Loredana Spadola
@loredina.bsky.social
Italian; Mancunian; reads books; chemist in a former incarnation; likes to get around walking, cycling, running, or by train, bus, ferry. She/her/hers
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It's now pretty much out of print. I've just ordered what will probably be its last ever print run, because it's not worth the publisher's while to keep it in the warehouse. So it will live in my dad's garage!
If you'd like to buy a copy you can order one here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you'd like to buy a copy you can order one here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's now pretty much out of print. I've just ordered what will probably be its last ever print run, because it's not worth the publisher's while to keep it in the warehouse. So it will live in my dad's garage!
If you'd like to buy a copy you can order one here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you'd like to buy a copy you can order one here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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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 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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.
🧪🧬🧫
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The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism 2026 is now open for entries.
Are you trying to make your name in arts journalism? Write a review of any new work in the arts for your chance to win £3000 and publication in the Observer.
Enter now: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Are you trying to make your name in arts journalism? Write a review of any new work in the arts for your chance to win £3000 and publication in the Observer.
Enter now: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism 2026 is now open for entries.
Are you trying to make your name in arts journalism? Write a review of any new work in the arts for your chance to win £3000 and publication in the Observer.
Enter now: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Are you trying to make your name in arts journalism? Write a review of any new work in the arts for your chance to win £3000 and publication in the Observer.
Enter now: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
I'm so happy for this! She is one of the best writers of our time.
Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction
Tracing the author’s life from bohemian Melbourne in the 70s to the breakdown of her marriage in the 90s, How to End a Story was praised by judges for ‘taking the diary form to new heights’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm so happy for this! She is one of the best writers of our time.
Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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È morto il sassofonista James Senese
È morto il sassofonista James Senese
Era stato uno dei più famosi musicisti jazz e funk italiani, a lungo collaboratore di Pino Daniele: aveva 80 anni
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October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
È morto il sassofonista James Senese
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Chris Boardman in Manchester - played a big role in getting me and others in my demographic (not terribly fit, middle-aged) back on our bikes.
October 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Chris Boardman in Manchester - played a big role in getting me and others in my demographic (not terribly fit, middle-aged) back on our bikes.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Why Choosing Overland Travel Can Actually Save the Planet 🌍
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Most of us don’t realise that aviation isn’t “just another mode of transport.” It’s responsible for around 2.4% of global CO₂ emissions but the total climate impact is actually twice that when non-CO₂ effects are included.
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Most of us don’t realise that aviation isn’t “just another mode of transport.” It’s responsible for around 2.4% of global CO₂ emissions but the total climate impact is actually twice that when non-CO₂ effects are included.
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Why Choosing Overland Travel Can Actually Save the Planet 🌍
1/9
Most of us don’t realise that aviation isn’t “just another mode of transport.” It’s responsible for around 2.4% of global CO₂ emissions but the total climate impact is actually twice that when non-CO₂ effects are included.
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Most of us don’t realise that aviation isn’t “just another mode of transport.” It’s responsible for around 2.4% of global CO₂ emissions but the total climate impact is actually twice that when non-CO₂ effects are included.
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Can you manage a plastic free Halloween?
Skip the balloons, they all end up in the woods and rivers around your home.
Skip the plastic trinkets and random bollocks, it’s all destined for landfill.
You’re never wearing that plastic costume again, and neither are your kids.
Make something real.
Skip the balloons, they all end up in the woods and rivers around your home.
Skip the plastic trinkets and random bollocks, it’s all destined for landfill.
You’re never wearing that plastic costume again, and neither are your kids.
Make something real.
a pumpkin with a face carved into it is lit up
ALT: a pumpkin with a face carved into it is lit up
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Can you manage a plastic free Halloween?
Skip the balloons, they all end up in the woods and rivers around your home.
Skip the plastic trinkets and random bollocks, it’s all destined for landfill.
You’re never wearing that plastic costume again, and neither are your kids.
Make something real.
Skip the balloons, they all end up in the woods and rivers around your home.
Skip the plastic trinkets and random bollocks, it’s all destined for landfill.
You’re never wearing that plastic costume again, and neither are your kids.
Make something real.
