Laura Lawrence
@yicetor.bsky.social
Writer of fiction and football. #swfc Faber Academy alumni. Bridport Prize First Novel longlisted. Sheffielder in Berkshire.
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Back in 2018 I did a little film with Mundial magazine and Ladbrokes about #swfc. It disappeared off YouTube. I've just managed to find it through an old Mundial tweet. 💙 #SheffieldWednesday
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This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
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Whenever someone in power blames immigrants on the difficulties facing working people, working class communities and those struggling to make ends meet in disadvantaged areas, remember two words: 'managed decline'.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Whenever someone in power blames immigrants on the difficulties facing working people, working class communities and those struggling to make ends meet in disadvantaged areas, remember two words: 'managed decline'.
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
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It's like a summary of the Labour right's entire political project
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's like a summary of the Labour right's entire political project
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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The headline to this one is - Daily Mail owner seeks to dodge tax. It’s not really a shocking story, it’s not like we would expect anything better.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The headline to this one is - Daily Mail owner seeks to dodge tax. It’s not really a shocking story, it’s not like we would expect anything better.
I've finished watching all the Poirot series and Miss Marple. I can't go back to Lewis for obvious reasons. I'm about to start Foyles War. Never seen it. Hoping it's going to be my next easy comfort watch.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've finished watching all the Poirot series and Miss Marple. I can't go back to Lewis for obvious reasons. I'm about to start Foyles War. Never seen it. Hoping it's going to be my next easy comfort watch.
9 years ago on FB.
A lot of it apparently.
A lot of it apparently.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
9 years ago on FB.
A lot of it apparently.
A lot of it apparently.
Week 1 comment piece - "Men don't read anymore."
Week 2 comment piece - "Reading is performative." (Lots of photos of men reading.)
Week 3 comment piece - "Why don't men read anymore?"
And so on ad infinitum.
Week 2 comment piece - "Reading is performative." (Lots of photos of men reading.)
Week 3 comment piece - "Why don't men read anymore?"
And so on ad infinitum.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Week 1 comment piece - "Men don't read anymore."
Week 2 comment piece - "Reading is performative." (Lots of photos of men reading.)
Week 3 comment piece - "Why don't men read anymore?"
And so on ad infinitum.
Week 2 comment piece - "Reading is performative." (Lots of photos of men reading.)
Week 3 comment piece - "Why don't men read anymore?"
And so on ad infinitum.
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Oh the trauma of finding alternative beige foods for your autistic child when the supermarket discontinues the ones they'll eat.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Oh the trauma of finding alternative beige foods for your autistic child when the supermarket discontinues the ones they'll eat.
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It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Still think 'fuck off if you don't like it' was a peculiar way to go for an outfit that would at some point face the ballot. 😂
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Still think 'fuck off if you don't like it' was a peculiar way to go for an outfit that would at some point face the ballot. 😂
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Just seen Musk dancing with his robots and I'm now convinced he's going to kill humankind.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just seen Musk dancing with his robots and I'm now convinced he's going to kill humankind.
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Just a reminder on why font choice matters. 😅
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Just a reminder on why font choice matters. 😅
That. Was. Brilliant. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
That. Was. Brilliant. #CelebrityTraitors
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Morning fellow plebs and assorted rascals xx
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Morning fellow plebs and assorted rascals xx
Lisa Nandy has breached the governance code in her appointment of Chair of the Independent Football Regulator, David Kogan, because he donated to her leadership campaign.
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lisa Nandy has breached the governance code in her appointment of Chair of the Independent Football Regulator, David Kogan, because he donated to her leadership campaign.
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I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
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This Norwich keeper is, ‘interesting’ …. He’s just booted the ball out a moment ago for an Owls throw. He got some criticism from a teammate and he clearly replied ‘fk off’… unity right there!!
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🔵🦉 1 - 0 🟩 🟨 | #SWFC | 43’
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🔵🦉 1 - 0 🟩 🟨 | #SWFC | 43’
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This Norwich keeper is, ‘interesting’ …. He’s just booted the ball out a moment ago for an Owls throw. He got some criticism from a teammate and he clearly replied ‘fk off’… unity right there!!
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🔵🦉 1 - 0 🟩 🟨 | #SWFC | 43’
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🔵🦉 1 - 0 🟩 🟨 | #SWFC | 43’
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the good news is we traditionally get worse in the second half #ncfc
a man in a suit and tie is smiling .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
the good news is we traditionally get worse in the second half #ncfc
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Since when did it become a nail bar & waxing clinic?
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Since when did it become a nail bar & waxing clinic?