Mark Griffin
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Tonight Þvörusleikir (Spoon Licker), the 4th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He sneaks in to lick used þvörur (large wooden cooking spoons).
Children leave their shoes out for him in the window. He gives the good ones a small gift or a treat. The bad ones get a potato.
Children leave their shoes out for him in the window. He gives the good ones a small gift or a treat. The bad ones get a potato.
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tonight Þvörusleikir (Spoon Licker), the 4th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He sneaks in to lick used þvörur (large wooden cooking spoons).
Children leave their shoes out for him in the window. He gives the good ones a small gift or a treat. The bad ones get a potato.
Children leave their shoes out for him in the window. He gives the good ones a small gift or a treat. The bad ones get a potato.
Yeeesssssss! The Lions have roared.
July 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Yeeesssssss! The Lions have roared.
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Since it won't be on exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in DC, seems like we ought to share this painting widely.
Amy Sherald, Trans Forming Liberty, 2024.
Amy Sherald, Trans Forming Liberty, 2024.
July 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Since it won't be on exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in DC, seems like we ought to share this painting widely.
Amy Sherald, Trans Forming Liberty, 2024.
Amy Sherald, Trans Forming Liberty, 2024.
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Hello. I'm doing another raffle.
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All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
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You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hello. I'm doing another raffle.
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
PLEASE Repost (ta).
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
PLEASE Repost (ta).
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I’d lost my childhood love of reading – but rediscovered it when I set aside my iPhone | Adrian Chiles
I’d lost my childhood love of reading – but rediscovered it when I set aside my iPhone | Adrian Chiles
You can keep your ebooks. There is no better way to engage with words than through a paperback
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June 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’d lost my childhood love of reading – but rediscovered it when I set aside my iPhone | Adrian Chiles
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The books we love when we're young are the ones that make us readers. They shape us at the deepest levels, and they stay with us forever. So whatever else you do - please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. Please never stop changing lives! #literacy
June 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The books we love when we're young are the ones that make us readers. They shape us at the deepest levels, and they stay with us forever. So whatever else you do - please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. Please never stop changing lives! #literacy
I just solved Bellingcat's 'Funny Money' challenge 🏆 Try it yourself!
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June 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
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Just reading up on the calamitous Pope Francis kerning scandal.
The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty
The internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering.
www.fastcompany.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just reading up on the calamitous Pope Francis kerning scandal.
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Keep going everyone 👏
April 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Keep going everyone 👏
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Hurray for this kind of thing!
It's #buyastranferabook day again tomorrow.
Maybe you'd like to join in the fun?
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It's #buyastranferabook day again tomorrow.
Maybe you'd like to join in the fun?
www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hurray for this kind of thing!
It's #buyastranferabook day again tomorrow.
Maybe you'd like to join in the fun?
www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
It's #buyastranferabook day again tomorrow.
Maybe you'd like to join in the fun?
www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
Waitrose marketing email suggesting it’s Mother’s Day this Sunday. Catastrophic if you’re a nursery teacher.
March 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Waitrose marketing email suggesting it’s Mother’s Day this Sunday. Catastrophic if you’re a nursery teacher.
Bodies in open spaces 2
March 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Bodies in open spaces 2
Bodies in open spaces, 2010
March 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Bodies in open spaces, 2010
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Carole Cadwalladr is brilliant. Up there with the most important voices on the planet.
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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February 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Carole Cadwalladr is brilliant. Up there with the most important voices on the planet.
@dogmabrighton.bsky.social Hello. I’ve been sent two copies of the latest magazine. Would you like me to drop one off somewhere? I think we had an issue last time when I may have subscribed twice? Mark Griffin (westpier@mac.com)
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@dogmabrighton.bsky.social Hello. I’ve been sent two copies of the latest magazine. Would you like me to drop one off somewhere? I think we had an issue last time when I may have subscribed twice? Mark Griffin (westpier@mac.com)
Apple’s AI would have me ordering a book that I wrote.
February 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Apple’s AI would have me ordering a book that I wrote.
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chaos in the shop today. waterstones putney bridge is hosting a scarecrow competition, but for some reason (i think computer error) the website is telling people to drop off their scarecrows here. we have had 30 so far and the back office is full to bursting. please stop dropping off scarecrows!
January 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
chaos in the shop today. waterstones putney bridge is hosting a scarecrow competition, but for some reason (i think computer error) the website is telling people to drop off their scarecrows here. we have had 30 so far and the back office is full to bursting. please stop dropping off scarecrows!
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The most popular competition in the history of social media is back. It's the prize you've all been waiting for.
Repost and follow to be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous Monoscape Bridgeford Smooth Grey Concrete Bollard worth £252.42.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
💛WIN A BOLLARD💛
The most popular competition in the history of social media is back. It's the prize you've all been waiting for.
Repost and follow to be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous Monoscape Bridgeford Smooth Grey Concrete Bollard worth £252.42.
#WorldBollardAssociation
The most popular competition in the history of social media is back. It's the prize you've all been waiting for.
Repost and follow to be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous Monoscape Bridgeford Smooth Grey Concrete Bollard worth £252.42.
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Guardian subscription cancelled. We all know why.
December 23, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Guardian subscription cancelled. We all know why.
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One of the coolest things about publishing a book in Norway is that the gov will automatically buy 1k copies, 1.5K if its a children's book, these will then be distributed to all the libraries.
December 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
One of the coolest things about publishing a book in Norway is that the gov will automatically buy 1k copies, 1.5K if its a children's book, these will then be distributed to all the libraries.