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Books to read on World Pasta Day (today)…
•The Heart is a Cannelloni Hunter
•Love in the Time of Carbonara
•Farfalle from the Madding Crowd
•The Merchant of Vermicelli
•Silas Marinara
•Remembrance of Things Pasta
•Pi-gnocci-o
•A Tale of Two Zitis
•Fear and Loathing in Lasagne
•Al Dente's Inferno
•The Heart is a Cannelloni Hunter
•Love in the Time of Carbonara
•Farfalle from the Madding Crowd
•The Merchant of Vermicelli
•Silas Marinara
•Remembrance of Things Pasta
•Pi-gnocci-o
•A Tale of Two Zitis
•Fear and Loathing in Lasagne
•Al Dente's Inferno
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Books to read on World Pasta Day (today)…
•The Heart is a Cannelloni Hunter
•Love in the Time of Carbonara
•Farfalle from the Madding Crowd
•The Merchant of Vermicelli
•Silas Marinara
•Remembrance of Things Pasta
•Pi-gnocci-o
•A Tale of Two Zitis
•Fear and Loathing in Lasagne
•Al Dente's Inferno
•The Heart is a Cannelloni Hunter
•Love in the Time of Carbonara
•Farfalle from the Madding Crowd
•The Merchant of Vermicelli
•Silas Marinara
•Remembrance of Things Pasta
•Pi-gnocci-o
•A Tale of Two Zitis
•Fear and Loathing in Lasagne
•Al Dente's Inferno
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If anyone knows anyone in or near Cardiff who would like an old spaniel who just needs a quiet house and a lot of love and attention in her final years please let me know, I will walk and dog sit for very cheap if you need, if that helps
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If anyone knows anyone in or near Cardiff who would like an old spaniel who just needs a quiet house and a lot of love and attention in her final years please let me know, I will walk and dog sit for very cheap if you need, if that helps
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My top suggestions of books to read this World Bread Day...
- The Focaccia in the Rye
- Yeast of Eden
- Flours for Algernon
- The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons
- Pannetonement
- The Naan in the High Castle
- Leaven Las Vegas
- Pitta Rabbit
- The Focaccia in the Rye
- Yeast of Eden
- Flours for Algernon
- The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons
- Pannetonement
- The Naan in the High Castle
- Leaven Las Vegas
- Pitta Rabbit
October 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My top suggestions of books to read this World Bread Day...
- The Focaccia in the Rye
- Yeast of Eden
- Flours for Algernon
- The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons
- Pannetonement
- The Naan in the High Castle
- Leaven Las Vegas
- Pitta Rabbit
- The Focaccia in the Rye
- Yeast of Eden
- Flours for Algernon
- The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons
- Pannetonement
- The Naan in the High Castle
- Leaven Las Vegas
- Pitta Rabbit
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October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm so sad about Diane Keaton! She was a great actress and a nice person.
R.I.P. and thanks for the laughs. #dianekeaton
R.I.P. and thanks for the laughs. #dianekeaton
October 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm so sad about Diane Keaton! She was a great actress and a nice person.
R.I.P. and thanks for the laughs. #dianekeaton
R.I.P. and thanks for the laughs. #dianekeaton
It was amazing to see Edwyn Collins tonight at the Albert Hall in Manchester! His voice is the same as in my Orange Juice CDs. Unforgettable.
October 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It was amazing to see Edwyn Collins tonight at the Albert Hall in Manchester! His voice is the same as in my Orange Juice CDs. Unforgettable.
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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Lots of flags by this crossroads in York (not all in the photo), but I was surprised to see the Italian flag! Let's put up flags from all countries.
September 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Lots of flags by this crossroads in York (not all in the photo), but I was surprised to see the Italian flag! Let's put up flags from all countries.
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My favourite colloquial way of saying “I feel like a fish out of water,” from Rome dialect, is me sento come Batman ar compleanno de li puffi. It means “I feel like Batman at a Smurfs’ birthday party.”
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My favourite colloquial way of saying “I feel like a fish out of water,” from Rome dialect, is me sento come Batman ar compleanno de li puffi. It means “I feel like Batman at a Smurfs’ birthday party.”
RIP Giorgio Armani. You made us proud.
Giorgio Armani, celebrated Italian fashion designer, dies at 91
Giorgio Armani, celebrated Italian fashion designer, dies at 91
His company announced death of designer synonymous with modern Italian style and elegance on Thursday
Giorgio Armani, the celebrated Italian fashion designer who built a global empire has died, his company said on Thursday. He was 91.
“With infinite sorrow, the Armani Group announces the passing of its creator, founder, and tireless driving force: Giorgio Armani,” the fashion house said in a statement. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
RIP Giorgio Armani. You made us proud.
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We've reached 8,000 on the petition to stop airport expansion – thanks everyone!
Just 2,000 signatures remaining (by 24/09) in order for this to be sent government.
Please help by signing and sharing. Thank you!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Just 2,000 signatures remaining (by 24/09) in order for this to be sent government.
Please help by signing and sharing. Thank you!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
September 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We've reached 8,000 on the petition to stop airport expansion – thanks everyone!
Just 2,000 signatures remaining (by 24/09) in order for this to be sent government.
Please help by signing and sharing. Thank you!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Just 2,000 signatures remaining (by 24/09) in order for this to be sent government.
Please help by signing and sharing. Thank you!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
September 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
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Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.
August 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.