Charles Allen
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Charles Allen
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Lying or concealing the full truth appears to be an issue of McMurdock's
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/13/f...
Failed Firms and CV Boasts – Little-Known New Reform UK MP’s Past Comes Under Scrutiny
Is James McMurdock a business super-star, or has he embellished his CV?
bylinetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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Here's the open letter in full, in case you missed it

"Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"

(Just added the Guardian's media reporter, @taraconlan.bsky.social, to the signatories too) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists
Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists As UK journalists, we have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for ge...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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And just to close the loop: June and Julie had appeared together on Broadway in a play by Joe Masteroff called The Warm Peninsula.
November 8, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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I approached this from a says something about me rather than trying to pick an all time favorite.

But in the book category if I was to pick a favorite (and one that feels particularly relevant this week) I would choose @charliejane.bsky.social Unstoppable trilogy.
November 8, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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The winner of the 2024 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works is:
NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US by Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications)
November 8, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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I did passably well with her: I saw The Belle of Amherst twice (indelible, and I met and chatted with her after one performance), Lucifer's Child (in which she played Isak Dinesen), and The Glass Menagerie (though she was not an ideal Amanda—a bit too nice, as I recall).
November 8, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Not saying you shouldn't use the word "tankie", but there is a second word for this - "campist".
October 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM