Caroline Stanley
@carolinestanley.bsky.social
Notts born, London based film fan looking for book recommendations and general escapism.
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Not just love, actually: why romance fiction is booming
Not just love, actually: why romance fiction is booming
From Emily Henry to Rebecca Yarros and Alison Espach’s The Wedding People – romance has dominated the book charts this year. So why is it still dismissed by critics?
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Not just love, actually: why romance fiction is booming
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Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
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‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones
‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones
The government’s claims about immigration driving down wages are so demonstrably untrue, it’s hard to feel the appropriate level of outrage
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones
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#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
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A sprawling megacity of multi-level madness: why Chongqing in China is my wonder of the world
A sprawling megacity of multi-level madness: why Chongqing in China is my wonder of the world
This megacity is like Hong Kong on steroids – a vertically sprawling, astonishing urban phenomenon that can only be understood in three dimensions
Google Maps can be unreliable at the best of times when you’re travelling in China, but in the southern…
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A sprawling megacity of multi-level madness: why Chongqing in China is my wonder of the world
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