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I opened a bookshop. It was the best, worst thing I’ve ever done
Chloe Fox shares the hopes and heartache of fulfilling a life-long dream
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December 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
lovely article www.ft.com/content/cc77...
FIFA giving a prize for peace makes as much sense as the Nobels giving a prize for football.
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
FIFA giving a prize for peace makes as much sense as the Nobels giving a prize for football.
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I'm just fine being single I send a few hearts in replies and done for the day.
October 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm just fine being single I send a few hearts in replies and done for the day.
lol “a good dog and a library card will never let you down” might put that on a T shirt
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
lol “a good dog and a library card will never let you down” might put that on a T shirt
Checked two versions of ‘Don Quixote’ out of the library today because I want to try both and then stick with the version I like best (which in this case might be the funnier one). It started with Tolstoy, increased with Proust, now I’m a translation nerd/snob. #tolstoytogether #prousttogether
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Checked two versions of ‘Don Quixote’ out of the library today because I want to try both and then stick with the version I like best (which in this case might be the funnier one). It started with Tolstoy, increased with Proust, now I’m a translation nerd/snob. #tolstoytogether #prousttogether
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I have just joined the Green Party because I am a total leftie stereotype, but good God, I can't live with no hope that a fairer world isn't possible. And being a realist, if I want to see change, I've got to support something rather than just despairing the entire time.
October 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I have just joined the Green Party because I am a total leftie stereotype, but good God, I can't live with no hope that a fairer world isn't possible. And being a realist, if I want to see change, I've got to support something rather than just despairing the entire time.
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We French love our history teachers – Samuel Paty made us remember why
In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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We French love our history teachers – Samuel Paty made us remember why | Agnès Poirier
Religion struck another blow against freedom of thought with the vicious murder of a man whose mission was to civilise
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October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We French love our history teachers – Samuel Paty made us remember why
In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
I saw this @literaturesc.bsky.social and thought of you
September 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I saw this @literaturesc.bsky.social and thought of you
Day 449, Aug 23: “What do you think of Enoch?” = Enoch Powell, UK politician known for his views on immigration & demographic change. In 1968 Powell attracted much attention for his "Rivers of Blood" speech, in which he criticised immigration to UK, esp. from former colonies. #anthonypowelltogether
August 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Day 449, Aug 23: “What do you think of Enoch?” = Enoch Powell, UK politician known for his views on immigration & demographic change. In 1968 Powell attracted much attention for his "Rivers of Blood" speech, in which he criticised immigration to UK, esp. from former colonies. #anthonypowelltogether
My thought about migrants on small boats: numbers are only ever going to keep increasing and increasing, because of climate change. Pretending otherwise is just wishful thinking. The only effective thing anyone can try to do to help is attempt to reduce or mitigate (the effects of) climate change.
August 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My thought about migrants on small boats: numbers are only ever going to keep increasing and increasing, because of climate change. Pretending otherwise is just wishful thinking. The only effective thing anyone can try to do to help is attempt to reduce or mitigate (the effects of) climate change.
Day 441, Aug 15, Fri: I’m a day ahead, sorry, but… reference to Trapnel as a “Ninetyish figure” is I think a reference to the decadent writers/artists of the 1890s - I found this article about it. internationaltimes.it/decadence-an... #anthonypowelltogether
DECADENCE AND THE YELLOW NINETIES | IT
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August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Day 441, Aug 15, Fri: I’m a day ahead, sorry, but… reference to Trapnel as a “Ninetyish figure” is I think a reference to the decadent writers/artists of the 1890s - I found this article about it. internationaltimes.it/decadence-an... #anthonypowelltogether
Day 438, Aug 12, Tues - START CH 2 p30: (1) heresiarch: founder of a heresy or leader of a heretical sect (2) thaumaturge: a worker of wonders and performer of miracles; a magician (3) neophyte: (a) person who is new to a subject or activity (b) a new convert to a religion #anthonypowelltogether
August 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Day 438, Aug 12, Tues - START CH 2 p30: (1) heresiarch: founder of a heresy or leader of a heretical sect (2) thaumaturge: a worker of wonders and performer of miracles; a magician (3) neophyte: (a) person who is new to a subject or activity (b) a new convert to a religion #anthonypowelltogether
Day 435, Aug 9, Sat: Yet again another book opening where Powell flings us headfirst into new waters, and we just have to sink or swim. I started to quite enjoy it, once I’d managed to resurface and catch my breath. And I learned a new word: ‘vaticinatory’ means ‘prophetic’.
#anthonypowelltogether
#anthonypowelltogether
August 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Day 435, Aug 9, Sat: Yet again another book opening where Powell flings us headfirst into new waters, and we just have to sink or swim. I started to quite enjoy it, once I’d managed to resurface and catch my breath. And I learned a new word: ‘vaticinatory’ means ‘prophetic’.
#anthonypowelltogether
#anthonypowelltogether
Hey, this is an article by Kirtan Nautiyal, do any of you remember him from #Tolstoytogether ? #anthonypowelltogether www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
When do you know when it’s time to stop cancer treatment? She knew – her final act of control
My patient Betsy Lewis has found the balance in which we neither welcome death nor push it away – and still celebrates her life while she can
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August 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hey, this is an article by Kirtan Nautiyal, do any of you remember him from #Tolstoytogether ? #anthonypowelltogether www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Saw this bar-restaurant in Tavistock Square in London where VW once lived. You can order the Woolf sea bass if you like. 🤦♂️
July 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Saw this bar-restaurant in Tavistock Square in London where VW once lived. You can order the Woolf sea bass if you like. 🤦♂️
A good reason to visit Paris #prousttogether
“Worth, Inventing Haute Couture,” a new exhibition at Petit Palais, showcases how the 19th-century designer Charles Frederick Worth set the template for many of the conventions and myths that still govern the creation of high fashion today.
The Extravagant Eye of Charles Frederick Worth
A blockbuster show in Paris celebrates the designer whose over-the-top aesthetic embodied his money-mad era—and speaks to our own.
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July 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A good reason to visit Paris #prousttogether
From the ‘newspaper’ - woman awoken by slug.
July 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
From the ‘newspaper’ - woman awoken by slug.
I do know that I booked tickets for a show with this title. But this reminder still felt like an email from the Grim Reaper! 🙀
July 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I do know that I booked tickets for a show with this title. But this reminder still felt like an email from the Grim Reaper! 🙀
Nick is like a private detective, but he’s not trying to solve a crime, he’s trying to solve a mystery: what is the latest gossip? He knows when to talk and ask questions, and when to keep quiet and let other people talk until they spill the beans. #anthonypowelltogether
July 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Nick is like a private detective, but he’s not trying to solve a crime, he’s trying to solve a mystery: what is the latest gossip? He knows when to talk and ask questions, and when to keep quiet and let other people talk until they spill the beans. #anthonypowelltogether
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One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
July 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
Let's introduce new versions of golf or football where everyone has a nice sit down every 10 minutes like in tennis.
July 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Let's introduce new versions of golf or football where everyone has a nice sit down every 10 minutes like in tennis.
Day 401, July 6: So, Americans are all the same in substance, although they appear in different allotropes, i.e. with varying properties. Amusing idea. Perhaps this applies to all nationalities, not just Americans. Welsh, English and Scottish perhaps allotropes of Britishness. #anthonypowelltogether
July 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Day 401, July 6: So, Americans are all the same in substance, although they appear in different allotropes, i.e. with varying properties. Amusing idea. Perhaps this applies to all nationalities, not just Americans. Welsh, English and Scottish perhaps allotropes of Britishness. #anthonypowelltogether