Iast days on Oct. 15.

The obituary of Hercule Poirot on the front page of The New York Times on 6 August 1975.

His death in Agatha Christie's The Curtain was deemed so momentous that he became the first fictional character to receive front page treatment in the paper.

#WyrdWednesday

His name is NAZGUL!

Ah yes artists, famously undedicated to their work, never obsessive, who don’t understand {checks notes} creating things.

This shit right here is why people hate you AI assholes. Myopic and arrogant.

You’re not creating or iterating anything? You literally invented a soulless box to do it for you.

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Heads up: there hasn't been an announcement yet, but I'm excited for this event in May at Waterstones Islington. I'll be alongside Will Maclean and Lucie McKnight Hardy, discussing our latest books: SOLACE HOUSE, NIGHT BABIES & my own COME SING FOR THE HARROWING.

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Empathy flows to you from us. We have someone who suffers in a similar way 😞🥰

YouTube video by BBC Trailers Small Prophets | Official Trailer - BBC

It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
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Happy Valentine's Day! As a gift, we have TWO new eps for you to enjoy! 🖤

First we're chatting with Russ Williams about the historic Welsh county of #Caernarvonshire!

Then Eleanor has interviewed @icysedgwick.bsky.social for our Valentine's Magic episode, including about her book Bring Me Love!

Not Truly Dead - Three Ghost Stories by M R James Three tales of the restless dead, by the master of the English ghost story.

Tonight, 8pm in Cambridge for the first time ever, and for one night only, "Not Truly Dead" - three gripping ghost stories by M R James.
what's stopping you picking up the last few tickets?
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Nominate your favourite Irish author and book

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When theaters close, they leave a single light on stage. The ghost light is for the theater ghosts to perform under.
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I've never had a dog who dribbles before Brando. But he only does it when I eat fruit. He'll sit beside me, eyes slit with perverse concentration, strings of drool gleaming, and it is OFFPUTTING to say the least. Sir, this is an apple. You are a dog.

Gray wolf appears in Los Angeles county for first time in more than 100 years

Three-year-old black coat female, known as BEY03F, crossed into LA county around 6am on 7 February

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Pink Floyd has returned as my necessary music messenger 🗽 Perfect temporary antidote while I patiently and meditativily wait for this current temporary political/governmental plague to go the way they all do. May it happen as soon as possible 🗽

Pseudotooth is an absolute banger, a favourite book of mine. Go ahead and buy a copy.

This book was so strange and good.

I drove hours to see the monks walking for peace. Five minutes with them was the gift of a lifetime

The monks are part of a 2,300-mile pilgrimage for peace from a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth, Texas, across nine states to Washington DC

Pseudotooth paperback (signed) - Verity Holloway's Ko-fi Shop The debut novel from Verity Holloway, Pseudotooth is an adult take on ‘portal fantasy’, boldly tackling issues of trauma responses, social difference ...

I find myself in need of £130 to join a trade union with, so here I am, shilling books with a hopeful expression.

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Already did 👍🤗

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Maybe 130 people could join my Patreon? patreon.com/verityhollow...

Frankly, you should do this because Verity's writing is immense, but there is also a good cause attached.

I read it cover to cover, and can provide a “two thumbs up!” review to all ☺️ Thank you Ms. Holloway 🥰

Pseudotooth is a strange, strange novel, in the best possible way.

Good morning 🌅

Yesterday. Ribs of old timber, saltbleached and splintered, lead the eye across damp sand to where the sea begins, restless, a sheet of hammered lead. The sky, like worn linen, holds a pale, diffused light. The wind carries the taste of rust and the endless sibilant hush of sea.