Simon
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Books, films, plays and stories of all stripes - football too, and walking and trains and the sea and looking out of windows.
The 4th series of Arden Shakespeare plays is coming out from next May (2026) - I better get my skates on and get through my series 3s - having a bash off Titus Andronicus, which I've never read before. Got this in mint condition for €1 in a charity shop in Youghal, Co Cork.
August 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The 4th series of Arden Shakespeare plays is coming out from next May (2026) - I better get my skates on and get through my series 3s - having a bash off Titus Andronicus, which I've never read before. Got this in mint condition for €1 in a charity shop in Youghal, Co Cork.
Just finished this. A great read. History brought thundering into life.
August 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just finished this. A great read. History brought thundering into life.
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This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
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August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
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Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
July 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
The FIFA Club World Cup was indeed the perfect preparation for next year's US FIFA World Cup - I feel I've benefited hugely from a dry run of paying no attention to it whatsoever.
July 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The FIFA Club World Cup was indeed the perfect preparation for next year's US FIFA World Cup - I feel I've benefited hugely from a dry run of paying no attention to it whatsoever.
After an unsettling start, this turned into a really enjoyable read - and my first Robert Louis Stevenson book - Kidnapped
July 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
After an unsettling start, this turned into a really enjoyable read - and my first Robert Louis Stevenson book - Kidnapped
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Stares in Ireland.
UK welfare spending "too expensive".
Also UK Welfare spending, almost the lowest in Europe.
Also UK Welfare spending, almost the lowest in Europe.
July 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Stares in Ireland.
I'm old enough to remember bus conductors.
July 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm old enough to remember bus conductors.
Hard to believe this was a debut novel - great storytelling.
In The Woods by Tana French
In The Woods by Tana French
July 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hard to believe this was a debut novel - great storytelling.
In The Woods by Tana French
In The Woods by Tana French
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Folks, I know you mean well, but please stop using AI-generated imagery when you post about your recent reads/reviews. I've been tagged a few times on IG, as recent as today, and it's disappointing to see. Just take a picture of the book, or use the cover image. Please. 🙏
July 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Folks, I know you mean well, but please stop using AI-generated imagery when you post about your recent reads/reviews. I've been tagged a few times on IG, as recent as today, and it's disappointing to see. Just take a picture of the book, or use the cover image. Please. 🙏
Well, that was absolutely brilliant.
"That man!"
"That woman!"
The End
👏👏👏👏
"That man!"
"That woman!"
The End
👏👏👏👏
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Well, that was absolutely brilliant.
"That man!"
"That woman!"
The End
👏👏👏👏
"That man!"
"That woman!"
The End
👏👏👏👏
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Utterly insane that the fate of millions, even billions of living people is forever handcuffed to the whims of a handful of belligerent idiots with a God complex playing Jenga with humanity for personal gain during the blink of an eye that they're on this planet. The sheer pointlessness of it all.
June 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Utterly insane that the fate of millions, even billions of living people is forever handcuffed to the whims of a handful of belligerent idiots with a God complex playing Jenga with humanity for personal gain during the blink of an eye that they're on this planet. The sheer pointlessness of it all.
Looks like today is Right Wing Horseshit Day over on FB.
June 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Looks like today is Right Wing Horseshit Day over on FB.
Found myself thinking about the World Cup in the US next year and felt a sudden surge of rage that FIFA have destroyed one the greatest pleasures in my life.
June 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Found myself thinking about the World Cup in the US next year and felt a sudden surge of rage that FIFA have destroyed one the greatest pleasures in my life.
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Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for “No Kings Day” 🍊🦅🇺🇸
June 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for “No Kings Day” 🍊🦅🇺🇸
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It's June, but the hot water bottle is back out.
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June 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's June, but the hot water bottle is back out.
@carlowweather.bsky.social
@carlowweather.bsky.social
On a dismal run of one great book in the last 5, so badly need a win. Started this late last night and I'm quietly optimistic.
June 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
On a dismal run of one great book in the last 5, so badly need a win. Started this late last night and I'm quietly optimistic.
In fairness to Michael Caine this is subtitled 'My Guide to Life', so it is perhaps unfair to criticise it for being filled with his life lessons - but these lessons are ruinously repetitive, so if you're more interested in his life in the movies, choose a different book.
June 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In fairness to Michael Caine this is subtitled 'My Guide to Life', so it is perhaps unfair to criticise it for being filled with his life lessons - but these lessons are ruinously repetitive, so if you're more interested in his life in the movies, choose a different book.
Michael Caine keeping me company for a few days. Just about through the Christmas books now.
June 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Michael Caine keeping me company for a few days. Just about through the Christmas books now.
Today I fell asleep outdoors, on a rug laid on a freshly cut lawn, with the sun on my face and a gentle breeze brushing over me.
I'll now be using this to define one unit of happiness.
I'll now be using this to define one unit of happiness.
June 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Today I fell asleep outdoors, on a rug laid on a freshly cut lawn, with the sun on my face and a gentle breeze brushing over me.
I'll now be using this to define one unit of happiness.
I'll now be using this to define one unit of happiness.