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Nick Harrison
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MCCC 🏏, QPR ⚽, HMHB 🎶, e^(👁🍰)+1=0, 🍺,🍷, 🚐🚍,🐱,🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇪🇺

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Hi @gidcoe.bsky.social. Lovely show last night (as they are all year). Many thanks for the shout out on "It’s Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas".
Happy Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I think this every time I visit London, because it’s so much more noticeable there, but multiculturalism really is absolutely brilliant isn’t it?
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
It’s Bookshop Day so here’s a poem in celebration of all those amazing bookshops out there.
Never Judge a Bookshop by its Cover   It may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that. There may be books in the window, on the tables and shelves, but really, it’s a travel agent selling all-immersive holidays, weekend breaks, first-class tickets to other worlds, with a low carbon footprint. It’s a pharmacy as well, dispensing medicines, pick-me-ups, balms: if symptoms persist, please consult your local bookseller; it’s a tailor’s, offering a made-to-measure service to achieve the perfect fit;   and a hardware store, with a range of empowering tools to fix you up, recharge your batteries, switch on lightbulbs. Its walls are lined with treasure as precious as any jeweller’s, and twice as bright. Spines shine gold, silver, sapphire, emerald;   there are diamonds amongst them. It’s a garden centre, a place where ideas get planted and a thousand stories bloom, and a greengrocer, selling fresh, locally-sourced produce, as vital as your five-a-day and more readily consumed. It’s a multiscreen cinema. Peek behind the curtain of each jacket and you’ll find a movie waiting silently to begin. A stationer’s supplying notepads, reams of paper, with the words conveniently filled in   to save you both the time and bother. A wholefood store and a fast-food joint. A cosy haven from the cold. A friendly, family restaurant: Today’s special will revive a flagging spirit and restore a lagging soul.   It’s a tourist information centre equipped with maps and helpful guides to steer us on our way. A busy square in which a whole town gathers or just a place to hold the world at bay   for a few untroubled stolen minutes. It’s itself, and yet it’s something larger, a universe so vast you could spend ten thousand lifetimes there – it may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that. Brian Bilston
October 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Exactly this.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Oct 4
For those accused of having too many books Robinince.com #poetry #poem
UNREAD There in a stack Of irresistible potential Mainly unread But don't ask "Why do you still buy When so many words are not touched by your eyes" Because before the spine is cracked Without my fingers touching pages, the ideas leak and spread around the room Seep through the ears And into the synapses while I sleep Listen carefully You'll hear the hum Of future thoughts becoming present
October 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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hypocaust.bsky.social
2025 Women's T20 Blast League 2 champions:

Middlesex

#T20Blast
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July 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Brilliant from Middlesex - superb all season.
hypocaust.bsky.social Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · Jul 26
Middlesex 103/0 (13.1) take the inaugural League 2 Women's T20 Blast title, after breezing through finals day without losing a single wicket.

Finty Trussler 52* (45)
Issy Routledge 32* (34)

Middlesex win by 10 wickets with 41 balls to spare.

#T20Blast
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July 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Magnificent!
Horror Clowns Are Dickheads
Half Man Half Biscuit · Horror Clowns Are Dickheads · Song · 2025
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May 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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gidcoe.bsky.social
New HMHB LP is magnificent.
May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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"Fittingly, an impossible match to read for the last two days saw a finale few could have predicted" | ✍️ @nickhowson.bsky.social
Compelling contest given a dramatic finale | The Cricketer
Middlesex and Kent both had moments of joy and despair over this County Championship encounter. In the end, it was the hosts who held their nerve
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May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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‘If we – fans, the media, friendly administrators, taste-makers – are serious about Test cricket as a whole, a cogent entity in which we are all invested rather than a rolling roster of challengers to the Big 3, then we need to start taking all of it seriously.’

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Jomel Warrican worships at cricket’s most unfashionable altar – remember the name | Jonathan Liew
Why am I writing about the fifth most famous spinner from the West Indies? Because it matters for Test cricket
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January 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
Today’s poem is called “On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’”.
On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’   Upon returning to my desk, having left it temporarily in search of biscuits, I discovered my cat had written a poem on my laptop. It was called ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’ and constituted one of her more difficult pieces, but it was the kind of poem which rewarded repeat reading.   I was struck by its experimental structure, the absence of line breaks; indeed, not one single space between any of the poem’s 10,000 or so characters.   One of the work’s central motifs – ‘jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk’ – was, by turns, reassuring and unsettling, while the symbolism of ‘###################’,   hinted at our 21st century preoccupation with social media. And who could not be moved by that devastating final line, its message of hope piercing our hearts like an arrow: ‘`````````5555=======================’. Brian Bilston  
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
Today’s poem is called ‘This Year’s Must-Give Present’.
This Year’s Must-Give Present   It’s the gift idea everybody’s talking about, the ideal present for when you’re stuck – this year, ditch the perfume and the hankies and give the ones you love … a book™.   Each book™ comes with the words pre-fitted, arranged with care into a sequence of sentences, paragraphs and chapters for your maximum convenience.   Choose from a wide range of stunning colours to fit in with your home’s décor – the book™ is suitable for most bookshelves or that big pile that’s on the floor.   And to make your gift feel extra special for your loved one or a favorite friend, each title comes with a unique feature – a thirteen-digit ISBN.   The book™ is resilient, robust and sturdy and – with its straight-edged geometric fit – for those hopeless at wrapping presents, it really makes the perfect gift. Brian Bilston
December 19, 2023 at 9:20 AM