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Writer, linguist, ex-lecturer, proud Midlander & gay man, EUrophile, early career pensioner, 80s music, Euro-trains, Eurovision, old TV, general curmudgeon! Cannock Chase, UK My 2 books: http://amzn.to/3Wwm6hd https://amzn.to/3ZuAXZ0
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Vesuvius by the docks this morningβ¦ just hoping it doesnβt go off!
Incidentally, book lovers, in the next couple of days Iβll be giving away 2 or 3 copies of Colouring In. Stay tunedβ¦ #booksky #colouringin
Blown away by the beauty of #Cadiz β€οΈ
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1870 San Francisco
The only man who can help her save her sister is the criminal she left in jail the last time they met.
"The humour and romance in these books make it easy to overlook how very clever the plots are."
He was the most wanted man in the country. She was a Pinkerton detective and she wanted him more than anyone else.
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Looking for a new series of 19th-century mysteries for Valentine's Day? Full series available.
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"Full of dry humor"
"Clive Cussler meets Outlander."
This is just another example of the thirst for drama that now infects political journalism like a plague at the expense of actual analysis, reporting and holding power to account. Rigby is one of the worst offenders, too
Excellent news!
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Couldnβt agree more. To quote Bill Bailey - βthe baffling longevity of LinkedInββ¦ π΅βπ«
The Devil arrives at Charring Cross station on Christmas Eve. His purpose on that holiest of nights, to visit the down and outs and the dispossessed of London. But why? Does he have an ulterior motive in doing so? Read A Festive Juxtaposition and find out for yourself.
Particularly like this map. Places outside Germany you can get to on the flat-rate Deutschland ticket. Daily international travel for less than the cost of a bus ticket. #sustainabletransport
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Just finished βThe Swordsβ and βThe Hospiceβ by Robert Aickman. I came to him late, but the refusal to make sense, horror filtered through British banality and polite speech, is deeply unsettling. Pinter at his best comes to mind (βThe Dumb Waiterβ, βThe Birthday Partyβ).
Love "Secrets of the Underground" & "The Architecture the Railways Built"? Listen to @mrtimdunn.bsky.social explain how he got the gig & why he's so fascinated by it all. Plus how his parents met across a crowded platform...& why he also loves #modelvillages! www.vectisradio.com/podcasts/cat...
The Evenings is an interesting and most unusual novel. First published in Dutch in 1947, Reveβs book was given a deserved new lease of life by the excellent #PushkinPress with a new 2016.
It details the absurdities and quotidian boredom of a very modest household through young Fritzβs warped humour.
FREE ebook TODAY! My quirky 90s comedy about a Midlands teacher who trades in humdrum tedium for a new life & dreams β¦and ends up running an adult shop in Amsterdam. π΅βπ« #funreads #freetoday #booksky #books thanks for any reposts! amzn.to/3ZuAXZ0
Monkey Cat, internet abomination extraordinaire, questions your purchasing power if you haven't been out to grab a 1.99 USD tome of weird stuff in the past month.
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For the next 30 hours, you can be the proud owner of one of the titles in the link above for a very doable 1.99 USD. Could be worth it. You don't know.
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Camels always make me feel morose somehowβ¦ not that I see them very often, mind, but all the sameβ¦. #Morocco
A lovely coastal walk today to Taghazout, Morocco. Apparently once the haunt of Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones in the 1960s.
#Books, like a steaming pot of tea, warm the soul and invite us to linger.
Let us bring the hauntings right into your home with three days of the UK GHOST STORY FESITVAL ONLINE, with an exciting line-up of author talent taking part from Feb 6th-8th! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #writing #writers #authors #fiction #festival
Itβs been a quiet Christmas for us on the Moroccan coastβ¦ not a hint of Slade or sleigh bellsβ¦ just the job π
You too, Tania! πππ
Star-studded 70s disaster cheese at its best on the Geneva-Stockholm night train!
Cher is sheer class. She just owned this #boom
Person reading book by the fireplace. Caption: As winter approaches, be sure to prepare by always having between 3-168 new books on hand at any given time.
Tomorrow's officially the first day of winter. I hope everyone's prepared.π
Happy Saturday!πββοΈβοΈ
#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #WinterIsComing
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From transport to concerts, sports to art shows, 20th Century posters have become collectors items. Do you have one rolled up in the loft? Former museum curator and collector David Bownes explains why 20thCentury Posters are all the rage! Listen here from 6pm: www.vectisradio.com/podcasts/cat...