Elizabeth McFarlane
@elizabethmcfarlane.bsky.social
Writing for newspapers and reading and writing novels. Agent here - https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/elizabeth-mcfarlane
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How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
Have your own friends. Be kind. Know you’ll fancy others. Elizabeth McFarlane’s secrets to staying together
www.thetimes.com
I have an article in #TheTimes today about being married forever. I didn’t write ‘my rules’ but otherwise that is wot I wrote! #marriage #relationships #writing
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
Despite being called Puppy Love this is not a piece of writing about puppies…
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Puppy Love.
(Disclaimer: this is not a Substack about puppies.)
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February 2, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Despite being called Puppy Love this is not a piece of writing about puppies…
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Saw that clever @mrjohncrace.bsky.social at my local bookshop #Backstory in #Balham on Wednesday where he was chatting cheese about the government & plugging is new book. Top night! 🥂📚
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Saw that clever @mrjohncrace.bsky.social at my local bookshop #Backstory in #Balham on Wednesday where he was chatting cheese about the government & plugging is new book. Top night! 🥂📚
Stuck inside & going demented because of the rain? Then read this & subscribe! Xxx
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Room enough.
‘Days are where we live,’ Phillip Larkin writes in his wonderful poem Days, written in 1953 and included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings. Here is the whole (short) poem.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Stuck inside & going demented because of the rain? Then read this & subscribe! Xxx
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I think I understand #BlueMonday now. Apparently it's when everyone is a little bit depressed, because it's cold and dark and the glow of Christmas has faded and it's the start of World War Three.
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I think I understand #BlueMonday now. Apparently it's when everyone is a little bit depressed, because it's cold and dark and the glow of Christmas has faded and it's the start of World War Three.
Writing about rooms & how we csn becone confined in them… open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Room enough.
‘Days are where we live,’ Phillip Larkin writes in his wonderful poem Days, written in 1953 and included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings. Here is the whole (short) poem.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Writing about rooms & how we csn becone confined in them… open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Are you the filling in an intergenerational Christmas? Here’s how to survive…
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The 12 Tips of Christmas.
Remember, if the hostess if happy then everyone else is likely to be!
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December 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Are you the filling in an intergenerational Christmas? Here’s how to survive…
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December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
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John Lennon will always be in my life.
How his murder 45 years ago shattered my teenage innocence but taught me a valuable lesson.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
John Lennon will always be in my life.
How his murder 45 years ago shattered my teenage innocence but taught me a valuable lesson.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
John Lennon will always be in my life.
How his murder 45 years ago shattered my teenage innocence but taught me a valuable lesson.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
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open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Good gravy!
Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
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Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Good gravy!
Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Roast chicken… something to pick over. A #Substack post that serves up some Marcel Proust with a dash of Pam Ayres. #foodwriting
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Roast chicken...
something to pick over.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Roast chicken… something to pick over. A #Substack post that serves up some Marcel Proust with a dash of Pam Ayres. #foodwriting
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Please subscribe to my new (free!) #Substack. This week, catching a lurgy 🦠 and #reading in bed. That’s my new bedside table & shelves btw, booktastic!
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When I was sick and lay a-bed...
I read a load of books.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Please subscribe to my new (free!) #Substack. This week, catching a lurgy 🦠 and #reading in bed. That’s my new bedside table & shelves btw, booktastic!
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Do you think Hunter Davies is on Substack or Bluesky? I’ve mentioned him & his wife Margaret Forster rather a lot! 😍
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When I was sick and lay a-bed...
I read a load of books.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Do you think Hunter Davies is on Substack or Bluesky? I’ve mentioned him & his wife Margaret Forster rather a lot! 😍
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Absolutely loved this beautiful book. If you care anything for homes (I’m obsessed!) do read it 🏡
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Absolutely loved this beautiful book. If you care anything for homes (I’m obsessed!) do read it 🏡
80s girls just wanted to have fun at the actual shops (remember those?)...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
80s girls just wanted to have fun at the actual shops (remember those?)...
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As the clocks go back, we hunker down indoors. Home, and why it’s so important…
#homes #artists #writers #Substack
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#homes #artists #writers #Substack
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October 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
As the clocks go back, we hunker down indoors. Home, and why it’s so important…
#homes #artists #writers #Substack
substack.com/@elizabethmcfa…
#homes #artists #writers #Substack
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE is Out Now! → bit.ly/JOLstore
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
POWER TO THE PEOPLE is Out Now! → bit.ly/JOLstore
Our Arthur’s article…
kyivindependent.com/dont-give-ru...
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Don't give Russia space
Dmitry Bakanov, general director of the Russian Space Agency, recently announced a bold new policy. Over the next five years, Russia will try to create an "analogue of Starlink" by launching 292 new s...
kyivindependent.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Our Arthur’s article…
kyivindependent.com/dont-give-ru...
kyivindependent.com/dont-give-ru...
Dive right in. Why #swimming is so good for us, with two great #book recommendations...
#Substack #writing #bookreview
#Substack #writing #bookreview
Dive right in.
Why swimming is so good for us.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Dive right in. Why #swimming is so good for us, with two great #book recommendations...
#Substack #writing #bookreview
#Substack #writing #bookreview
A friend sent me this. I’m in The Week! 🥳
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A friend sent me this. I’m in The Week! 🥳