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AHRC CDP PhD student at British Library researching how smartphones are changing storytelling; British European; writes #FiftyWordsForTheNovel each day; he/him
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Addiction Memoirs are a Genre in Recovery
In an era of opioid addiction, wellness obsession and internet oversharing, stories of substance abuse are back.
Olga Tokarczuk's Nobel Lecture: The Tender Narrator
On 7th December 2019, Polish author Olga Tokarczuk gave her Nobel Lecture entitled 'The Tender Narrator'. Her words were met with great enthusiasm from literature aficionados from around the globe. Read, or watch, her full lecture here.
I excelled at English...but reading books terrified me
Rachel Jarmy was in the top set for English, but hadn't even read Harry Potter. She wishes she had known then that there are lots of different types of readers
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“Dyslexia: I excelled at English...but reading terrified me” - by my amazing friend @RachelJarmy.
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‘Great Dying’ in Americas disturbed Earth’s climate
Colonisation of the Americas at the end of the 15th Century killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate, according to a new study by UCL.
Senior official collapses after row with Patel
Ministers and officials at the Home Office are engaged in a bitter civil war after a senior official collapsed following a “heated” meeting with Priti Patel, the home secretary.The official was
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The culture of @Conservatives bullying civil servants seems to be spreading: I hope this incident with @patel4witham is properly investigated.
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Doctor Who Guide: Ratings Guide
An entry from the Guide to Doctor Who and its associated spin-offs, including Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
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No episode of #DoctorWho since the end of the show's original run in 1989 has fallen outside the top 30 most-watched UK programmes of the week - 162 consecutive episodes - but it's touch-and-go at the moment.
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Boris Johnson curbs photographers’ access to No 10
News organisations accuse Downing Street staff of excluding them from high-profile events
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Our imbecile emperor is now banning all but his own photographers from Number 10 events. This is not democracy.
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No 10 tells BBC licence fee will be scrapped
Downing Street turned on the BBC last night — vowing to scrap the television licence fee and make viewers pay a subscription. The national broadcaster could also be compelled to downsize and sell off
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The vandals and fundamentalists that make up today's @conservatives won't be satisfied until they've destroyed the BBC.
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Andrew Sabisky, political forecaster
It was reassuring to meet Andrew Sabisky, a 24-year-old polymath who is edging his way to becoming a "super forecaster" – one of a cadre of people whose ability to predict the outcome of political events puts them close to omniscience.
No room for you in lectures, top universities tell first-year students
‘Desperate’ institutions offer overflow rooms and YouTube live streams instead of a seat in front of a lecturer
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Market economy for universities working entirely as predicted. *sigh*
39h
Cummings and Johnson face backlash over sacking of advisers
Union to pursue unfair dismissal case after ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan was marched out of Downing Street
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“the FDA told the Observer it expected Johnson and Cummings to give evidence under oath to an employment tribunal in a case involving former Treasury aide Sonia Khan.”
Good luck with that: Mad Dom tends to refuse to give evidence under oath...
40h
Dramatic footage shows Tesco delivery driver knocking cyclist off bike on London cycleway (+ video)
Incident happened on Millbank, but driver denied he had been at wheel of vehicle
TV licence convictions hard to justify, says MP scrutinising BBC
Enforcing fee payment through criminal courts is outdated in populist world, says Knight
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“In 2020, when we’re looking at a world of populism, a world in which elites are being challenged an awful lot, the idea of criminal sanctions over the licence fee sticks in a lot of people’s throats.”
Patsy running the culture committee following orders.
48h
Wolves forced to settle for draw with Leicester after VAR controversy
Wolves and Leicester drew 0-0 in the Premier League at Molineux after the home side’s Willy Boly saw a goal chalked off by VAR and Leicester’s Hamza Choudhury was sent off
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"Wolves have now had four goals chalked off through VAR this season, second only to Sheffield United. How ironic the two newest arrivals in the Premier League’s top seven should suffer the most."
Barney Ronay *is* Alanis Morissette.
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Bookshop burglary foiled after prosecco distracts raiders
Two men who broke into London bookshop Gay’s the Word were caught by police after raid became a drinking session
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"I found an empty bottle of tequila, and an open bottle of prosecco on the kitchen table downstairs. They seemed to have been boozing up mid-burglary, which probably wasn’t the most prudent thing to do.”
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WH Smith moves Telegraph titles to magazine section
Retailer may be using relocation as tactic in commercial negotiations
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Surely it ought to be placed alongside Take a Break in the drivel-for-the-gullible section?
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Pale Saints - Sight of You
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Why did none you tell me that the magnificent Pale Saints album Comforts of Madness has been reissued on its thirtieth anniversary? I remember buying this on vinyl in Oven Ready records in 1990 and it is *magnificent*.
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The House of Hidden Wonders | Sharon Gosling | 9781788951906 | NetGalley
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Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl
Music video by Deacon Blue performing Chocolate Girl. (c) 1988 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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"He calls her the chocolate girl
Cause he thinks she melts when he touches her
She knows she's the chocolate girl
Cause she's broken up and swallowed
And wrapped in bits of silver."
Furthest-extended metaphor in all 80s pop.
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