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Simon Kirrane
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Artist, dog-lover and avid reader.
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Can anyone with a highly trained editorial eye spot the mistake on this front page ? 😂
April 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
If you ever needed some reassurance that what you're doing is of worth, remember Chris Mason chuckles about his crazy antics.
February 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!

After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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‘The wardens of Loreto gave away the dust swept from the Holy House in the hope of preventing pilgrims from taking anything more valuable. The pilgrims made the dust into a beverage and drank it.’

Alexander Bevilacqua:
Alexander Bevilacqua · Saints for Supper
From frescoes and printed devotional images to incised amulets, moulded gingerbread and the stamped Eucharistic host, a...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Oh Ulysses is 'difficult' is it?
January 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I just saw this, I loved it. I'm sharing it.

youtu.be/lxmP01HERnQ?...
muppets tonight - sandra bullock & kermit - phenomena
YouTube video by Christian Helmreich (grisdala)
youtu.be
December 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Amazing!

“What’s all this?” asks Hugo, who opened the door.
December 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Chaos Reigns!

Lego's Antichrist special build drops this Christmas!
November 23, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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THE BELL JAR

HARD ❌

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York

EASY ✅

That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
November 17, 2024 at 3:03 PM
There's also a gofund me for Andy's son gofund.me/9f64ddaf

And a website that I thought I'd shared. But didn't.

www.thicky.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Hi gang. I created a zine for my friend Andy who died this year. He was a games journo, as I was a long time ago so that was the 'vibe'.

I even did cover mounted badges. Do have a read here: www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
November 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
International day of the dog.
August 26, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Me: She's so smart.
Other border collie owner: Yes!
Me: And such an idiot.
Obco: Yes.
August 19, 2023 at 10:12 AM
Great piece on where Forbes is at right now.

"Among Forbes employees, there is a running joke: if you’re on the cover of Forbes, you’re going to be arrested soon."

https://www.cjr.org/the_feature/forbes-big-business.php
August 19, 2023 at 9:57 AM
"The median number of followers for all 153 million accounts following Musk is just one (1) single follower."
Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts
We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.
mashable.com
August 19, 2023 at 9:25 AM